An historical question.

Navy · 04-30-2007, 01:27 PM

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

04-30-2007, 01:27 PM	#7
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	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