mr_lits
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Excellent photo, well spotted. Quite the variety of outerwear.
EDIT: Here's another interesting pic, with what appears to be a full-auto conversion of a .45 automatic:
Check out the grizzly on the fellow second from the right. Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station. 1931.
Check out the grizzly on the fellow second from the right. Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station. 1931.
I believe the Jolly Roger in the photo you mentioned (of the A-2 jacket with the Jolly Roger patch) pertains to a particular unit of the 90th BG, 319th BS in the 5th Air Force that flew in the Pacific Theater of Operations and not to an individual aircraft named "Jolly Roger".Any additional info about this picture? My Mother's cousin, an AAF Navigator, was shot down on a mission over Cologne, on 14 Oct 44 (755th BS, 458th BG, 8th AF) and taken prisoner by the Germans. The ship was on (not his regular plane) he was on was a B-24J, the "Jolly Roger."
The guy wearing the grizzly is the tallest, strongest, handsomest, happiest, and most friendly one of the group. He's got the coolest hat and the coolest boots. Plus... he's the only one not wearing a tie. He's got the broadest shoulders, and he's the man the rest of them wish they were.
It takes a special man to wear a grizzly.
I believe the Jolly Roger in the photo you mentioned (of the A-2 jacket with the Jolly Roger patch) pertains to a particular unit of the 90th BG, 319th BS in the 5th Air Force that flew in the Pacific Theater of Operations and not to an individual aircraft named "Jolly Roger". View attachment 69742 View attachment 69741
The photo was taken at the Colorado Agricultural Collage & Experimental Station in Fort Collins, Colorado. I suspect, the Grizzly owner is a student and the man to his left is his professor. The others are probably ranchers there to learn about the 1931 bulletin on how to fatten up your lambs.Check out the grizzly on the fellow second from the right. Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station. 1931.
Not sure if it's one of Mr. Lebman's creations, but more info on the full-auto 1911.
http://www.guns.com/2012/09/26/lebman-1911-machine-pistol/
Any additional info about this picture? My Mother's cousin, an AAF Navigator, was shot down on a mission over Cologne, on 14 Oct 44 (755th BS, 458th BG, 8th AF) and taken prisoner by the Germans. The ship he was on (not his regular plane) was a B-24J, the "Jolly Roger."