Showing posts with label Nurse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nurse. Show all posts

Friday, August 27, 2021

Navy Flight Nurses Walk from Their Douglas R5D

In Spring 1945, a group of Navy flight nurses walk from their Douglas R5D (C-54) transport. They are, from left to right: Lt. JG Lydia Masserine, Lt. Stella Makar, Lt. JG Dorothy Wood, Lt. JG Hope Toone, Lt. JG Mae Hanson, and Ens. Winnifred Jennings.

Source :
National Archives and Records Administration 80-G-K-5446
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
https://www.flickr.com/photos/airandspace/albums/72157715574200936

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Generalmajor Stefan Fröhlich and a Nurse

Generalmajor Stefan Fröhlich (right, Fliegerführer Afrika) saluting a DRK (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) nurse in North Africa, 1941. Fliegerführer Afrika (Aviation Leader in Africa) was part of Luftflotte 2 (Air Fleet 2), one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It operated in the Mediterranean and Libya from 1941–1942. The commanders were Generalmajor Stefan Fröhlich (24 February 1941 – 10 April 1942), Generalmajor Theo Osterkamp (acting, April 1942), General der Flieger Otto Hoffmann von Waldau (12 April 1942 – 30 August 1942), General der Flieger Hans Seidemann (30 August 1942 – 31 January 1943), and Generalmajor Walter Hagen (1 February 1943 – February 1943). They led the German air support to the German Afrikakorps campaign in 1941–1943. The aircraft flown by these commanders were a He 111 P-4 (VG+ES), fully equipped (armed with 5 MG 15 and one MG 17, capacity to load 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) of bombs in belly and another 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) under the wings, also exterior fuel tanks.


Sources :
http://afrikakorps.forumcrea.com/viewtopic.php?id=21&p=2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fliegerf%C3%BChrer_Afrika

DRK Nurse and Wehrmacht Soldiers

Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK) or German Red Cross nurses basic uniform worn by the DRK helferin/helferinen (helpers) during wartime consisted of medium grey pleated-front blouse or a blue-grey pinstriped blouse and skirt with detachable white collar as shown in the following photo. Worn over the ward dress was the bib-fronted type apron, with hemlines that fell below knee length. The headdress is a starched white nurse cap with a woven band stitched along its front edge, showing a red cross or alternatively the letters RK. They also wore black silk stocking and black lace-up shoes. For the long sleeved blouses, a white armband with Red Cross emblem can be seen surrounded by the German translation of German Red Cross, in black Gothic script.


Source :
http://www.pulseuniform.com/nursing/nursing-uniforms.asp