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  1. locobuster

    Help identifying a WWII picture

    Looks as though it was taken stateside, perhaps at a training base, that might be a starting point for you.
  2. locobuster

    Helmet Horde?

    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...
  3. locobuster

    vintge items on your computer desk

    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...
  4. locobuster

    B-17 may be grounded

    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...
  5. locobuster

    WWII tank unearthed

    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!
  7. locobuster

    A breakdown of Fedora Loungers by sex, location, age and marital status

    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.
  8. locobuster

    America Calling - Civilian Defense Reenacting

    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...
  9. locobuster

    What do you do for Living?

    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...
  10. locobuster

    A breakdown of Fedora Loungers by sex, location, age and marital status

    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"...
  11. locobuster

    America Calling - Civilian Defense Reenacting

    PM sent, Kilroy. Thanks in advance for any help!
  13. locobuster

    America Calling - Civilian Defense Reenacting

    Kilroy, would it be alright if I PM'd you about some details pertaining to M-1917 helmets?
  14. locobuster

    What do you do for Living?

    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...
  15. locobuster

    America Calling - Civilian Defense Reenacting

    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...
  16. locobuster

    What is your favorite aircraft of all time?

    Hands down, the P-38 Lightning & the B-17 Flying Fortress, to me both symbolize American airpower in the era.
  17. locobuster

    Essential Kit for WWI USAAF / RAF Followers

    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...
  19. locobuster

    For the railroad folks, like me....

    I really don't have much to add except a couple of shots I found going through the National Archives online: :cheers1:
  20. locobuster

    16th USAAF

    woo hoo! I won...well, kinda' sorta, LOL!:cheers1:
  21. locobuster

    WWII USAAF Classic Films: Watch 'em Tues 17th

    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:
  22. locobuster

    16th USAAF

    I've always thought the 16th AF was a creation of Hollywood for the 1957 movie Jet Pilot with John Wayne and Janet Leigh...
  23. locobuster

    What's on your bookshelf?

    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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