Post your "close call" photos.

[Jean-Loup]

Hi guys

In this thread, post you photos of soldiers who survived very close calls: bullets going through helmets, etc.
I am not a photo collector, so dont have any original photos of my own; but I do have photos found in several books, magazines, internet sites, etc.

To start this thread, here is a photo scaned rom French Militaria Magazine number 207, page 23. A bullet, or small schrapnel tore throught this mans binoculars and through his ammo pouch, apparently without doing any harm to him!

JL

[Jean-Loup]

This photo from Militaria Magazine number 107, page 53 shows a brith soldier whos helmet was pierced, apparently by a bullet.

[Jean-Loup]

This exelent set of photos is from forum member Cesar Maximiano's book "M1 helmets of WW2"

[Jean-Loup]

Here are some french WW1 items in my collection. Apparently, the schrapnel was deviated or stopped by the mans bag, that had these items inside it.

[Jean-Loup]

A lucky SS man on the eastern front, who was posted somewhere else on the forum a while back.

[Jean-Loup]

After the southern France landings: a lucky US soldier. This origine of this photo is very clear.

[Jean-Loup]

An other lucky American soldier after the southern France landings. I found this on the web years ago, and cant remeber where. The damage was from flak schrpanl falling back down from the sky if I remember right.

[RaymondG]

Excellent images Jean.

Raymond

[peter u]

Hello,



Helmut Wenzel, photo taken on May 11 1940 when he leaves fort Eben-Emael.
He survived a shot through the helmet both on May 10 1940 & May 20 1941!

Cheers,
Peter

[Leo]

Nettuno front 1944

Here´s one of mine. Close call at Nettuno, Italy 1944. You can see the bandage under his helmet.

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Cheers

Øyvind

[Jean-Loup]

That is a very nice and quality picture Oyvind.

Here is a "Nam" close call that I found while surfing the internet years ago. The damage was done by a bullet if I remember right.

[Akira Takiguchi]

Dear Jean-Loup,

you have been here long enough to know that I (as a moderator) do not allow posting scans from books (except for period books), scans from internet sites, etc except when it is necessary to do so.

I did not remove your earlier scans because I know you don't have any and you had to explain your intention - which I considered "necessary (though a bit too many!)". Of course it is good to start this interesting thread, and I hope more collectors can share their scans.

Let me repeat: this forum is where you post scans from your own collection (not scan collection), and I have to say it because it is the important difference from other fora out there.

Thank you for your understanding!

[Jean-Loup]

Hi Akira

Very honestly, I though it was OK to post photos from books as long as the original source was credited.
I had a few more photos, but I guess I will not post them then. Some real photo collectors can post something if they have any pictures.

JL

[jimmytx3]

close call

Hi Akira

Very honestly, I though it was OK to post photos from books as long as the original source was credited.
I had a few more photos, but I guess I will not post them then. Some real photo collectors can post something if they have any pictures.

JL

here is a photo of my friends head, when we were in the falklands war a 7.62 round passed through his helmet and scored a groove along the top of his skull and passed out the other side of his helmet, thats a close call.

[Jean-Loup]

Hi Jimmy, I thought you would visit this thread. Both you and your mate were very lucky during that battle. Did your mate keep his helmet?
I saw a guy at the hospital recently who had been shot in the head, with an entrance and exit wound but no damage to the skull. He was also very lucky. I have no photo though of course.

JL