I'll show you mine, if you show me yours...

[W Petz]

Almost forgot...Fantastic FJ Award Ceremony for the rescue of Mussilini on Grand Sasso!!!

[Yannis]

Yannis,
hello thank you of your compliment !!

Guil,
you 're very welcome!


Hey Eric and Bill,

good to see you are still going strong!!
This forum is for learning and sharing knowledge and experience. And this thread is for sharing photos. Come on you photosammler, where are you all?
This is a 5 star thread, it deserves to stay up, IMHO.

All the best
Yannis

[Eric Queen]

Bill,

Glad to hear that some more people will be getting involved soon.

Here is another somewhat rare original image. It would not be an exageration to say that the availability of original Japanese paratrooper photos, vs German paratrooper, is 1000 ( German ) to 1 ( Japanese ).

[W Petz]

Eric,

I would agree...I wonder if Akira comes across any of these types of photos in Japan?

Here is one of the thousands of German

[Eric Queen]

How about a document with a photo attached to it...

[W Petz]

Eric,

Very Nice!!! A German friend of mine gave me one of these after his wife washed his shirt and guess what was in the pocket?

Here is a couple of nice signed Willrich Cards - First one is Hauptmann Witzig

[W Petz]

second one is a signed Major Koch

[Frank Schneider]

Reply to #296 & #297....

Eric,

could these smocks be the ones used for training behind the "wind donkey", when the students are dragged over the field by their parachutes? Looks like they added some extra fabric, against wear and tear. My 2 cents worth....

Frank.

[Akira Takiguchi]

Twenty-two pages! Eric, Bill, everyone, thank you for sharing... Real eyecandies... also I've learned a few things I should look for...

Here are two pics from an album of Uffz. Wolfgang Meinecke:

<img src="http://www.history.jp/images/Meinecke-pic3.jpg">

<img src="http://www.history.jp/images/Meinecke-pic4.jpg">

[Eric Queen]

Frank,

Good question, but I don't think so. It's my understanding that the "drag smocks" were manufactured that way ( heavily reinforced in certain areas ).
I think this are markings of some kind.

Akira,

Neat photos. What kind of boots is Bepper wearing? Are those mountain boots?

EQ

[Eric Queen]

Another nice shot from Chris Whitehead. More to come...

[W Petz]

Akira,

I really like your first photo and also the second photo as well thanks for sharing!! Bill

Chris,

Great photo! I always like the combo smock and helmet shots!!! Thanks for sharing and keeping this thread going. Bill


Here is a couple of FJ Tropical shots!!!

[W Petz]

and a driver in Italy notice the unit marking on the vehicle

[W Petz]

Here is a pic of FJ's that I believe were in Tunisia.

[Eric Queen]

Another nice shot from Chris Whitehead