Female WWII Reenactors?

[Lil' Miss A]

I also do the work...only started last year but manageed to get all of my kit...some original, some not.

I work with a group with clydesdale horses, cows etc. Best moment of last year was learning to drive the Clydesdale

I'm working more on the Women's Timber Corps this year, and in June I'm working with a lady who's going to teach me how to use my axe and a double handed saw etc etc can't wait!!!

 

[Warden]

Miss Lil, is that Big Os in the picture? Where you the guys camped behind us at festival of history?

Harry

Also in the news, women who worked the land during World War II to keep Britain supplied with food and timber can now apply for a badge commemorating their efforts. One such sturdy soul is Rosalind Elder, who now lives in Canada.

See BBC news report here.

Indeed here is a period picture, simular to those shown above.

 

[Lil' Miss A]

Miss Lil, is that Big Os in the picture. Where you the guys camped behind us at festival of history?

QUOTE]

Hello, yes it is Big Oss 'old Rodders

That was taken at Rufford Abbey last year, great event.

Rodders decided to sleep behid our tent and snore all night lol

 

[Warden]

See you don't need a WW2 re-enactment group of 100's just 3.

Click here to see what I mean

The bit with the horse is great

Harry

 

[Cherry_Bombb]

Just going through the Reading Airshow weekend pics from last year...
Kilroy, is this you on the post?

 

[Story]

Read all about Mrs W WLA impression here.

See also
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=27479

 

[KilroyCD]

Just going through the Reading Airshow weekend pics from last year...
Kilroy, is this you on the post?

Yes, I'm the one in the grey shirt on the spotter's platform. However, that photo is not from last year's event. It's actually from 2002 if I remember correctly.

 

[Cherry_Bombb]

Yes, I'm the one in the grey shirt on the spotter's platform. However, that photo is not from last year's event. It's actually from 2002 if I remember correctly.

I thought so! It's a great picture, I think.

Warden- That is REALLY impressive.

 

[RIOT]

Some excellent photos I found from last weekend's Battle of the Bulge reenactment, PA

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q29/mkane72/KGvR/FIG 2008/FIG2008021.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0265RestHalt.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0271Column.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0298JeepsSnowRd.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0352Jaeger.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0364STUIII.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0524BritsDress.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0538Paris.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0578GerEx.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0578GerEx.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0629ExTroop.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0629ExTroop.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0670SSTrees.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0699LongWait.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0696Brits.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/doctordirt/Bulge 2008/bwIMG_0707ErgrBn.jpg

 

[leaette]

nice pics. my hubby was there. i didn't go though. maybe next year.

 

[Cherry_Bombb]

Riot- Great pics! It looked like a heck of a weekend!

 

[RIOT]

Not mine, just forwarding them to the board.

 

[Story]

Back to the top for new folks

From an article on the final recognition of WASP Glenna Roberts, KIA 1944 during a training flight.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20345353&BRD=1140&PAG=461&dept_id=151338&rfi=6

According to the website radiodiaries.org/wasps, "From 1942 to 1944, more than 1,000 women were trained to ferry aircraft, test planes, instruct male pilots, and tow targets for anti-aircraft artillery practice. The women came from all socioeconomic backgrounds: teachers, nurses, secretaries, factory workers, waitresses, students, housewives, debutantes, actresses, even a Ziegfield chorus girl.
"The 1,830 women who were accepted received pilot training at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, where it was hot, dusty and dry, and the threat of finding a rattlesnake in your cockpit was real. It was the first' and only' all-female Air Force base in history, and the women nicknamed it "Cochran's Convent." They slept six to a barrack. At night, they stuffed socks in the urinals and used them to wash their underwear. On the hottest days, they took showers with all their clothes on to cool off. Their olive drab uniforms, called "zoot suits," were sized for men, so they rolled up the cuffs and tied belts around their waists.

 

[cmjordan77]

reenactors

I am - I am in and out on this site, but I do WWII Infantry impressions and WWII Para impressions.

Thanks

 

[Grant Fan]

Ladies who reenact

I have a question for the ladies who reenact. I am in Virgina, the Hampton Roads area to be exact and I would really like to get into WW2 reenacting. What do I have to do in order to do that? Who do I talk to and how do I get started? Any other information you can give me would be great. Thank you for helping me out.

 

[Story]

Check out
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=8772

and

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=6416

 

[AirborneSally]

Hey! I just moved from the Hampton Roads area and I'm still in a unit based in VA Beach, we have 4 girls all together and would love to talk to you if your interested in joining. I dont think you can PM me, I'm not to 15 post yet, I'm newer on here, but you can email me at AirborneSally@aim.com or find me on facebook if you have one, Christina Harris.

Do you have any impressions yet or anything?