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10 December 2010, 11:07 AM
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Photo Id: Kronprinz and two pilots
Hi everybody,
I just need help for this photo, showing a visit of the Kronprinz in an aerodrome in 1918. There are two pilots near by him and I just wanna have your opinion about them. Thank you so much for that, Sam. |
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10 December 2010, 01:43 PM
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Tell me, does the cap on the pilot to the right have some stiffening taken out of it to give it that informal floppy look? It resembles the jaunty look of caps worn by US pilots (WW2) and also motorcycle cops in 1950s movies. I like it! marc |
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10 December 2010, 03:08 PM
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Observer
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That's right. It gives an informal floppy look added to the leather overcoat. The kronprinz looks very relax too, seeing the way he's smoking.
 Sam. |
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10 December 2010, 03:25 PM
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the visor cap in the middle lseem very unusual (retoushing?)
halsundbeinbruch M Last edited by micka; 10 December 2010 at 03:36 PM. |
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10 December 2010, 04:44 PM
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 G'day Marc! Your comment reminded me of the scene in the recent Red Baron Movie where Manfred takes Lothar's cap & removes the stiffening & puts it back on his head. Nearly all the Pilots shown in that movie had "floppy" caps!
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12 December 2010, 11:54 AM
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13 December 2010, 02:06 AM
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 About 1. Leib-Husaren-Regiment . Sorry. So far I can not identify the other men... probably aviators in the 5th German army.. like FFA 25 etc. Non of them is Ernst Udet. Thorsten
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13 December 2010, 07:28 AM
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Floppy caps
Hi there
James McCudden VC having liberated a floppy style cap from a German flyer found it both a good fit and comfortable and had his own version of it made up in khaki silk. He can be seen in photographs with this headgear although he doesn't wear it in 'official' photos. John |
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13 December 2010, 08:11 AM
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The guy in the leather coat looks like Rommel. Could the guy on the left laughing be Kempf?
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13 December 2010, 11:40 AM
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