kammo-man Posted July 22, 2018 Share #12501 Posted July 22, 2018 When the wolf fur is bold like this it’s pure class Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 25, 2018 Share #12502 Posted July 25, 2018 No doubt the 51 parka is a work of art Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk .Hi Owen, that's a great looking parka you have, I do have one similar, and I did buy several extra wolfs fur model hoods just for the thickness of the fur, and because I disliked the synthetic fur later parkas had. The one I wore during the late sixties as a MOD was the really early model of parka with attached hood and no fur as can be seen in the attached photo. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 25 2018. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 25, 2018 Share #12503 Posted July 25, 2018 . And what did you do in the war, Daddy ? ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not everyone who fought in WWII was a paratrooper, Marine, pilot or hit the beaches in the first wave . . . I have always enjoyed the unusual units, the non-standard clothing and equipment, the experimental and the adapted items and such. So it was great fun for me to find this image last week, three British soldiers straightening out and restoring PSP planks to usable condition. Note the heavy-weight wooden mallet next to the soldier on the right of the photo. Also the serviceman bending over in the middle can be seen striking a plank with another heavy mallet. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 25 2018. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 25, 2018 Share #12504 Posted July 25, 2018 . Just passing this idea on . . . . . . . . . . If you have a drawer full of pens where the ink has dried out around the rotating ball, try a squirt of WD40, and then scribble the pen around on a scrap of paper until the ball starts to rotate again. Worked for me with several pens . . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 25 2018.. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted July 25, 2018 Share #12505 Posted July 25, 2018 . Just passing this idea on . . . . . . . . . . If you have a drawer full of pens where the ink has dried out around the rotating ball, try a squirt of WD40, and then scribble the pen around on a scrap of paper until the ball starts to rotate again. Worked for me with several pens . . . . . . . . . . Lightly heating the tip of the pen with a lighter works as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 25, 2018 Share #12506 Posted July 25, 2018 Lightly heating the tip of the pen with a lighter works as well. .Hi Bugme, good to have you on board again, I have to say you're ' hot on the ball there ' with your suggestion . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 25 2018.. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted July 25, 2018 Share #12507 Posted July 25, 2018 . Hi Bugme, good to have you on board again, I have to say you're ' hot on the ball there ' with your suggestion . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 25 2018.. . image.jpg Well, I figured since I am now living in your time zone, I should probably stay connected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted July 25, 2018 Share #12508 Posted July 25, 2018 . And what did you do in the war, Daddy ? ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not everyone who fought in WWII was a paratrooper, Marine, pilot or hit the beaches in the first wave . . . I have always enjoyed the unusual units, the non-standard clothing and equipment, the experimental and the adapted items and such. So it was great fun for me to find this image last week, three British soldiers straightening out and restoring PSP planks to usable condition. Note the heavy-weight wooden mallet next to the soldier on the right of the photo. Also the serviceman bending over in the middle can be seen striking a plank with another heavy mallet. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 25 2018. .image.jpg Hope they had ear protectors. The big mallets remind me of one of my favorite corporate logos. It's for the Western Exterminator Company. I always wanted one of the plastic figurines they used to have on their trucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted July 25, 2018 Share #12509 Posted July 25, 2018 . And what did you do in the war, Daddy ? ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not everyone who fought in WWII was a paratrooper, Marine, pilot or hit the beaches in the first wave . . . I have always enjoyed the unusual units, the non-standard clothing and equipment, the experimental and the adapted items and such. So it was great fun for me to find this image last week, three British soldiers straightening out and restoring PSP planks to usable condition. Note the heavy-weight wooden mallet next to the soldier on the right of the photo. Also the serviceman bending over in the middle can be seen striking a plank with another heavy mallet. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 25 2018. .image.jpg I wonder what they'd done to deserve such a job...……. they must be a hard hitting bunch……………... Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted July 25, 2018 Share #12510 Posted July 25, 2018 . Just passing this idea on . . . . . . . . . . If you have a drawer full of pens where the ink has dried out around the rotating ball, try a squirt of WD40, and then scribble the pen around on a scrap of paper until the ball starts to rotate again. Worked for me with several pens . . