I have my medals, some uniforms and field equipment, a couple of maps, some North Korean propaganda and pictures I took or collected from others
Matt-Alberta,
Your bayonet is for an early British Enfield rifle, probably a Mk. I.
Splash32 ,
Your M-5 bayonet is the last model bayonet made for the M-1 rifle. Shortly after the M5 was introduced, we transitioned to the M-14 and the M6 bayonet.
May I say that I’m impressed with the amount of memorable gear that you guys have managed to keep. From the smallest beltbuckle to Samuari swords to rifles to pistols and everything in between, it’s amazing.
But I’m sure that there is still more out there.
Lets find out.
I have the voltage control panel out of a lancaster, it’s kinda silly of me, but I saw it in a supplus store marked way down sitting in the back corner of a basement, it’s big, dirty and ugly but I thought what’s $20 bucks to own a piece of a Lanc? I also have my Uncle’s shirt with his last name and the US army patches on the front, he flew Huey’s in Vietnam.
I’d like to build a collection of USAAF squadron patches but it’s a bit out of my reach at the moment, so I’ve decided to build a collection of hand-painted replicas instead… however, those don’t really count, so…
Although my strongest interests rest with the Second World War, most of my memorabilia is more modern. I’ve a few flight helmets, masks and a seat kit or two (one from an F-14 and the other… I dunno…) as well as a ton of life-support components; bottles, valves etc., including some stuff from various space programs dating back to Apollo.
I’ve also the requisite selection of flight gauges and the like, some grenades and ammunition, uniforms… the usual stuff. However, most of my collection actually comprises documents, publications, etc.
But the pride of the collection is this…
I doubt it’s flown, as it was a test article, but it’s not every day that you see one of these in someone’s living room!
Fade to Black…
From WW2 I’ve got a radio from a B-17. What was neat about it was that it was still in the original box and wrapping. My brother-in-law got it for me one year for my birthday. I opened it not knowing what was inside. Once I realized then I was in utter awe. It was the closest I’ve ever known to going back in time: Opening up a sealed box from 1944, getting that first whiff of the equipment and figuring that is exactly what it was like back then. I was almost deafened by the sound of radial engines and Jimmy Dorsey playing in my imagination. The saddest part was when I had to open my eyes and come back to reality.
Eric
PS. Oh my gosh! How could I forget? My dad also has the bayonette a relative of his used back in WW1. I remember if from when I was a little kid and we lived in Hawaii. My dad used to use it to open the coconuts we’d get from time to time.
Technical Manuals-
-TM 9-1900 Ammunition,General-July 3,1943
-Armorer’s Handbook(Fighter Aircraft) Armament School-Buckley Field, Colorado
-FM 9-40 Ordanance-Unexploded Bombs-Organization and Operation for Disposal-War Department October 1943
-TM 9-90 to 39 B-1-8 Small-Arms Ammunition-War Department September 1947
-TM 9-980 Bombs for Aircraft-September 23,1940
-Operators Handbook(Part No. 76543)-Twin Wasp D Series Engines(R-2000,-3,-7)-Second Edition-Pratt&Whitney-January 1944
Thats what I got.Allen
A Leather Flight Jacket circa WWII
Hand Painted with the Call letters and name of The USS Enterprise on the left breast.
Worn during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was present at the Battle Of Midway.
Spent the remainder of the war folded in the foot locker on board the Submarine Georgia(I believe thats the sub he said).
Belonged to my Ex wife’s Grandfather who wanted me to have it.
I was the only one in the family that WANTED to hear his old war stories.
He gave it to me before he died.
Also some handmade weapons, Shives, made by North Korean POW’s and confiscated by my Father when he was a guard.
An Escapac seat. A G-2 flight jacket c.1968, and a Navy flight helmet from the same era.
1909 Peruvian made 7mm 1895 Mauser
WWI Doughboy helmut (like new, still has the leather inside)
WWI era US canteen, nine pocket ammo belt, bipod, and collapsable lantern
Lots of foreign currency courtesy of my late father from his years overseas.
Various ammunition.
