Hello everyone, I'm fairly new to this forum and my interest is mainly aircraft wreck recovery. I've recently inherited this rucksack and you are the people who'd know what it is! I've found pictures of similar mountain troop equipment but don't know enough about them. It measures 42 by 28 by 11 cm.
Thanks in advance, Ian.
I know the man on the left is Adolf Galland, but does anyone know who the other man is? Are these two men from 1 Gruppen Jagdgeschwader 26? This is the squadron that shot down my great uncle on 14 July 1944 and I am trying to get more information on the members of 1 Gruppen Jagdgeschwader 26.
Any information will be of great help. I am currently exchanging e-mails with a man named Jean-Luc over in France who is the vice president of the "Forced Landing Association". They found my great uncles crash site in 1999 and he has been alot of help to me and me research. But if anyone has any additional information regarding 1 Gruppen Jagdgeschwader 26 and perhaps even information on the 14 July 1944 confrontation, I would be very thankful.
fotos ss helmet, please your opinion, true or fake
hi, need help, its real or fake?
This is an other very nice item I got of a farmer in Holland; a Kopfhaube, Herbst und Wintertarn. It has the same color as the Zeltbahn, and is reversable for a winter camo. The band to close it has been broken, but besides from that its in good condition.
The farmer told me there were loads of Germans on his farm, as they placed a huge searchlight on his land. The genarator was placed in the barn, which caught fire one night causing the barn to burn to the ground. In the other barn there were many civilians that fled the village due to heavy artillery fire from the advancing Canadian army in 1944. By accident the Canadian artillery opened fire on the barn killing 12 civilians, mainly women and children. They had the wrong coordinates, and the barn they should of been shelling was 300 meters to the east.
In the barn is an inscription in the wall, written in Dutch which I will try to translate;
"This hole in the barn was shot by the Tommy's on 13/10 october 1944. Liberated 13 october 1944.
Burned down; 1 heap on poppy seed
The battle of this farm cost; 1 tank, 3 Tommy's dead, Germans 6 dead, horses 8 dead and 4 stolen. Prisoners of war 73 Germans, calves 3, pigs 7, bicycle 1."
As the farmer told me some other collector had already visited him, and this collector had been given a lot of gear that was still in the barns. I searched around the barns, finding some amazing stuff, like a Canadian pocket watch, insignia, German K98k amo pouches and a German golden pen. Inside the barns were also still some bits and pieces what the farmer gave me, like this Kopfhaube, and some amo boxes.
Every time I'm in the neighborhood I stop there for a cup of coffee, and to hear some great stories about the war.
