re: WWII Item - Bombs Away, or Where's Chicken? Part I & II

Long time lurker, had to create an account to say thank you for these posts! Absolutely love them!

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I love your threads

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#metoo

I rarely comment because I don’t have much to add, but these threads are always interesting

Love your threats baw.. And if Chicken doesn't roll in here soon, he ain't got a feather on his codsack.

I loved the thread with the menu. I think it was Thanksgiving. Husband and I are history nerds. We love your threads. Keep up the good work of sharing with the OT.

Nice threads. Sympathy bump.

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Thanks for another great post/thread! I do indeed enjoy them. I think it may be time to head down to the basement and start going through all the WWII paraphernalia I have collected over the past 54 years now.

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Can't wait to see 'em...

This has gone way beyond collection and into private museum status... I have not even touched the surface yet, as there are many things that I am hesitant about posting.

I have been trying and successful collecting stories with each item and have a 3 ring binder (or 3) that details each piece, where it came from, the story with it or the history of what it does, used for or is. I am finding out that the research is one of the best parts... and when you find a piece that has a connection to another piece... Or a named piece or unit history. Some things though, you will never, ever be able to find or figure out.

One day I need to start scanning all the letters that I have.

And I have yet to get to the bigger items. Nor have I posted a single firearm so far..... But in time I guess....

Right now I am trying to find an empty (But period) photo album to start putting all the WWII photographs that I have into. But I am not wanting to pay the price that some of those people on ebay are wanting... What they are doing is buying complete photo albums, and them selling all the pictures one by one... and then turn around and sell the empty album for high dollar... It makes me mad that they do that... They should keep the album and all the pictures together... I run across the same thing with letters home... Somebody will run across an estate sale and the family will sell the lot of letters for almost nothing.. and then aperson puts them on ebay one by one.. It infuriates me.

Sorry... I ramble.

This notebook, contains nothing but paper items... Everything From War Bonds to Italian Ration Coupons. Just teasing it right now....



ANd this little guy.. See the quarter by it... This things is solid metal... I have been told this is everything from a Metal Model from the 60's to large Map Ship Marker... I think that the closet true answer that I got is that it is a Small Ship Identifier for a kit that had bunches of these...




Collecting, finding, researching, reading and and sometimes trying to figure what happened is either a passion or obsession, I dunno which.

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So this is my first time to stumble across your post but now I fear I will be staying up way too late to go back and read through all your post. Disappointed to hear about the two week picture thing you mentioned. I found the ARP portion very interesting. When the whistle was blown was it just to get someone’s attention so they would seek shelter or did they get in trouble with the wardens?

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The bad part about it all is that the pictures disappear after a two week period of time... If you search past posts. The pics will be gone, but links to the pics will still be there.

Thank you btw.

From what I have read and understand, The whistle is to do exactly as you stated. To draw attention. The wardens carried them via lanyard... After a Blitz (German Bombing) the Whistle was used for Help if they found a person in the rubble.. But also a simple. "Hey Buddy, This is a blackout, close your window" type scenio...

The Bell though.. amazing ring... They also carried a wooden rattle which meant Gas leak.

I DO NOT OWN THIS PIECE.



It is a hand-held noisemaking device used to give warning of a gas attack or during gas mask drill. By holding the handle and spinning the rattle around it, the rattle makes a distinctive clicking noise. The ‘all clear’ signal would be given by ringing a hand bell.

Ernie Pyle Wrote in his Book that London and surrounding cities had buckets of Sand all over town on the street so people could put out an Incendiary Bomb.

Its amazing what you can learn from these items.. Such as the German Incendiary Bomb.

Thank you for the time and effort you spend on these threads! The absolute best on Tigerdroppings. Please keep them coming when you have the time! Like our own curated museum here in this little corner of the internet!

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Now... on to bombs...

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Great post man, really interesting stuff and quite a collection

Always enjoy your posts. Thanks.