Two S/42 P.08s with two matching magazines -1937 & 1938.

[drm2m]

1937 S/42.


1938 S/42.


David

[Aktivisti]

Great looking sets and superb photos too!

I assume that P08s with two matching mags are not very common, or cheap, in Canada either..?

Also thanks for sharing.

[me6_130]

Very nice ones indeed. I would really like to have one like those.

Carles

[Bill Grist]

Super nice, and thanks for showing....BILL

[Richard T]

Really nice

[Willi Z.]

Wow, what a great pair!! Very, very tough to find one with 2 matching mags, let alone two complete sets!

[richardw]

Thanks for the pictures.
Beautiful pair of P08s.

[mdk220]

very nice matching Lugers with both mags of course - well done!!

[drm2m]

Thanks for all the kind comments.

The 1937 dated S/42 rig was given to me on June 2 2001 by the vet that brought it back.

The vet.



The rig was picked up in Dunkirk on May 10 1945 following the German surrender on May 7th 1945.

The vet was a pilot with the No. 665 “Air Observation Post’ Squadron RCAF.
which was manned principally by Royal Canadian Artillery (RCA) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) personnel.

The vet was an Artillery Captain that learned how to fly.

The Canadians fighting at Dunkirk - with their British AOP counterparts - appear to have been the last Canadian combatants up to the cease-fire at 1530 British double summer time on May 7th 1945.

The vet was the last to range his guns at Dunkirk, and was interrupted by the cease fire declaration on the HF.

All of this stuff is described in the interesting book below.




Excerpts from the vet’s diary.

May 7 1945—"What a day, what a day! Starting at 0700 hrs. We were shooting all day and really giving Dunkirk a going over. However, I was up doing a shoot at about 1530 when it was suddenly cancelled."


May 10—"Ray and I flew all over Dunkirk looking at the targets we had taken on.… When we came down we hopped in his jeep and dashed off to one of the places where they were disarming the Gerries and I managed to pick up two first-class Lugers and one old P38."



David

[drm2m]

This is from the book shown below.
The reference to Baily below is the vet that I got the rig from.



David

Captain B.D. Baily in flying gear.



He died on December 23 2010----I went to his funeral.
He was an old family friend and my first boss....a truly great fellow.

[drm2m]

When Capt. Baily picked up his 1937 dated code S/42 P.08 on May 10th 1945 in Dunkirk, what were the chances that he ended up with a gun with two matching magazines and a 1937 dated holster.....and he was not really a gun guy.

Luck of the draw?

David

[pitfighter]

Lord - that is a sweet set up - with awesome provenance, too.

Really lovely and great pics too, thank you.

Pit.

[Ronnie Fry]

Great pistols, Most wonderful provenance. Excellent presentation...

TNX!!

r

[cossack1648]

Beautifull pistols. Lugers with 2 matching mags are hard to find. I got 1941 byf some time ago from our Estand. Generally second matching mag doubles the price.

Jack

[drm2m]

Jack,

I wonder if in reality two matching magazines doubles the price?
I have seen that comment before .
I don't know how true it is?

David