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01-18-2008, 11:41 PM
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| Luftwaffe Aircrew Below are some pictures of equipment and such that I have saved that might be found on a typical luftwaffe crewmen. 1st picture is of a flight jacket is unusual in that it has Hauptmann rankings. Most if not all do not due to possibility of being captured. 2nd coin that could be in pilot pockets 3rd different coin that could be found in pilot pockets 4th Wedding picture that could be found in a luftwaffe pilots pocket if married. 5th A luftwaffe ring that a pilot might be found wearing. 6th picture is that of a luftwaffe hand book. If any one has one in pdf format I would love to see it along with many other people here. Please feel free to add more to this.
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01-18-2008, 11:55 PM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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| Thats a ring I would love to own. great stuff!
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01-19-2008, 12:07 AM
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| Few more pictures of stuff that can be found on a Luftwaffe pilot. 1st picture is a German id tag 2nd picture are a pair of 1944 heated flight boots. 3rd picture is a pair of Luftwaffe flight goggles 4th picture is a Luftwaffe cigarette lighter 5th picture is a Luftwaffe pilot badge
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01-19-2008, 12:37 AM
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| Cool stuff Micdrow. Do you know how they would heat the boots?
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01-19-2008, 08:51 AM
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01-19-2008, 09:52 AM
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| Siggy Master  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland
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| Nice stuff Micdrow.  THX for posting here.
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01-19-2008, 11:34 AM
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| Great stuff micdraw
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01-19-2008, 03:09 PM
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| Few more pictures that I dug up. 1. Luftwaffe Heavy, Medium and Dive-Bomber flying clasp. Gold was issued upon completion of 110 operational flights. 2. German cigarettes 3. Matches 4. JG 2 Luftwaffe cigarette case 5. Luftwaffe award document 6. Luftwaffe Tunic
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01-19-2008, 06:28 PM
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| 1. Luftwaffe helmet 2. Luftwaffe Field Cap 3. Luftwaffe Battle of Britain Ring 4. German cigars
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01-20-2008, 12:13 AM
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| the old Sage  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Platonic Sphere
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| Paul the tunic is not Luftwaffe, it would be blue grey, different breast eagle as well as collar patches are not segmented elongated as shown, would be yellow backing with silver white gulls indicating flight - yellow background. Your very first pic of the Luftwaffe Lederjacke is typically unknown to have such high ranking shoulder boards sewn into the seams............a big no no, maybe up to Hauptmann but extremely rare if not shown in an above rank for obvious security reasons
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01-20-2008, 08:34 AM
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Many thanks Erich and very interesting. I will see if I can find another flight jacket. I will change wording at top because it is so unusual and find another flight jacket. The tunic has been replaced, hopefully this one is closer. Corrections welcome, Ive corrected a couple of items above already. This is new learning experince at least for me. Additions more then welcome.
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01-20-2008, 11:45 AM
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| great stuff micdraw like the smokes betcha they're a little stale now
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01-20-2008, 11:52 AM
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| Hi chaps found this site containing plenty of colour images of Luftwaffe uniforms and flight kit. Luftwaffe Airfield Re-enactment Group - Uniforms & Equipment Regards, Dave |
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01-20-2008, 01:00 PM
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Interesting site spitfirefive, I like the tool box. Maybe some day I could do some threads on aircraft tools. Might be interesting subject or maybe a project for some one else too looking for an idea.
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01-20-2008, 05:25 PM
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| Couple of manuals, one is the German hand book. The other is a German infantry hand book under pictures 1. German eating utensil 2. German cuff Udet Enjoy!!!
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