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[cuznjohn]

Cuz, your pictures remind me of my dad and being a kid in the '50s. He was Army Air Force in 1942 based in Aberdeen, Scotland, part of the 100th Bomb Group. Your dad seems to be about the same age, maybe born in 1922 like mine. Maybe they served at the same base in Scotland. You might try looking him up on the 100th Bomb Group's website.

https://100thbg.com/

Good luck.:thumbup:

my dad was born in august of 1921 . now a quick story, when dad was in Scotland he went to a photographer and had a picture taken of him in a kilt and jacket. he told the guy to send the picture to my grandmother in ny and gave her name and address. when the guy saw his last name he told my dad to hang on and went in the back of the shop and came out with another picture of a guy in a kilt and jacket. he asked my dad if he knew the guy because he had the same last name, when my dad looked it was his brother frank who was in a week earlier, he was army infantry and wanted the same type of picture sent to his mom, my grandmother. talk about a small world

 

[chuck gross]

That is a priceless family story small world is right !!
Here is a doozy for ya my Dads cousin Clayton shot down a German Ace who was flying one of the first fighter jets ever made, the German pilot parachuted Clayton circled back around and waved at the pilot the German pilot saw the name on the side of the Mustang and took note
flash ahead to the year I think it was 1990 something Clayton went to Europe to attend a WW11 pilots convention and met the German jet pilot that he shot down, The German pilot thanked him for saving his life because of the injuries he sustained from being shot down he couldn't return to his squadron . And said that his entire squadron that he flew with all perished in the 6 months after he was shot down.
Small world indeed.

 

[SNOOPY]

Cool story.




Im still waiting for the Red Baron to thank me for shooting him down.

Snoopy

 

[granpa in Cincy]

John,

I'm no expert on the model years for the cars, but civilian automobile production was stopped during the war. So there were no model years in the early '40s. So, even though those are pre-war models, the pic could have been taken during the war.
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An awful lot of cars were manufactured in 1940 and 1941 before December 7th.

We had a '41 Chevy.

 

[cuznjohn]

my sister has the picture of my dad in the kilt that he took in Scotland but no one knows where my uncle franks picture is, as soon a my sister sends me the picture of dad i will post it here

 

[cuznjohn]

first let me say i made a mistake on the year my dad was born. he was born in august of 1920 not 1921, now as i said br about the picture of him in a kilt in Scotland, here it is

 

[PrairieSpyder]

An awful lot of cars were manufactured in 1940 and 1941 before December 7th.

We had a '41 Chevy.

Thanks for adding that info. I wasn't really sure when they stopped civilian manufacture for the duration. But I knew there weren't many made for most of the early '40s.

 

[Gordy]

first let me say i made a mistake on the year my dad was born. he was born in august of 1920 not 1921, now as i said br about the picture of him in a kilt in Scotland, here it is

my 2 brothers were both stationed in Scotland during the war and had pictures taken like this, probably at same studio.They are both gone now and I don't know where pictures are

 

[cuznjohn]

this what my sister sent me with the picture

So I did a little more research, Dad probably went to Scotland on a weekend leave and the Studio there that all the servicemen went to was "Victory Studio" or also called Royal Studios, 78 Leith Street, Edinburgh. I googled the address, there is a row of very old buildings with stores on ground floor. To know he was there is so cool. The photo is in a folder from this stuido with address.

 

[PrairieSpyder]

So I did a little more research, Dad probably went to Scotland on a weekend leave and the Studio there that all the servicemen went to was "Victory Studio" or also called Royal Studios, 78 Leith Street, Edinburgh. I googled the address, there is a row of very old buildings with stores on ground floor. To know he was there is so cool. The photo is in a folder from this stuido with address.

It's fun to "walk" in our parents footsteps, isn't it? My dad's flight crew had a stop-over in Cairo on the way to Indio in WW II. When I told him I was going to Egypt to see the sights he told me about a hotel there where they went to have tea. Our hotel was down the street, so on some free time I went there and took some pics. Of course it's nothing like what he remembered from the '40s, but I had a nice conversation with an elderly Egyptian man who worked in the news stand there, and he told me of his memories from that era.

Thanks for sharing your dad's pics.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

There is unfortunately also a sad side to travels down WWII history lanes, even for some of those who were fortunate to return. My uncle was shot down over Germany Feb 22, 1944 and spent 15 months in a German POW camp. POWs were given notebooks by the YMCA so they would have something to record thoughts and other such stuff in. Here are photos of some of the pages from his book. The first one is a bit humorous, the second one less so. The next three are sad. The pages with extracts from letters from home are especially poignant. Some of our citizens viewed the plight of POWs with sheer ignorance. He used to say they called the beer the Germans gave them, 'airplane beer', drink one and P26!

 

[cuznjohn]

that is cool to read

 

[Oldmanzues]

I would agree the cars in the first photo were mid thirties. The second probably 49/50.
Those looking up WW II service member might try the web site "Foldthree" Even with just a name that is not to common might bring up lots of information. Service nubers, units anything might help. Good luck with your search
Oldmanzues

 

[granpa in Cincy]

1939 packard packard twelve, 17 series

 

[flaggerphil]

me my sister and my dad

I was born in Seattle in 1950 and lived there during most of the '50s. Things looked a little different on my side of the country.