Johan Willaert Posted January 25, 2016 Share #8801 Posted January 25, 2016 however you haven't so far spotted the little joke I added into an earlier post response I posted to you today.. Least said, soonest mended.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 25, 2016 Share #8802 Posted January 25, 2016 Hi Ian, another great shot of Sian as usual, what more can I say, begrudgingly you take a fair shot as well. Will you get to Normandy this year, if you're making plans then it might be good to see the 2nd Armored group when they will start here and follow the operation Cobra route, will find the dates for you. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 25 2016. . Thanks Ken. Re Normandy...actually it is something we have been talking about recently! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 14, 2016 Share #8803 Posted February 14, 2016 can't wait to see the jeep. Got a spot in the car port or BBQ shack? Hi Robert, you and me both brother. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 14 2016. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 14, 2016 Share #8804 Posted February 14, 2016 Hi Ken, Very nice Christmas present! Hope your holidays went well. Thanks for comment on the Gin bottle, very limited edition. Yes I had a great time at Christmas saw all the family, spent several great days out with my daughter and Robbie her boyfriend, ate and drank accordingly for the season. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 14 2016. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 14, 2016 Share #8805 Posted February 14, 2016 Least said, soonest mended.... Hi Johan, well it was a great weekend seeing you, Kristien and Helen, had a wonderful time with everyone. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 14 2016. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 14, 2016 Share #8806 Posted February 14, 2016 Thanks Ken. Re Normandy...actually it is something we have been talking about recently! Hi Ian, I will check out the dates and details and let you know, be nice to see Sian again, and would you be coming Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 14 2016. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 14, 2016 Share #8807 Posted February 14, 2016 Something for the shoebox find . . . . . . . . . . . well as collectors we never know where we will find little gems, two days ago I nipped into a small store selling second-hand chinaware such as cups, saucers, plates and mugs, and spotted these few small items on the shelves, the owner said that she originally had a full carton of the typewriter inks. . . . . . . . . . Go well with my field desk contents. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 14 2016. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted February 14, 2016 Share #8808 Posted February 14, 2016 Nice... Just dont use the oil on your next salad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted February 14, 2016 Share #8809 Posted February 14, 2016 Hi Johan, well it was a great weekend seeing you, Kristien and Helen, had a wonderful time with everyone. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 14 2016. . Thanks for making the trip, and glad to read you had a great time..! See you in June! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted February 14, 2016 Share #8810 Posted February 14, 2016 Go well with my field desk contents. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 14 2016. . Ken, You have just as good an eye at finding small items as you do at finding "then and now" shots! You sure have an eye for the detail. ...Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 15, 2016 Share #8811 Posted February 15, 2016 Nice... Just dont use the oil on your next salad. Hi Ron, certainly won't use it on my salads, after seventy years though, wonder if it's still good to fry with Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 15 2016. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 15, 2016 Share #8812 Posted February 15, 2016 Thanks for making the trip, and glad to read you had a great time..! See you in June! Hi Johan, look forward to seeing you and the boys in June as we usually do . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 15 2016. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 15, 2016 Share #8813 Posted February 15, 2016 Ken, You have just as good an eye at finding small items as you do at finding "then and now" shots! You sure have an eye for the detail. ...Kat Hi Kat, thanks for the compliment on spotting detail, here's one for you ( and others ) what detail can you see in this pillow cover from my collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 15 2016. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted February 15, 2016 Share #8814 Posted February 15, 2016 Canadian wings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 15, 2016 Share #8815 Posted February 15, 2016 Canadian wings Hi Ron, thanks for adding comment, I wanted to see what was raised by this pillow cover. There are Canadian wings similar to this style but for everything that I can glean through the internet all images show a five sided maple leaf at the base of the parachute cords. It is well known that units of Canadian paratroops trained at Fort Benning during the early part of WWII, and I would have been quite happy to have a pillow cover produced at Benning for Canadian Paratroops, but it clearly states above the wings ' U.S. PARATROOPS '. Quoting roughly from page 91 of Gerald M Devlin's 1979 book ' Paratrooper ' it states that Major Miley of the 501st Parachute Infantry first gave permission for qualified jumpers to wear their trousers tucked into the top of the jump boots. On page 92 it also states that the Army's board of heraldry wrote to Miley stating that any jump wings adopted could not in any form resemble army aviators wings. Major Miley asked Lieutenant William P. Yarborough to draw suggestions for a suitable set of wings for the new airborne forces. I have seen referenced elsewhere that initial designs had been a parachute centred on a set of aviators wings. So maybe the question here has to be, were these wings an early attempt at U.S. Paratroopers qualification wings, and before they were disallowed by the heraldry board. love to hear if anyone has some further thoughts on this pillow cover and the design of the wings as shown, any written or photographic evidence would be appreciated Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 15 2016. