As an adhunct to my pistol collection, I also collect scrap books. I have in one Luftwaffe pilot's scrapbook a photo of him in full flying kit including parachute, standing alongside his Avarado with a Luger holster bucket portruding above the belly band of his parachute harness.
I am fairly certain the cockpit space in this old bird was considerably larger than in the fighters such as the Me-109, which may be why all of the pictures of armed fighter pilots I have seen depicted much smaller holsters, notably the FN 1910/22, HSc and PP/PPK.
The drillings were almost exclusively issued to Junker cargo/transport crews.
Tom A
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