For all your paratrooper fans wanting to give kids an original Christmas gift, this is the ideal stocking filler! This brand new parachute toy includes a slingshot launcher – simply fold the parachute and hold onto the paratrooper chest. Then … Continue reading →
I got this top-qualilty A2 flight jacket from Peter Debrabander of Quarter Master Inspector. I am in love with this jacket! First I was going to get the cheaper cowhide version. That one is fine for re-enactment, but the genuine … Continue reading →
Fury with Brad Pitt is coming out in theaters this week. I had heard about this movie being produced through Combat Dealers on Discovery Channel. This guy Bruce Compton gets called that the production people are interested in using his … Continue reading →
I bought this matchbook with ‘para-cutie’ matchbook cover as a fun addition to my collection of smoking items and personal gear to display with my paratrooper collectibles. This matchbook still has (most of) its matches, which is uncommon, because most … Continue reading →
I finished a short bio of our adopted soldier Pvt. James V. Schairer at the Flanders Fields American Cemetery at Waregem, Belgium. In 1919, the Distinguished Service Cross was conferred posthumously upon Pvt. Schairer for extraordinary heroism in action near … Continue reading →
Yesterday, I visited the For Freedom museum in Knokke at the Belgian coast. It has been open for a few years now, but I never got around to visiting it. The main reason being that it is a bit out … Continue reading →
Wayne Herrington from Australia sent me a picture of an extraordinary escape compass he found. He bought a plastic hair comb with a hidden compass off an RAAF veteran. He had a dentist’s x-ray photo made of the comb showing … Continue reading →
I visited Wings & Wheels on Saturday when the weather was good. We first prowled the militaria fair. Twice over. But I didn’t find much this year. Just the mines warning sign you see in one of the photos. Each … Continue reading →
Volume 5 of the Airborne 44 comic book series was just released in Dutch. I really love this series because it approaches the well known battles from an original personal angle, and the authors always do their homework on uniforms … Continue reading →
Yesterday, I visited this new museum in The Netherlands that was opened a little over a year ago by Wim Seelen. It’s near my parents’ home, so it was high time I’d pay it a visit. I thought it was … Continue reading →