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Now that´s a nice one. Congrats to your new jacket. The Hartmann will be my next jacket, too. 8-)

Let´s say he served for 26 years. ;) Luftwaffe from 1932 -45 and Bundesluftwaffe from 1957 -70. There was no German airforce between 1945 and 1956.

The second pic is a nice one. Anybody have a bigger version of it?

According to my grand uncle who was a pilot in the luftwaffe from 1941 to 1945 during WWII (and survived) the luftwaffe did not issue leather jackets for pilots officially. The Wehrmacht did hand out jackets for other parts of the german army like the navy and tankcrews. That´s why the most...

Okay, just received my ELC Cable A-2. 8-) I ordered on March 27th and today it finally found its way to my door.

I can´t see any stitch holes where the eagle and rank insignia should have been and no eppaulettes. The Luftwaffe tolerated when pilots privately purchased their leather jackets and wear them. The Luftwaffe never issued leather clothing to their pilots officially. But what the LW wanted their...

I´m in week 9 now waiting for my Cable A-2. Still no jacket. :(

My Family has a special relation to "The great escape". My Grandma went to school with Robert Graf who played Werner the weasel. They were good friends and my grandparents often met with him and his sister. He was born in Witten near Dortmund where my mother´s part of my family originally came...

The used look on guitars is "in" for some years now. Gibson is selling their historic Les Pauls with this worn look. The look of the guitars in the link is a touch too much if you ask me. If you store your guitar in your garden for 30 years you might achieve this kind of weathering. ;)...

Beautiful! Can´t wait my ELC A-2 to arrive.

Hi, I don´t want to open another thread so allow me to ask here. Does anybody know, what piece of music Eatsman used in their DVD trailer on their website? I think it´s on the DVD as well. It sounds familiar but I don´t know what it is. A movie theme maybe? I hope someone can tell. Regards...