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  1. alsendk

    What size flight jacket do you wear?

    My Irvin is size 42, and is a perfect fit for me. But isn`t a 52 US size the same as a 42 UK size?
  2. alsendk

    Patton leads German troops against USSR?

    Thoughtful, and well written Two types. My family lost two brothers,both fishermen from Esbjerg Jutland, who joined the merchant fleet, and got lost in convoys, bound for Murmansk. In letters they wrote about the variety of crew, from all parts of the world, that manned their ships.
  3. alsendk

    Red Tails. Fact or Fiction?

    Except for das Boot, which I really liked, which war film, about flying, would be recommendable in your opinion, talking accuracy, plot, suspense etc.
  4. alsendk

    Nazi Plane Tailfin

    Here is a tail fin from a shot down german plane over german soil near Itzehoe. Picture taken by my dad, who was with the danish brigade there, working as a minesweeper. Triple magnifying the picture, makes the bullet holes in the Svastika cross look quite round, and with painting around the...
  5. alsendk

    9mm or 45cal

    Boys will be boys Grow up and sing a song instead of showing up all this macho nonsense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie6uxgxfUEM
  7. alsendk

    New danish movie

    Søren, it will be interesting to see if they will be able to make a - true to history correct film, without making it into a boring drama of personal soldier love affairs instead. Having the series 1864 in mind, I fear the worst
  8. alsendk

    ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

    Interesting reading indeed!, but isn`t this article somehow misplaced here - in this all original Irvin RAF type jacket thread ?
  9. alsendk

    ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

    A sales add for a strange looking Jacket. What say you? fake, or original Irvin "Original WW2 Irvin sheep skin flying jacket Very rare sort after early two back panel darker wool type WW2 Irvin pattern sheep skin fleece lined flying jacket. It has the maker’s label which says Winter Flying...
  10. alsendk

    ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

    A very relaxed field marshal Montgomery, sporting RAF gear, boots and Irvin. The top brass seemed to have been able to get away with anything. Two badges in the beret, Smith&Wesson pistols, B3. aso.
  11. alsendk

    Members in Uniforms Part 2

    Looking good there...love the V sign
  13. alsendk

    ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

    I have been running through my wired irvin with a buzzer, and it is obviously wired in parallel, and to my knowledge powered by 24 V DC
  14. alsendk

    RAF flying gloves

    Rumour has it these gauntles are of canadian origin " WW1 RFC / Canadian Flying GAUNTLETS 57 Sdn"
  15. alsendk

    RAF Aircrew Boots

    http://www.replicaters.com/ww2rafuniforms.html Found this site, fabricating repro RAF flying boots, sending worldwide, any size, door delivered.
  16. alsendk

    ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

    Mr. Simon Swaffield seem to have found a very old prototype mix between a B3, and an Irvin. He finds a lot of exiting Irvin jackets these days, - up for sale at a moderate price from his homepage. Here is, what he writes about it himself: " And so to the jacket. Irvin(g) in all it’s...
  17. alsendk

    ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

    But facing the fact that it was very cold up there, why didn`t they all have wired jackets Andrew? Perhaps far from all planes were prepared for heating? I find it hard to find information about this on the net. Till now I have just been informed that it was 24 volts DC that was used for the...
  19. alsendk

    ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

    Any wired Irvins here? hard to see
  20. alsendk

    RAF Aircrew Boots

    http://www.historicflyingclothing.com/raf-1936-pattern-flying-boots_item_10265#.VONK5PnF-So Still for sale, but expensive. The fleece do have a rather dark colour here, far from off white. But interesting to see how the originals looked like
  21. alsendk

    ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

    Rear gunner Wellington bomber...it could be my Irvin this chap is wearing :eek:
  22. alsendk

    ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

    Thank you, Andrew, for your summary on the jacket. I agree with you, and Søren, about not to change anything. Somehow it might add a certain amount of authenticity to it. Can one assume, that a Irvin like this one, still wired, might have been used in a bomber plane, for a certain extend of...
  23. alsendk

    ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

    Thank you Søren. You are the reason, that I finally bought one .... I think you know that - but Sometime one needs a kick with a RAF boot your size, to get things done. I am truly happy about my Irvin, and it will outlast me I`m quite shure. It appears to be just as strong as my ALC, and weight...

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