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Warportraits - Portraits of war
Some Canucks Since my area of interest is RCAF aces of WWII, here's some steely-eyed Canucks (courtesy of AcesofWW2.com) Here's a shot of Bob Middlemiss and George 'Screwball' Beurling while serving with 403 Squadron, RCAF. 'Buck' McNair admires his portrait painted by 411 RCAF artist Bob...- desertweasel
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- Forum: WWII
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Learn to fly.
Learn to fly: $5 Learn to land: $8439.63 Actually you don't have to worry about landing. Every airplane will eventually land all by itself whether you like it or not ;)- desertweasel
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- Forum: WWII
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Paddy's return from 'The Green Fields of France'
A mon fils: My Dad was stationed in Marville in the early 60s while serving with the RCAF, not far from Verdun. We took a family trip to Europe when I was 13 and toured some of the battle sites mentioned above (including Douamont, Vaux, Verdun). I searched for a small diamond shaped...- desertweasel
- Post #18
- Forum: WWII
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White RAF Roll Neck Sweaters
'Frock'! While there wasn't an actual page for 'Sweaters, the use of' in King's Regulations, obviously many guys chose to wear them in unheated cockpits :rolleyes: The real-authentic-ohmyGodyougotoneof'em sweater would be the 'frock'. Stores Ref. Number 22G/63. Natural coloured wool, long...- desertweasel
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- Forum: WWII
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Went on holidays and all I got was this plastic wrapped Spitfire!
YO-T? Looks like she's a Canadian, YO was the code for 401 RCAF, she would have been referred to as 'T for Tommy'... alas not a very feminine name for such a goddess ;)- desertweasel
- Post #19
- Forum: WWII
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Almost Time to Get Your Knees Brown!
Kit MTO pic shows khaki aertex bush shirt (and KD trews not visible), 1932 pattern Mae West (not really authentic as rest of kit is more mid/late war), type D cotton drill tropical flying helmet with type G Oxy mask and Mk VIII goggles. The Mk VIII goggles also star in the ETO kit pic which...- desertweasel
- Post #44
- Forum: WWII
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Almost Time to Get Your Knees Brown!
KD's Hot day in the Med. Theatre... Where's my Kittyhawk? ...and on cool days in Europe... Nice duds everyone :)- desertweasel
- Post #42
- Forum: WWII
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WWII Boots - Service, Jump, etc.
RAF flying boots Just to clarify: The 36 Pat. boots were superceded by the 39 pattern which had the green canvas uppers. These tended to absorb lots of morning dew which would then freeze at altitude making them unpopular with aircrew... The 40/41 pattern were the brown suede boots, the...- desertweasel
- Post #111
- Forum: WWII
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How a chance meeting at the supermarket may get me a Spitfire!
Mike O'Sullivan? Small word of warning: The 'Spitfires' he may be talking about building are scaled-down, modern homebuilt sport aircraft based on the original Spitfire. Mike legally took over the Supermarine name and calls his product the 'Mk 25/Mk 26' versions. You may find huge...- desertweasel
- Post #9
- Forum: WWII
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WWII Aviation Scarves (RAF, USAAF, etc.)
Try TOOTAL Tootal scarves are always on eBay, they're 'in' with the Vespa crowd these days. I have a nice Maroon/Polka Dot one.- desertweasel
- Post #23
- Forum: WWII
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Reenactors camp
Nice Work! From an RCAF fan, nice job, and good luck with the humidity!- desertweasel
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- Forum: WWII
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What is your favorite unit?
417 RCAF 417 RCAF 'City of Windsor' Squadron of course, the only Canadian squadron to serve with Desert Air Force and the only RCAF squadron to serve in in North Africa and Italy. Read 'Mouse in my Pocket' to learn about the war in Burma, North Africa and Italy, written by Hedley Everard...- desertweasel
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- Forum: WWII
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Almost Time to Get Your Knees Brown!
Khaki Rank Slides I think the best thing to do about rank slides is to make your own. Find a cheap/old pair of khaki pants/whatever that match your bush jacket and have at 'er. You could ask Chris Kanca at the Air Diggers RAF forum about it, he has made his own (I think using an orig. set as...- desertweasel
- Post #33
- Forum: WWII
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Almost Time to Get Your Knees Brown!
Another tropical helmet Baggers, get yourself one of these, protects both the scalp and the back of the neck thanks to the crescent shaped rear flap. :)- desertweasel
- Post #19
- Forum: WWII
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Commonwealth clothing sizes
BD Sizing system The sizing system is pretty simple, once you understand the rationale of how it was organized. In summary, the sizes are arranged around height ranges with a size for slim, medium, and stocky builds within each height range. For example, sizes 1, 2, and 3 are for the...- desertweasel
- Post #6
- Forum: WWII
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Type AN-H-15 summer flying helmet
Could also be... Oh, just a thought, does it have zippered leather domes which would contain the earphones? That would make it a Navy (RN/Fleet Air Arm) version of the above.- desertweasel
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- Forum: WWII
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Type AN-H-15 summer flying helmet
Hi Maisie, The tropical helmet is either a D type or E type, the difference being that the E is made of a mesh style fabric called aertex and the D is made of khaki cotton drill material, lined with silk, and has a crescent shaped sun guard on the rear to protect the wearer's neck. There are a...- desertweasel
- Post #6
- Forum: WWII
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RAF kit closer to completion!
WPG BD Jacket When your Replicators BD arrives are you thinking of unloading your WPG one? I'm looking fo a smaller size than the one I have, I'm a 40-42, the one I have is a 46 (!), had to pick up the scraps as Jerry's supply ran out...- desertweasel
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Show us your RAF collection
Hi Paddy! Your recent 'Hello' on Air Diggers is the reason I found this site. I've been posting on AD for a while now and it's a superb resource for RAF/RCAF/RAAF/whatever info. Please post pics of your Eastman when it arrives, I've been trying to save for one for years but keep blowing the...- desertweasel
- Post #6
- Forum: WWII
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Aero Leather Repro Irvin for sale!
I have a lovely used repro Irvin jacket that I'm selling as it's too tight for me. It's sized a 42 but fits like a 38-40. This version is the 'Battle of Britain'/early war full length panel construction. If anyone is interested drop me a line for more pics, etc. jlbrown579 <AT> cogeco <DOT>...- desertweasel
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