Glider bade in wear

[HouweTrouwe]

A beautiful photo of a Glider badge in wear, pilot is known. Hopefully you guys like it.

Please not copy without permission.



Friendly regards
Bart

[Steve P]

Nice man!

[Leroy]

G.I. all dressed up?

[Simon O.]

G.I. all dressed up?

Why do you think that?

[JWL]

Here is anotherone.

[Leroy]

Why do you think that?

Only because he is a fairly low-ranking EM wearing an officer's cap, with no indication on his uniform that he is an officer aspirant. Looks similar to some photos I have seen of G.I.'s dressed up in mixed German uniforms they found. Very nice shot of the glider badge, in any case!

[HouweTrouwe]

As said pilot is known, Mirowsky.

Regards

[VtwinVince]

Strange photo, his undershirt is not regulation, and he is not a Fahnenjunker, so the hat is wrong as well.

[HouweTrouwe]

They did many did against regulations. Only the hat is strange. Either way this is not staged or a Hollywood actor or GI.. This is a real pilot, he is called Mirowsky and fought in Crete in Sturm-Regiment 2. I don't know exact many from him. Hopefully somebody else does. There are many other photos from him, only could get this.

Many thanks,
Bart
www.vlaamslegioen.com

[Simon O.]

That cap doesn't seem to fit him at all so somebody elses i guess.

[HouweTrouwe]

That cap doesn't seem to fit him at all so somebody elses i guess.

Could be loose on the head. Sometimes they gave for portraits an other cap to make a beautiful picture like when the soldier had a schiffchen or didn't wore his headgear at that moment, then they sometimes gave them headgear (the studiophotographer). I think this photo was made somewhere near Crete or where it is hot, you can see he didn't cloth himself warm (t-shirt open, not thick t-shirt, probably only undershirt he is wearing), so probably somewhere where it is hot.

Friendly regards,
bart

[Stijn David]

glider

Hello,


First Bart thank you for showing this wonderfull picture => i know it was part of the Mirowsky legacy but the person shown in the first picture is NOT Rudolf Mirowsky.

He is a unidentifyed Gefreiter who was also a glider pilot (check out his glider badge => that is the large eagle variant) and the was also holde rof the SIlver C glider profiency badge.

The named soldeir (Rudolf) Mirowsky was indeed at Crete etc.... and the sold pictures did belong once toward shim. He is a Blond chap with a different face then this one.

Is tehre anything written on the back of the picture?

Cordial greetings,

[HouweTrouwe]

Thanks for the reply, well more information cleared here. No, there is nothing written on the back.

Friendly regards,
Bart

[W Petz]

Hello Bart,

David is correct the photo you posted is not of Uffz Mirowski...here is a photo from that grouping and he is the chap in the middle wearing the glider badge.

[W Petz]

Here is a close up photo of Uffz Mirowsky