Bill Bourque

Very salty almost creamy bullion insignia.

Hello, excellent examples. Here are pics of mine, dated 19 Juli 1940. Bill

Hat. Bill

Hello Francois, here is a pic of the ties label. Hello Jos, with a house full of girls and my wife included a female mannikin in uniform might be pushing it abit around here. I have 2 headless mannikins and even those freaked my kids out when they were younger. Also included is a womans os signals piped hat. The eagle is understitched and some of the threads have come free. Best, Bill

Hello, thanks for the compliments. After many years of collecting Luft combat gear I never thought I would own a womans grouping. Im glad I was able to obtain it. This group also comes with a set of low-style boots. Best, BIll

Internal stamps.

Her KVK, doc and medal, awarded 20/4/44, Hitler's birthday.

Here is a photo that came with the group. Helene is the woman on the left and wearing a mans fliegerblouse.

Inside.

Solbuch.

Side.

Hat.

Pants with several repairs and shortened, side buttons.

Sleeve.

Inside.

Eagle.

Hello, here are pics of a Luft Signals woman uniform grouping I feel fortunate to have aquired. Helene Prinz was awarded a KVK and its noted in her Solbuch. Best, Bill

WOW, I sure would like to spend a few days going over that grouping. I dont believe groupings like that come up for sale much, at least not here in the US. Most desirable. Best, Bill

Bravo Mike, that pic convinces me without reservation. Wartime photo, helmet/throat mikes, vest, plane, background, belt/buckle. Maybe a pilot wearing a Blackbird overall. We all are aware of the leeway granted to pilots in their choice of flight wear. Could also be a staged photo of a Blackbird dressing up as a pilot. I have several photos of my father as a US Army Air Corp P38 Lightning engineer/mechanic stateside 1944. Pics of him in his mechanic clothing but also several of him in full flight gear and sitting in the cockpit showing off. There are still hundreds of photos to be further reviewed, Im convinced. Best Bill

Cockpit pic. Bill

Hello, here are 2 pics taken from the Wings Aviation Collection, titled ME163 Komet video. One is of Rudi Opitz in the cockpit. The 2nd pic shows a soldier in the cockpit, he is referanced as a T- stuff personel. Can anyone identify his collar tab? Mike this video has a 5 second view of a pilot climbing the ladder into the cockpit. It might be the source for some of the pics you have shown. Best, BIll

Hello Mike, we do now thanks to your pics. Best, Bill

Enlargement.

Hello Jos, heres my rebuttal to this fun discussion. One can see the bright glare of the sun reflected on the forehead leather and the N&G googles. If in the wartime pic that is a mike strap it would have to be sitting near perfectly on its edge for about 10cm to have this type of reflection. A mike strap has minimal refection on its 2-3mm dark leather edge and its soft creme colored chamois backing. Hard for me to picture a mike strap giving this effect in the wartime photo. An attachment cord however is cylindrical and plastic coated and would give a confluent reflective glare while in any position. If it is a mike strap I would think one could see the other strap somewhere in the picture. I think the wartime pic shows more of a dome-shaped bakelite attachment than a mike as the profile of a mike would be flatter. Here is a pic I took of a flight helmet. One can see that the light refection off a dome-shaped attachment is vertical in appearance and continues upwards along the cord, this appears to me the more so in the wartime pic. If you look at the mike, the refection is horizontal. If I were to rotate the attachment slightly the vertical reflective glare would be even more. This alone doesnt prove the existance of short cord as this wartime pic may represent a coiled long cord draped behind the pilot. This a pic from one of Eric Mombeek's books. Its possible he has an uncropped version of this pic. I believe Francois S. declared the existance of a wartime Luft photo showing an unquestionable short cord. Im not convinced myself yet but its fun to research. Bill

Hello Jos, this is a pic I found recently. I believe the part shown is the attachment plug not the throat mike due to the suns reflection. Seems a short cord but also maybe its a long cord and positioned as such. If this pic was only about 2" larger one could tell for certain. Best, Bill