I have a small collection that I started just over a year ago. It includes:
1) Gentex HGU-39P flight helmet
2) Swiss M-18 Steel Helmet
3) Civil Defense helmet like the one dhermann is wearing in the first post of the thread
4) M1 Steel Helmet that I believe is from the late 70's
I am...
Not necessarily "on" my desk, but above it, on a shelf are: A piece of the Berlin Wall, a 60's-vintage Bendix Radiation Dosimeter, a photograph of 20th Ftr Grp pilot Lt. Kenneth Skinner with a clipped autograph, two dummy .50 caliber machine gun rounds, and a 1969 Topps baseball card featuring...
Even the Commemorative Air Force and Lone Star Museum of Flight have been selling off some of their aircraft to keep their more famous aircraft in the air, so this may well be something we'll be seeing a lot of in the future. The combination of incresing maintenance, repair, insurance, hangar...
Here's an M5 Stuart I saw recently, in Lancaster, Ohio, for comparison. The tank they dug up seems remarkably intact, hope they restore it to it's former glory!
Male, 45, originally from northern Virginia, currently residing in rural West Virginia. Happily living in "cohabitational bliss" with the same lovely lady for almost 16 years, we have no set plans for marriage. I have one daughter who is about to turn 18.
I finally got around to photographing some of my small Civil Defense collection, included here are my Air Raid Warden's armband, two decals that went on CD vehicles (60's vintage,) a CD "Communications" patch, a small decal that looks like a CD Shelter sign, two Patient's Effects Bags that came...
Yes, Chino is a warbird lovers mecca, I hope to see it someday soon.
I fully understand the near orgasmic feeling, I felt the same way when I touched the "Glacier Girl" P-38 this past September. What a beautiful aircraft!
I never learned to sight read either, in fact I can barely read...
Male. 45 (in a few days). Currently in rural West Virginia, on the border with Ohio,l but originally from Northern Virginia. Happily residing in "cohabitational bliss" with the same lovely lady for 16 years. No plans to marry at this time. I have a 17 year-old daughter, two "twenty-something"...
I spent approx. ten years on the road with various no-name music groups as a bassist, but burned out and moved to the world of graphic arts. I have a somewhat successful graphics buisness with a client list that includes an international music group, many local businesses and non-profit...
I wish I was closer to you as well; this is a portion of history which doesn’t receive enough press. I have a small, but growing collection of CD related items (a M-1917 that I am restoring, an Air Warden armband, patches, decals and numerous shelter-related items) and I would love to find some...
List of Items issued to a USAAF replacement pilot
Through my research I have come across a document showing what was issued to a newly arrived replacement pilot at King's Cliffe, the Home of the 20th Fighter Group in mid-1944. I thought maybe someone might be interested.
Issued were:
1 Bag...
You have no clue as to how much I thank you for bringing this to my attention, I have been trying to get a copy of Air Force for over a year now! :)
Thanks again! :cheers1:
Black Sheep One : The Life of Gregory "Pappy" Boyington - Bruce Gamble (highly recommended)
The Black Sheep - Bruce Gamble
The Concise Book of Axis Aircraft of World War II - David Mondey
JG 26, Top Guns of the Luftwaffe - Donald Caldwell (highly recommended)
Medal of Honor: Profiles of...
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