Team – This picture arrived in the mail today. It captures a rather sleepy ground crew member snoozing on the wheel of a Dornier Do 27A. The Do 27A was a five-seat single engine Short Take-off or Landing (STOL) utility transport aircraft. It had a crew of one or two and could transport up to six passengers. I think of it as a post-war version of the famous “Storch” used by FDM Rommel in North Africa.
It’s hard to tell if this individual is assigned to the Heer or Luftwaffe. Of interest is the man’s crushed down denim cap, “sleeper” shirt and shoes. The shoes look almost like slippers, appropriate enough for this particular gentleman. Does anyone know if these are special ground crew shoes designed to prevent electro-static discharge during refueling, or, more mundanely, BW sports shoes worn while cleaning the interior of the aircraft?
In any event, I like this shot and hope you do as well.
All the best - TJ
It’s hard to tell if this individual is assigned to the Heer or Luftwaffe. Of interest is the man’s crushed down denim cap, “sleeper” shirt and shoes. The shoes look almost like slippers, appropriate enough for this particular gentleman. Does anyone know if these are special ground crew shoes designed to prevent electro-static discharge during refueling, or, more mundanely, BW sports shoes worn while cleaning the interior of the aircraft?
In any event, I like this shot and hope you do as well.
All the best - TJ
I did not see the right side of the buckle, only the bright edge of the left side. Now that I look at it I can see the whole buckle, therefore of course you are 100% correct. That's the standard 1960s field belt, used until the late 1980s.
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