Luftwaffe from Ireland

[Vic]

Hello Jim...alway a pleasure to see your collection....
Endless collection??

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Erel Officers cap pic1 (J)

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Erel officers cap pic2 (J)

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Winter flying suit belonging to Hauptmann Adelbert Karbe staffelkapitan 3rd staffel KG55 pic1 (J)

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Karbe's winter flight suit pic2 (J)

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Karbe's winter flight suit pic3 (J)

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Haupt. Adelbert Karbe St.Kpt. 3/KG55, was the 5th member of KG55 to receive the Knightscross on 12/11/41 and had flown over 250 combat missions both during the Battle of Britain and in Russia. He was killed when his He 111 G1+GV was shot down by a Beaufighter of no.604 squadron on the night of the 30th/31st of July 1942. The He 111 crashed near Weymouth, Dorset, killing three of the crew including Haupt. Karbe. (J)

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Oblt. wearing fliegerbluse and summer channel trousers. (J)

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Oblt. with Fliegerbluse and summer channel trousers. pic2 (J)

[behblc]

Lovely stuff , this thread has been a pure joy to follow.

[Daniele C]

The biggest collection in IReland for sure!Congrats jim!

[Steinar]

I love this thread. I enjoy every update done by Jim. Thanks

[Wijtman01]

its been very silent around jims thread any news jim?

[Adam S.]

Just read through all 17 pages! Impressed and in love! (Not with Jim but the collection!)

[jim murray]

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At Beltring, 09 myself and paul were having a look around dealers stands ,after the general public have gone home. most dealers had packed up and left for the day, but the ones who camp on site were still open, we were looking over this stall, a mixed bag of equipment and repro things. at this stage it was getting dark and we were starting to get fed up and hungry, Paul picked up a worn LKp101 flying helmet with no electrics, like most items on the stand it was trashed, Paul then picked up a WWI brass shell case and noticed a net LKpN 101 flying helmet shoved inside it. When he pulled it out he saw that it was in near mint condition and a large size to boot. When examining it in more detail he realised that the leather was the very rare gray and not the usual dark brown, and to make matters even better he got it for at least €200.00 less than the going rate. What a find. Enjoy the photos.
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