Original German WWII Luftwaffe Glider Camouflage Canvas Skin Cut Off Section - 15 1/2" x 19" Sales Year of Manufacture: 1819

Year of Manufacture: 1819

It was designed to aid US soldiers with jungle foliage that they found themselves in with incursions into Cuba and the Philippines

For added authenticity we stamped a German wartime four-digit code at nape and ET-68 over ear

Account from Pan Am's Clipper newsletter:“Baltimore

Rasmussen and Theodor Schouboe designed and proposed for adoption by Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen

Original German WWII Luftwaffe Glider Camouflage Canvas Skin Cut Off Section - 15 1/2" x 19" Sales Year of Manufacture: 1819Original Item: One Of A Kind. This is fantastic piece of WWII Aviation history! When many people picture airborne troops from the second world war, they immediately think of paratroopers jumping out of an open door on a plane. However, both sides also made use of troop gliders, towed by powered planes and then released, with a pilot on board responsible for safely landing it. They were for the most part single use items, and were abandoned after use.