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WW2 original color photos
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B-Man2
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I still want to know how they kept those hats cock so far sideways without them falling off
B-Man2
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If he wore his hat on the side of his head the way many seemed to do in those days, hmmm. Not sure he wasn’t pulling one over on you kids .My dad always claimed he went bald because of those hats
Pa12
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I think so. Said he started losing his hair at 18. Just a coincidence he joined up at 18If he wore his hat on the side of his head the way many seemed to do in those days, hmmm. Not sure he wasn’t pulling one over on you kids .
Silver Surfer
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imported kangaroo goo. made in oz especially for raf.
Chandler
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Same as a lot of AAF pilots who wore their crush caps as far back on their heads as they could.I still want to know how they kept those hats cock so far sideways without them falling off
Brylcreem.
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Pa12
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I was just talking to my older brother and mentioned it to him. He said that story started when he was a teenager. He asked the old man when he lost his hair (we never knew him with a full head of hair). He told my brother “when i joined the service at 18. Must have been that stupid fuckin hat we had to wear”If he wore his hat on the side of his head the way many seemed to do in those days, hmmm. Not sure he wasn’t pulling one over on you kids .
B-Man2
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Same as a lot of AAF pilots who wore their crush caps as far back on their heads as they could.
Brylcreem.
Hey .. Hey … let’s be a little more respectful to Brylcream …. It got a lot of us noticed by the ladies back in our younger days and some of us still use it .
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Pa12
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Col. hogan style. Don’t how he had that stuck on.Same as a lot of AAF pilots who wore their crush caps as far back on their heads as they could.
Brylcreem.
Pa12
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One of my favourite flicks
Pa12
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I’ve heard, prior to brylcream products, lard was used.
saucerfiend
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"A little dab will you ya"Hey .. Hey … let’s be a little more respectful to Brylcream …. It got a lot of us noticed by the ladies back in our younger days and some of us still use it .
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Micawber
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Hey .. Hey … let’s be a little more respectful to Brylcream …. It got a lot of us noticed by the ladies back in our younger days and some of us still use it .
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I have more hair growth on my chin than on my head these days
Mind you the other year my daughter bought me a beard care kit for Christmas which included a bottle of beard oil... presumably a cure for squeaky beards.
Kermit3D
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THE VISIT OF HM KING GEORGE VI TO NO 617 SQUADRON (THE DAMBUSTERS), ROYAL AIR FORCE, SCAMPTON, LINCOLNSHIRE, 27 MAY 1943
WING COMMANDER GUY GIBSON, VC, DSO AND BAR, DFC AND BAR, COMMANDER OF 617 SQUADRON (DAMBUSTERS) AT SCAMPTON, LINCOLNSHIRE, 22 JULY 1943
Canadian PO (A) S Jess, wireless operator of an Avro Lancaster bomber operating from Waddington, Lincolnshire carrying two pigeon boxes. Homing pigeons served as a means of communications in the event of a crash, ditching or radio failure.
WING COMMANDER GUY GIBSON, VC, DSO AND BAR, DFC AND BAR, COMMANDER OF 617 SQUADRON (DAMBUSTERS) AT SCAMPTON, LINCOLNSHIRE, 22 JULY 1943
Canadian PO (A) S Jess, wireless operator of an Avro Lancaster bomber operating from Waddington, Lincolnshire carrying two pigeon boxes. Homing pigeons served as a means of communications in the event of a crash, ditching or radio failure.
Kermit3D
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Flight Lieutenant Laurie of No. 222 Squadron, Royal Air Force in the cockpit of Supermarine Spitfire Mark V, BM202 'ZD-H' "Flying Scotsman", at North Weald, Essex. The aircraft was the second bearing this name to be paid for from donations made by LNER personnel. May 1942.
Women's Royal Naval Service: Wren Air Mechanics feeding ammunition into the Browning gun of a Hawker Hurricane aircraft at the Fleet Air Arm airfield at Yeovilton, Somerset.
The CO of No 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Wing Commander John B Selby, DSO, DFC, and his observer looking at their De Havilland Mosquito II aircraft `P-Peter' while other members of the squadron watch from atop the blast wall at the dispersal point, Malta, 27 June 1943. The four .303in machine guns are corked to prevent dirt damaging them.
Women's Royal Naval Service: Wren Air Mechanics feeding ammunition into the Browning gun of a Hawker Hurricane aircraft at the Fleet Air Arm airfield at Yeovilton, Somerset.
The CO of No 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Wing Commander John B Selby, DSO, DFC, and his observer looking at their De Havilland Mosquito II aircraft `P-Peter' while other members of the squadron watch from atop the blast wall at the dispersal point, Malta, 27 June 1943. The four .303in machine guns are corked to prevent dirt damaging them.
Kermit3D
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A gathering of men of No 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force to celebrate the completion of 100 operations by the Avro Lancaster R5868/`PO-S' (S for Sugar) after its sortie on 11 - 12 May 1944 to a communications target in Belgium. Below the cockpit of the Lancaster are the emblems indicating the number of operational flights and the award of three DSOs and two DFCs to crew members.
