Bob Lyons

The chin strap, sorry it is a bit dark, it reads: II./Flak-Rgt. 28 Bob

The eagle side of the helmet....

Here is one that I sold off a while ago, it has a unit marked chin strap, and is an M42, can't say if the strap is one that has always been with the helmet, but a fair chance it has....(I am working on getting this one back again).

Unit markings: Flg.H.Ko. and his name tag reads: Staudt, Johann Ln Kompanie. Best wishes Bob

Interior....

from the rear...

from the front, in case your computer isn't registering the other two colours too well, they are a very dark green and a dark ochre-brown...

National colours side...

Here is another, also to a Sigs outfit attached to an airport command, ... Cammo is a 3 colour with predominant yellow showing, possibly for Italy ??? Overview of helmet...

and a close up of Herr Ullrich's name....

Unit markings, for a Fliegergruppe, (I don't know which one though)....

Inside the rim, showing the owner's name 'Ullrich'

National colours...

Will see if I can get this lot in without any glitches, Here is an early Luft M35 with unit markings as well.....

Woa, don't know what happened there, sorry about that, anyway, here is the unit stampings, that bit that is just out of the camera is the Ln Komp. stamp for Sigs...

the interior....

The interior....

and another from the opposite side, I do like the lovely cammo colours in this one, so have included more shots than I probably should have, but .....

a general view....

From the rear, showing a small amount of battle damage on the rear skirt....

National colours side....

What a gem you have there Francois, Here is one of mine, unit marked to a LN (Signals) Company, and later camouflaged in the so called 'Normandy' colours, and it once had wire to hold cammo as well,....

Hi Christophe, I couldn't make it to the Avalon air show this year, I hope you had a great time there! I found this on the Sabre courtesy of the museum web page... Bob CAC CA-26 Avon Sabre A94-101 The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) Avon Sabre was based on the design of the North American F86 Sabre, modified to meet local conditions and requirements. CAC won the contract to produce one prototype (A94-101) and 70 production aircraft in February 1951. There were a number of modifications made to the Avon Sabre making it different from the North American Sabre. The following list of modifications made a huge improvement over the original Sabre: installation of the Rolls Royce Avon RA.7 turbojet engine, later replaced by the Rolls Royce Mk 26 Avon engine, giving substantially more powerincreased diameter of the nose air intake to accommodate the larger enginerevised cockpit layoutheavier armament ? cannons instead of machine gunsincreased fuel capacityfitting of the Plessey isopropyl nitrate liquid fuel combustion starter, which allowed the aircraft to start without an external power source.changeslides("initial") createnumbers() java script:changeslides(0) 1 2 The aircraft on display (A94-101) is the first Australian-built Avon Sabre and first flew on 3 August 1953. During a test flight of this aircraft at Avalon Airfield on 21 August 1953, the pilot, Flight Lieutenant Bill Scott, took the aircraft to a height of 42 000 feet (12 800 metres), put it into a dive and at 36 000 feet (11 000 metres) exceeded the sound barrier (at an approximate speed of 1042 kilometres per hour), thus becoming the first aircraft in Australia to exceed the speed of sound. After initial flying in the hands of the manufacturer, the aircraft was loaned to the RAAF's Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU) in April 1955 for testing. After returning to CAC, the aircraft was authorised for conversion to an instructional airframe in August 1957, and was received at Base Squadron Wagga in March 1958 for use by the RAAF School of Technical Training. By June 1977, the aircraft had been transferred to Point Cook on account of its historical significance, and was placed on display by the RAAF Museum.

Hello James and best wishes from Australia! I could recommend a book from New Zealand called 'The Kiwi Scorpions' by Brendan O'Carroll (Token Publishing Limited ISBN 1-870192-41-9 Published 2000), which has a couple of pages of colour photos of these badges at the rear of the book, and yours is similar to the types shown, I can spot some small differences between yours and the types illustrated in the book but yours is very close, (see pages 202 and 203), it states in the description: "The official brass LRDG badges was produced in early 1942, The first issues tended to be cast, whereas later the sharper, struck examples became more evident. Also there was a variation in quality, finish and design of the scorpion and circle." If you like and when my wife returns from seeing the grandkids later this evening I will get the camera back and can try and get a couple of photos of the 2 pages for you. Best wishes Bob

I have finished my night shifts now Chris, the thinking gear is starting to kick in again, so to finish off your query, I have nothing else attributed to the man, just the cap. Thanks for the compliment too, Jacques. Bob