Forgot to mention my flight jacket and survival knife(Gerber) and my worn out jungle boots. I also have a bayonet and mini-ball from Gettysburg. Have a -10 from a CH-34 and some other tech manuals, empty shell casings. a collection of patches and rank insignina I started as a kid, some other small items collected in Korea and Germany. A Japanese medal from WWII and I’m sure there are some other things I can’t remember
J-HULK,
I will take you up on the offer to translate my flag. It may be a while because they are in storage. My wife and I are building a house , so everything is disorganized now.
Thanks for the offer!!
emo07
A collection of WW1 Canadian cap badges, awards and medals from both first and second world wars, allied and axis.ie pilot badges, pilot wings, cuff titles.
Wow, in comparison, my collection is almost insignificant:
My uniforms, medals, and patches from service
A ‘middlin’ sized patch collection of air units
Nose art ‘placards’ from my aircraft, one of which has actual combat time over the former Yugoslavia (the name of the operation eludes me right now), another one which has seen service in the Middle East
A ‘copy’ of the Crew name block off my aircraft with my name in it
Old cloth ‘Remove Before Flight’ streamer from a Herk, when the AF went to the new plastic ones (it’s worn at the end)
The stencil I used to mark the Number 3 blade of each propeller assembly of my aircraft (Lockheed Star logo)
Pictures of just about everywhere I’ve been
Saudi Coca-Cola in the original bottles, unopened
Saudi Pepsi in pull tab cans, again, unopened
LOL, oddly… a 1994 Guam Phone book (don’t ask, because I don’t know why I have it!)
Funny, with all the aircraft junkyards around here (Tucson), I’ve never gone to see what they might have. I’m gonna have to go prowling around them and see if I can get some other oddball momentos. I’d love to get a control yoke from a Herk… or some other kind of C-130 momento. Or even a Pilot, Co-pilot or Flight engineer’s seat… [:D]
from Gulf 1,i have my flight kit,however,from WW2,I have my Dads flight jacket (a bit tatty now but i would’nt sell it for a million!) his log books,photos & medals.I also have some .303 (3030 to the us!lol) shells from a gunnery range near where i live.
oh,and a engraved ring which i wear that was given to my Dad by a woman who my Dad was engaged to who ran off with a yank!! (no hard feelings!!wg)
He wore it until he passed on & it will go to my kid when i go too!.
Merv
Anytime! [:)]
Things Dad brought home from WWII:
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(1) His last issued flying helmet (with his name and S/N stamped inside)
(2) The cockpit compass salvaged from a Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (“Jack”) that crashed on the beach at Okinawa
(3) An altimeter from god knows what and where
(4) A reflector gunsight that Dad said was from a P-40
(5) The very mirror Dad used to signal that PBY that picked him up out of the ocean
(6) Dad’s dogtags
(7) An assortment of flying maps of the Pacific printed on silk
(8) Flexible plastic waterproof holster
(9) Combat knife
(10) A couple of bills of military scrip (occupation money?), 10 sen denomination
(11) Computer; Dead Reckoning, Type AN 5835-1
(12) A 5" folding knife/saw from his bailout survival pack
Background: A silk flying map for “Japan and South China Seas, No. C-52”
The top cowl section of a Macchi 200 he shot down over the Med.
The joystick of an Fw-190 he shot down over France. (Yeah, he got around!)
Most of his P-47 and pilot training manuals.
A Japanese 7.7mm Arisaka rifle.
A Dutch east Indies-issue Luger taken from a Japanese officer (with 1 box of original 9mm ammo remaining).
A .30-06 '03 Springfield service rifle.
Going back a BIT further 
, I have my great-great grandfather’s 1863 Bridesburg musket (Springfield pattern) from the Civil War.
Oggy,
I remember those bloody putees!i could never get them to stay on right!& those old boots that were a pain to spit shine!Remember Swinderby?trying to blanco (paint white for the uninitiated) that 58 pattern belt & polish the brass buckles without getting brasso on the freshly blanco’ed belt! Ahh…the memories…
Hey toomanyslurpees do you think I could see a pic of that control panel? Come on, help another Canuck out.[:D]
I have been a collector of WWII aviation memorabilia for approximately 17 years now. A portion of my collection can be seen at www.danielsww2.com. It consists mainly of WWII aviation memorabilia, flight kits (helmets/goggles), medals, awards, badges, autographs, etc. related to WWII aviators. Some of the stuff is fairly reasonable, other items are very expensive. Still a great hobby. And every piece in my collection is WWII era! All the best!
C. Daniel
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