Originally Posted by
hospitaller
Since all references point to kilts not being work after Dunkirk, could you elaborate or provide more details for this photo?
ie: original publication? how did you identify the kilted men as glider pilots?
The only kilted 1st Airborne pilot I know of was Capt Ogilvie, KIA in late September, so having 2 inthe same photo is a first for me
Thanks in advance.
This photo appears in a series of photos taken at/during the Arnhem campaign and was featured in the Time-Life series WWII "Liberation" (pg 192). The source of the photo is listed as the Imperial War Museum, London.
The caption reads:
Checking the supplies in its jeep, a patrol led by a glider pilot -- in the kilt he was wearing when he landed -- prepares to move toward Arnhem...
Though the photo caption only identifies one individual as a glider pilot, I assume because there are two present in similar kilts that the other is most likely his co-pilot.
I found the following links after doing a google search for 'Capt Ogilvie':
Other sources for this photo:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...ide_a_jeep.jpg
found on this site:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Op..._Market-Garden
http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=5527
found on this site:
http://ww2db.com/photo.php?list=sp&sp=dt&dt=19440918
if you scroll down this page you will find a listing for Capt Ogilvie w/ thumbnails from this photo:
http://www.unithistories.com/officer..._officersO.htm
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