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Anyone else having problems logging on the WAF??? I’m registered (non-associate/paying member) but I can’t access the site beyond a home page.

Regards,

M

Anyone else having problems logging on the WAF??? I’m registered (non-associate/paying member) but I can’t access the site beyond a home page.

Regards,

M

no pic of reverse - looks somewhat crude w/nasty eagle but could be real?
thanks, gents

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As we are in the anniversary period of this famous battle I though I would post up some images of my only piece of related material.

The flying logbook to a AAC Sgt 2nd pilot on a Horsa from ‘E’ Sqdn GPR who was KIA on the Saturday the 23rd Sept outside the Hartenstein hotel…. It was his first operational sortie having qualified for 2nd pilot duties on 1st June 1944.

Original image of wooden burial cross was in black and white … but a colour enhancement was carried out by a mate on an RAF forum.

On the photograph of the Northampton’s Harry is 5th from the right on the 2nd row from the front.

SGT Harry Sharp was a member of 2 Wing, E Sqn, 11th Flight. His chalk number was 229 and he flew in elements of the 7th KOSB, MMG Pl or Anti-Tank Guns. Chalk 229 force landed in the UK on the 17th Sept (first lift) and they went the second day. He was KIA in heavy fighting IVO Hartenstein. 21 year old Harry was killed defending the Oosterbeek perimeter. His first grave was on HOOFDLAAN near HOUSE SONNENBERG.

Regards

Gary

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Hello.

Here is an unissued Police holster. I believe these are Russian capture and came in from the Ukraine some years ago. This is the more common one without the ‘B’ in the chest of the eagle and no swastika either. Jonathan.

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Hi Forum
I have been offered this armband, but I am in doubt if it is real ?
Best regards
John

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A very interesting military manual came my way not so long ago, and looking through it made me realise how poor our own (British Army) training manuals were in comparison. There are sections on literally everything you would need to know within the 500 pages of the book. Stretching from basic field craft to booby traps, map reading, first aid, weapons handling… you name it and will almost certainly be in the book. here are just a few of the topics covered. Click on to enlarge.

Cheers,
Steve.

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Hello Guys,
Please help to determine if the real SA dagger by Gottfried Muller or fake. There are forged stamps on the shank of the blade. Can anyone know if these stamps are correct?
Thank you in advance,
Dmitry