Belgium Para

[pegasus]

not WWII but nice uniforms
taken in Congo in 1964 in Stanlyville

[Si1964]

Hi
I can't quite make the badges out, are they Para's and not Belgium SAS?

[W Petz]

Simon,

I believe they are Belgian Paracommandos i.e. paracommando cap badge. Bill

[GELIS44]

m-1936 pistol belt

They appear to be wearing the m-1936 american army pistol belt. I guess they copied our design.

nate

[Jan B]

Hi Pegasus

Neat picture.

Here's a deadcard from a para who died, probably during that same operation ( the liberation of white hostages in Stanleystad)

Alfons De Waegeneer, born in my village died cause of severe woundings on 25/11/1965 in Leopoldstad.

He was only 19 years old.
Amen

Jan

[Jan B]

Inside of the deadcard. Sorry for the bad scan, but I don't have much time.

[pegasus]

para

the fith person is my father 1sgt Notebaert.
there are Belgium Para-comandos from the 1ste Batalion and had the same insignia as the SAS.
Sgt De Waegeneer and Kpl Welvaert where the two men that died in this operation.
De Waegeneer was shot in the belly he was a friend of my father who was with hime at the time he was shot.

regards,

pegasus

ps. De Waegeneer died in 1964 and not 1965.

[pegasus]

para

They appear to be wearing the m-1936 american army pistol belt. I guess they copied our design.

nate

the pistol belt was not standard there were given by american air force men who dropt the Belgium para-comandos above Congo.

pegasus

[pegasus]

paras

wath do you think about the belgium jump smokes???