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Paratrooper related clippings from the ‘Fort Benning Bayonet’

Paratrooper.be Posted on January 28, 2023 by Wouter HasJanuary 28, 2023

Fort Benning was the primary training center for the new US parachute troops, and it is the place where it all started in 1940 with the parachute test platoon. So, its newspaper is a potential trove of information about the … Continue reading →

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New magazines with paratroopers on cover

Paratrooper.be Posted on November 11, 2021 by Wouter HasNovember 11, 2021

It’s been a long while since I got any new WWII magazines with parachutists or glider troops on the cover. These 3 were sent to me by Darren from the UK and are very nice. The New York Times magazine … Continue reading →

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Infantry Journal November-December 1940

Paratrooper.be Posted on October 18, 2020 by Wouter HasOctober 18, 2020

This magazine from November-December 1940 is the earliest one I have about the beginning of the parachute troops. The feature article is called ‘The Tentative Parachute Battalion’. Here we can see the earliest parachutist uniforms and equipment. Most parachutists in … Continue reading →

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The Interesting Story of Parachutes

Paratrooper.be Posted on March 20, 2020 by Wouter HasMarch 20, 2020

I found this commercial booklet from the Reliance Manufacturing Company, a parachute manufacturer. It is not dated, but from the text inside it is clear that it must be from 1941 or 1942 at the latest. It discusses the exploits … Continue reading →

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1942 booklet about development and use of parachutes

Paratrooper.be Posted on March 15, 2020 by Wouter HasMarch 15, 2020

This wartime published booklet briefly describes the origins and development of parachutes. It refers to the use of parachutes for parachute troops and explains the idea did not originally come from the Germans, but from the Russians. The short chapter … Continue reading →

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Vintage paratrooper postcards

Paratrooper.be Posted on June 23, 2013 by Wouter HasJune 23, 2013

Here are some shots of 1940s vintage postcards with paratroopers, or ‘parachute troops’, as they were then called. They are depicted in stateside training and you can see old types of parachutes, uniforms and planes being used. These are from … Continue reading →

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British Home Guard pamphlet about German paratroopers

Paratrooper.be Posted on February 17, 2013 by Wouter HasFebruary 16, 2013

This pamphlet is one of a series issued by the Northern Command, which was the Home Command of the British Army. I only bought this pamphlet showing what a German Paratrooper looks like. It’s the early Fallschirmjäger with green smock, … Continue reading →

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April 1944 Recognition magazine about gliders

Paratrooper.be Posted on July 8, 2012 by Wouter HasJuly 8, 2012

I recently picked up the Recognition magazine which was circulated by the War Department to train armed forces personnel in the recognition of allied and axis airplanes, but also military vehicles. This issue deals with all types of glider aircraft … Continue reading →

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Paratrooper training photos Camp Mackall, NC

Paratrooper.be Posted on February 1, 2012 by Wouter HasFebruary 1, 2012

This set of WW2 postcards depicts paratroopers and glider troops training at Camp Mackall, North Carolina. These look like pictures from 1942-43 because the paratroopers no longer wear the early boots with a reinforcing buckle around the instep, and they … Continue reading →

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Camel mini-advertising pamphlet with paratroopers

Paratrooper.be Posted on January 13, 2012 by Wouter HasJanuary 13, 2012

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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I have been collecting WW2 militaria since I was a boy. About fifteen years ago, I decided to focus on WWII US Army, specializing in the history and equipment of the US Paratroops.

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New memorabilia in the Battle of the Bulge collect New memorabilia in the Battle of the Bulge collection. A marble and bronze ‘Nuts’ statuette made in the early 1950s and the complete series of Bastogne commemorative airmail stamps from 1946. #1945 #1944 #ww2history #paratrooper #wwiisouvenir #militariacollector #bandofbrothers #airborne #101stairbornedivision #battleofthebulge
Remembrance at the Flanders Fields American Cemete Remembrance at the Flanders Fields American Cemetery, Waregem, Belgium. #freedomisnotfree
Following the footsteps of the ill-fated “Golden Following the footsteps of the ill-fated “Golden Lions” 106th Infantry Division at Schönberg, Prümerberg and Saint-Vith. #1945 #1944 #ww2history #militariacollector #ww2collections #battleofthebulge
Some more US patches arrived in the mail. Clockwis Some more US patches arrived in the mail. Clockwise: 4th, 84th, 30th and 99th infantry division. All units that served in the Battle of the Bulge. #1944 #1945 #battleofthebulge #militariacollector #ww2collections
Catch of the day at the Ciney militaria show. #ww2 Catch of the day at the Ciney militaria show. #ww2history #paratrooper #militariacollector #ww2collections #battleofthebulge
Latest finds: an early US Paratroops pocket patch Latest finds: an early US Paratroops pocket patch and Robins jump wings. In the background is a Fort Benning (now called Fort Moore) photo booklet with a paratrooper on the cover and an early lieutenant’s overseas cap. #1941 #1942 #101stairbornedivision #82ndairbornedivision  #paratrooper #militariacollector #currahee #fortbenning #bandofbrothers #ww2collection #airborne
Short stop at the Margraten American Cemetery on t Short stop at the Margraten American Cemetery on this beautiful spring day. We also saw this M8 Greyhound at nearby Gronsveld. #1945 #ww2history #101stairbornedivision #paratrooper #militariacollector #bandofbrothers #freedomisnotfree
Photo report from Robert Capa in the LIFE magazine Photo report from Robert Capa in the LIFE magazine issue of 9 April 1945 showing paratroopers from the 17th Airborne Division before and during Operation Varsity. #1945 #ww2history #17thairbornedivision #paratrooper #airborne #militariacollector #bandofbrothers #ww2collections #operationvarsity
The birth of the US paratrooper program with the P The birth of the US paratrooper program with the Parachute Test Platoon, formed with members of the 29th Infantry Regiment. #1940 #ww2history #militariacollector #ww2collections #ww2collector #ww2militaria #militariacollector #bandofbrothers #ww2collection #airborne #paratrooper #501stparachuteinfantryregiment #501pir
Warm wool balaclava, gift from the American Red Cr Warm wool balaclava, gift from the American Red Cross, Carmel California. #1944 #1945 #ww2history #paratrooper #airborne #battleofthebulge #militariacollector #bandofbrothers #ww2collections #bastogne
One the right is Major General Maxwell D. Taylor, One the right is Major General Maxwell D. Taylor, commanding general of the 101st Airborne. On the left the assistant commander Brigadier General Gerald J. Higgins. Photo taken at Berchtesgaden, but the Field Marshal was captured at Zell al See. #1945 #ww2history #101stairbornedivision #paratrooper #airborne #militariacollector #bandofbrothers #ww2collections
Pictures of reenactors at Bastogne Barracks and Ma Pictures of reenactors at Bastogne Barracks and Manhay during the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge #1944 #1945 #ww2history #paratrooper #airborne #battleofthebulge #militariacollector #bandofbrothers #ww2collections #bastogne #manhay
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