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 25 2018.. .image.jpg Awesome! Lessons on pen repair! This place has EVERYTHING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted July 25, 2018 Share #12511 Posted July 25, 2018 If you have a drawer full of pens where the ink has dried out around the rotating ball, try a squirt of WD40, and then scribble the pen around on a scrap of paper until the ball starts to rotate again. Worked for me with several pens . . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 25 2018.. . image.jpg Nice pens.... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 26, 2018 Share #12512 Posted July 26, 2018 Well, I figured since I am now living in your time zone, I should probably stay connected. .Hi Bugme, back in the late eighties a bunch of us had a vacation in Malta. As it's an island and surrounded by water we saw a sign advertising scuba-diving so we thought we would give it a go, what could possibly go wrong, this would be safe I thought having dived into a school pool at eight years of age and knocking myself out on the bottom, and being rescued and lungs pumped out by the life guard. So we paid our money and were led out to a battered old van with the oxygen tanks and flippers in, what was also in the van or should I say not in the van was half of the floor, rotted out I took it from the salt water running off the equipment after use. We were delivered to a beach and given the necessary items for diving, shown how to turn the tanks on and off being the only instructions and the van and driver then left leaving us to our own devices. Four of us went into the water myself and Nick took a while to work out how to balance the weighted belt so we didn't keep turning upside down in the water, the other two friends didn't feel comfortable and went back to the beach. A couple of hours later the van returned and picked us up, we were asked if we enjoyed it and Nick and myself said we did. The driver said would we like to dive the following morning onto a WWII British destroyer bombed and sunk by German aircraft, we said that we should have time to do that as we were flying out in the afternoon after lunch. Next morning we arrived at the dive shop ready to go, however ( thankfully ) the dive had been called off due to an unusual storm appearing overnight and the waves were too high and the currents too strong. So we had lunch and headed to the airport and flew home. Two weeks after arriving home I heard and also read a news report of a young lady being crippled for life through diving on the morning of flying, she contracted the bends due to the oxygen levels in her blood vessels when the plane reached flying altitude. We were naive of this and nothing had ever been said to us when we agreed to dive on the sunken destroyer, having said that we would be flying a few hours later. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 26 2018. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 26, 2018 Share #12513 Posted July 26, 2018 Hope they had ear protectors. The big mallets remind me of one of my favorite corporate logos. It's for the Western Exterminator Company. I always wanted one of the plastic figurines they used to have on their trucks. .. Hi Mikie, thanks for the images never seen these before, almost Disneyesque in style. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 26 2018. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 26, 2018 Share #12514 Posted July 26, 2018 I wonder what they'd done to deserve such a job.... they must be a hard hitting bunch... Rene .Hi Rene, Many years ago I remember an old soldier regaling me with a story from his WWII experiences, however I can't recall the infractions which caused him to be placed in a punishment unit. He related that as part of this unit they were detailed to follow up with hessian sacks and clear a battle-site of bodies and body parts laying around. ? ? A true account or not I can't say. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 26 2018. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 26, 2018 Share #12515 Posted July 26, 2018 I wonder what they'd done to deserve such a job.... they must be a hard hitting bunch... Rene .Hi Rene, if they did this for the last two years of the war I can't see how it would aid their post war search for a job . . . . . . . . . . Perhaps panel beating in a car repair facility. . . . . . . Hahahaa Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 26 2018. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 26, 2018 Share #12516 Posted July 26, 2018 Awesome! Lessons on pen repair! This place has EVERYTHING! .Hi Mikie, it might have everything but I think some people just tune in thinking where the hell is this going today ? ? Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 26 2018. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 26, 2018 Share #12517 Posted July 26, 2018 Nice pens.... ?.Hahahaaaa Johan, only you would see that the pens have the same colors as the National flag of Belgium. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 26 2018. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 26, 2018 Share #12518 Posted July 26, 2018 . Two days ago the last of the WWII ATA female pilots died. . . . . . . . . . . This week on Tuesday Mary Ellis the last female WWII Air Transport Auxiliary pilot died aged 101, during WWII she delivered 400 Spitfires from the factory to the front line airfields, in total she flew 76 different types of aircraft. A necessary job fulfilled during WWII, a credit to a nation at war, and an inspiration for other females to join the Air Transport Auxilary. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5993993/Last-Spitfire-girls-Mary-Ellis-dies-home-Isle-Wight-aged-101.html Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 26 2018. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted July 26, 2018 Share #12519 Posted July 26, 2018 . Hi Rene, if they did this for the last two years of the war I can't see how it would aid their post war search for a job . . . . . . . . . . Perhaps panel beating in a car repair facility. . . . . . . Hahahaa Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 26 2018. . Well, I wouldn't trust them around my car with those mallets……………. Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted July 26, 2018 Share #12520 Posted July 26, 2018 . Two days ago the last of the WWII ATA female pilots died. . . . . . . . . . . This week on Tuesday Mary Ellis the last female WWII Air Transport Auxiliary pilot died aged 101, during WWII she delivered 400 Spitfires from the factory to the front line airfields, in total she flew 76 different types of aircraft. A necessary job fulfilled during WWII, a credit to a nation at war, and an inspiration for other females to join the Air Transport Auxilary. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5993993/Last-Spitfire-girls-Mary-Ellis-dies-home-Isle-Wight-aged-101.html Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 26 2018. . What a great lady! Flying 400 Spitfires….. Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted July 26, 2018 Share #12521 Posted July 26, 2018 . Hi Rene, Many years ago I remember an old soldier regaling me with a story from his WWII experiences, however I can't recall the infractions which caused him to be placed in a punishment unit. He related that as part of this unit they were detailed to follow up with hessian sacks and clear a battle-site of bodies and body parts laying around. ? ? A true account or not I can't say. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 26 2018. . Dad mentioned once or twice that he was busted down from corporal to private for a while. When asked what he did to get demoted, he'd say not telling with a slight smile. Whatever it was, must have been worth it. He did get his rank back after a while. Less amusing was the time or two when he mentioned being on burial detail on Saipan and Okinawa. They used to pour shaving lotion on the face masks to cover the smell. If I remember right, it was Aqua Velva lotion, and he wouldn't go near the stuff 30 years later. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted July 26, 2018 Share #12522 Posted July 26, 2018 . Hi Bugme, back in the late eighties a bunch of us had a vacation in Malta. As it's an island and surrounded by water we saw a sign advertising scuba-diving so we thought we would give it a go, what could possibly go wrong, this would be safe I thought having dived into a school pool at eight years of age and knocking myself out on the bottom, and being rescued and lungs pumped out by the life guard. So we paid our money and were led out to a battered old van with the oxygen tanks and flippers in, what was also in the van or should I say not in the van was half of the floor, rotted out I took it from the salt water running off the equipment after use. We were delivered to a beach and given the necessary items for diving, shown how to turn the tanks on and off being the only instructions and the van and driver then left leaving us to our own devices. Four of us went into the water myself and Nick took a while to work out how to balance the weighted belt so we didn't keep turning upside down in the water, the other two friends didn't feel comfortable and went back to the beach. A couple of hours later the van returned and picked us up, we were asked if we enjoyed it and Nick and myself said we did. The driver said would we like to dive the following morning onto a WWII British destroyer bombed and sunk by German aircraft, we said that we should have time to do that as we were flying out in the afternoon after lunch. Next morning we arrived at the dive shop ready to go, however ( thankfully ) the dive had been called off due to an unusual storm appearing overnight and the waves were too high and the currents too strong. So we had lunch and headed to the airport and flew home. Two weeks after arriving home I heard and also read a news report of a young lady being crippled for life through diving on the morning of flying, she contracted the bends due to the oxygen levels in her blood vessels when the plane reached flying altitude. We were naive of this and nothing had ever been said to us when we agreed to dive on the sunken destroyer, having said that we would be flying a few hours later. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 26 2018. You are either blessed or darned lucky. Probably both! Sad for the lady, but glad no harm to you or your friends. Mikie . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted July 26, 2018 Share #12523 Posted July 26, 2018 . Two days ago the last of the WWII ATA female pilots died. . . . . . . . . . . This week on Tuesday Mary Ellis the last female WWII Air Transport Auxiliary pilot died aged 101, during WWII she delivered 400 Spitfires from the factory to the front line airfields, in total she flew 76 different types of aircraft. A necessary job fulfilled during WWII, a credit to a nation at war, and an inspiration for other females to join the Air Transport Auxilary. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5993993/Last-Spitfire-girls-Mary-Ellis-dies-home-Isle-Wight-aged-101.html Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 26 2018. . Happy flights, Mary Ellis, flying with angel wings now. I never could understand why some people think females are inferior to males. Different, yes, thank goodness, but inferior? No way. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted July 26, 2018 Share #12524 Posted July 26, 2018 Hi Bugme, back in the late eighties a bunch of us had a vacation in Malta. As it's an island and surrounded by water we saw a sign advertising scuba-diving so we thought we would give it a go, what could possibly go wrong, this would be safe I thought having dived into a school pool at eight years of age and knocking myself out on the bottom, and being rescued and lungs pumped out by the life guard. So we paid our money and were led out to a battered old van with the oxygen tanks and flippers in, what was also in the van or should I say not in the van was half of the floor, rotted out I took it from the salt water running off the equipment after use. We were delivered to a beach and given the necessary items for diving, shown how to turn the tanks on and off being the only instructions and the van and driver then left leaving us to our own devices. Four of us went into the water myself and Nick took a while to work out how to balance the weighted belt so we didn't keep turning upside down in the water, the other two friends didn't feel comfortable and went back to the beach. A couple of hours later the van returned and picked us up, we were asked if we enjoyed it and Nick and myself said we did. The driver said would we like to dive the following morning onto a WWII British destroyer bombed and sunk by German aircraft, we said that we should have time to do that as we were flying out in the afternoon after lunch. Next morning we arrived at the dive shop ready to go, however ( thankfully ) the dive had been called off due to an unusual storm appearing overnight and the waves were too high and the currents too strong. So we had lunch and headed to the airport and flew home. Two weeks after arriving home I heard and also read a news report of a young lady being crippled for life through diving on the morning of flying, she contracted the bends due to the oxygen levels in her blood vessels when the plane reached flying altitude. We were naive of this and nothing had ever been said to us when we agreed to dive on the sunken destroyer, having said that we would be flying a few hours later. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent Wow, glad you walked away smiling, albeit ignorantly. We see the scuba places here and they even have signs stating no diving if you are flying in the next 24 hours. Likely added to protect themselves from liability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted July 26, 2018 Share #12525 Posted July 26, 2018 . Hi Bugme, back in the late eighties a bunch of us had a vacation in Malta. As it's an island and surrounded by water we saw a sign advertising scuba-diving so we thought we would give it a go, what could possibly go wrong, this would be safe I thought having dived into a school pool at eight years of age and knocking myself out on the bottom, and being rescued and lungs pumped out by the life guard. So we paid our money and were led out to a battered old van with the oxygen tanks and flippers in, what was also in the van or should I say not in the van was half of the floor, rotted out I took it from the salt water running off the equipment after use. We were delivered to a beach and given the necessary items for diving, shown how to turn the tanks on and off being the only instructions and the van and driver then left leaving us to our own devices. Four of us went into the water myself and Nick took a while to work out how to balance the weighted belt so we didn't keep turning upside down in the water, the other two friends didn't feel comfortable and went back to the beach. A couple of hours later the van returned and picked us up, we were asked if we enjoyed it and Nick and myself said we did. The driver said would we like to dive the following morning onto a WWII British destroyer bombed and sunk by German aircraft, we said that we should have time to do that as we were flying out in the afternoon after lunch. Next morning we arrived at the dive shop ready to go, however ( thankfully ) the dive had been called off due to an unusual storm appearing overnight and the waves were too high and the currents too strong. So we had lunch and headed to the airport and flew home. Two weeks after arriving home I heard and also read a news report of a young lady being crippled for life through diving on the morning of flying, she contracted the bends due to the oxygen levels in her blood vessels when the plane reached flying altitude. We were naive of this and nothing had ever been said to us when we agreed to dive on the sunken destroyer, having said that we would be flying a few hours later. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July 26 2018. . Hi Ken, just now had the time to properly read this post: thankfully a lucky escape! Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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