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David D Posted February 15, 2016 Share #8816 Posted February 15, 2016 Very nice pillow cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtRGFRANK Posted February 15, 2016 Share #8817 Posted February 15, 2016 Hi Kat, thanks for the compliment on spotting detail, here's one for you ( and others ) what detail can you see in this pillow cover from my collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 15 2016. . nice cover. There untold numbers of them out there. I have a few from base's in our area from WWII. Temp Training bases that no longer are there. Looking for one from the town just West of us but no luck. Don't know if they made any during the war or just can't find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 15, 2016 Share #8818 Posted February 15, 2016 Very nice pillow cover Hi David, thanks, always thought it was a great cover myself but an enigma regarding the design. I showed quite a few other covers From my collection on a thread several years ago, there were Army, Navy, Marine and Aircorps ones. Will have to try and find a link for it, and add here again. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 15 2016. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted February 20, 2016 Share #8819 Posted February 20, 2016 Hello. Just thought I'd give you a progess report on my catching up on this fantastic forum. I'm up to post 3426, September 2011. I'm not sure what parts I like best, the here and now, the shoebox items, or the shots like those from the convoys and reenactments. I'll just have to say "All of the above"! It is a bit time-trippy since I sometimes forget that I am reading posts from several years ago. But what will I do when I actually do get caught up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtRGFRANK Posted February 21, 2016 Share #8820 Posted February 21, 2016 Hello. Just thought I'd give you a progess report on my catching up on this fantastic forum. I'm up to post 3426, September 2011. I'm not sure what parts I like best, the here and now, the shoebox items, or the shots like those from the convoys and reenactments. I'll just have to say "All of the above"! It is a bit time-trippy since I sometimes forget that I am reading posts from several years ago. But what will I do when I actually do get caught up? like the rest of us. Wait for his next exciting post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted February 21, 2016 Share #8821 Posted February 21, 2016 Hi Ron, thanks for adding comment, I wanted to see what was raised by this pillow cover. There are Canadian wings similar to this style but for everything that I can glean through the internet all images show a five sided maple leaf at the base of the parachute cords. . Could very well be an early unofficial design or artistic interpretation of the manufaturer. Which ever it is you have a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 21, 2016 Share #8822 Posted February 21, 2016 Hello. Just thought I'd give you a progess report on my catching up on this fantastic forum. I'm up to post 3426, September 2011. I'm not sure what parts I like best, the here and now, the shoebox items, or the shots like those from the convoys and reenactments. I'll just have to say "All of the above"! It is a bit time-trippy since I sometimes forget that I am reading posts from several years ago. But what will I do when I actually do get caught up? Hi mikie, good to hear from you again, quite funny to hear that you are persisting with the blog, you ask what do you do when you are caught up with recent posts, sadly maybe I could possibly spend many hours a day adding posts, but then that would prevent me from being out there and experiencing the very things that I show or write about. Finally after eight years of working on the house, garden, socialising etc I have found the time to get into my garage storage and start work on my Jeep with a view to having back on the road this summer. The eight years of untouched storage has not been kind to it, the full nut and bolt rebuild I did back in 1985 has disappeared and it has the appearance of a seventy year old barn find. This week I will be shipping it over to a friend who has full workshop facilities, the brakes need a complete overhaul as do a couple of other parts, yesterday after a couple of hours work cleaning the plugs and points I got the engine started, however there appears to be a fuel flow problem. The rebuild as it appeared back in 1985, as Ford GPW it has a grey engine block Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 21 2016. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 21, 2016 Share #8823 Posted February 21, 2016 like the rest of us. Wait for his next exciting post Hi Robert, thanks for the comment but ' exciting post ' might be a little over dramatic. Very pleased to report as I mentioned in the prior post, finally got into the garage storage to check out my little green ' peep ' aka the Jeep, below is a shot of how it appears at present. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 21 2016. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 21, 2016 Share #8824 Posted February 21, 2016 Could very well be an early unofficial design or artistic interpretation of the manufaturer. Which ever it is you have a winner. Hi Ron, thank you for your thoughts on my Fort Benning cover, I have always valued it but sad that it's origins are unknown, be fun to know of any others out there. Norman D. landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 21 2016. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David D Posted February 21, 2016 Share #8825 Posted February 21, 2016 That should be a fun little project. Maybe not so little though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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