My dad is wondering if you could help out with some information on his father. He passed away when my dad was 21, so my dad doesn’t know much about him.   Adolph Michael Tryba WWII - Aleutian Islands Born in Wadena, MN   Any little bit helps. Thanks again in advance - you’re seriously a wizard!

Casper Yost Offutt did not serve in a military squadron during World War I; instead, he served as a civilian diplomat for the United States Department of State. From 1917 to 1919, he was stationed in Latin America, serving as the Second Secretary of the U.S. Embassy in Chile and later as the first secretary and chargé d'affaires in Panama.     The military aviation legacy associated with his family belongs entirely to his younger brother, First Lieutenant Jarvis Jenness Offutt. Jarvis was the Omaha pilot who served in the U.S. Army Air Service and flew with the British Royal Air Force. He initially trained with the 22nd Aero Squadron and was later attached to 60 Squadron and 56 Squadron in France before tragically losing his life in August 1918. It was in honor of Jarvis—not Casper—that Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska was named.     http://www.56sqnfirebirds.org.uk/TheFirebirds/jj_offutt.htm

You:  I'm still looking for confirmation that the "1st LT Offutt" in the 75th Service Squadron is Casper Yost Offutt (October 30, 1893, d. December 20, 1987), older brother of Jarvis Offutt.    Me:   I don't believe it is Casper Yost Offutt.  See below.          

It’s seriously soooo cool!!!!

Color!!!!! Omg!! So cool, thank you!!

. Hi earlymb,   I flipped the windshield up today, but it was only to take some photos of the engine bay, I added a can of WD40 into the photo as I knew you would have a smile at that. anyway here's a wartime shot of a GPW engine bay and eighty years later a shot of my engine bay.   I have shown mine in both a colour comparison and a monochrome comparison .            Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 16  June  2O26.   ..

Might have to stop over there! My friends boyfriend works at the Becker County courthouse. Might have some access there. Thanks!

This is seriously incredible! The photo of Carl looks SO much like my great uncle John and his son Greg! Crazy! We appreciate this and will cherish these documents forever! My grandma is going to add it to the family history book she has! THANK YOU!

Thank you Brother! lol... I remeber back in the day before Photoshop... my Dad held up an image he was working on and said. "They will never have a computer that can do this" Now? Computers do it faster and better than my Dad or I ever could. I was a professional Photo Retoucher for 40 years....... lol Not anymore. ai has taken over most of the work. Its remarkable really. That final color shot with my grandparents next to each other, took the computer about 17 seconds to clean up colorize and place them together. 17 seconds! I could have done the same thing in photoshop, in about 2-3 hours..... and it would not have looked as good. 😀

So I haven't looked for or picked up anything related to aviation in awhile Matter of fact I'm wanting to scale back a bunch, but I cant help being drawn to  the appeal of the early Army APH 5's, so when a good one pops up on the ever revolving market, it gets my interest. I dont have the Mil Spec number on the rubber edge roll that's featured on this helmet, but it has always set it apart from the garden variety of APH 5's. It's in excellent shape and not chewed up or showing sign of deterioration. This one is molestation free, even down to the original earcups (like the P series helmets) which predated the MX2088 and are in excellent very supple condition The sand textured finish is unique to this model and appealing for one who's interested  in collecting from the early 60s, as that design feature was eliminated for subsequent models later into the war. Note - the chin pad has turned into crumble dust which is common place. Other than some awesome 55+ year old age patina, it's complete and likely un issued. This one will be a keeper among my fav's.