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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Book review: Parachute Rifle Company
Parachute Rifle Company is a very useful book for re-enactors of WW2 paratroopers, and also interesting for collectors, but not a must-have. It contains many color photos and plenty of detailed info on how to gear up, how to manoeuvre, … Continue reading
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Book review: First Airborne Task Force
First Airborne Task Force is a rare reference book. It was published in 1998 and has not been reprinted. With 500 pages, this is a huge and heavy book. That’s more than Detrez 2 volumes on Normandy combined. This book … Continue reading
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Objectif Carentan – Paratrooper reference book Normandy
This book from Heimdal publishing is dedicated specifically to the fighting in and around Carentan, Normandy 6-15 June 1944. It is in French, but to be honest I have only looked at the pictures and their captions, and still it’s … Continue reading
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Great stencils for making replica bangalore torpedoes
If you ever thought of making your own replica bangalore torpedoes and you want them to be perfect, get the right OD #1 matte paint (I got mine at Gustaaf Desmet in Gent/St Amandsberg) and a set of stencils. I … Continue reading
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Repro paratrooper bazooka rocket bag
I just noticed today that paratrooper.fr is selling repro paratrooper bazooka rocket bags now. Quite good and reasonably priced at only 25 EUR. I have never seen originals in khaki though, only OD green, but the snap hook at the … Continue reading
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Combat Reels: the 82nd Airborne in Holland
I got this dvd a long time ago and it’s been sitting on a shelf, unwatched. A shame really, because it’s really interesting. The bonus material also includes footage from preparations for D-Day in England and footage from Normandy. It’s … Continue reading
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Camel mini-advertising pamphlet with paratroopers
This one is not a magazine ad, but a leaflet that was included with a pack of Camel cigarettes around the time Camel (and other brands) removed tin foil from its packaging in order to save all metal for the … Continue reading
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General Mills 1942 ad “Paratrooper dropping in for lunch”
It’s been a long time since I bought my last WW2-period ad featuring paratroopers and I had never seen this one before. It appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1942. It’s a typical period ad of an advertiser trying … Continue reading
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First edition of “Paratrooper!” by Gerard M. Devlin
This fine leather-bound first print presentation copy came out in 1979 in a limited edition of 500 copies. Mine is signed by the author and by Lt. General Yarborough, the founder of the paratroops. It has a dedication by the … Continue reading
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