Pathfinder wrote:
In your buckle photo the large triangular pieces top row (middle) and third row (center) along with the large hook bottom row (right) are parts of the seat belt system on the aircraft. Found at each crew station as well as the bucket seats occupied by the paratroopers in the center fuselage.
The piece in the top row (right) and the V buckle in the second row along with the hook in the third row (extreme left) are part of the parachute assembly. Common to both aircrew models as well as the paratroopers T-5 assembly.
Most of the small buckles are used on just about everything that had web straps; from the personal equipment harness M1936 used to carry ammo belt, canteen, shovel etc, to equipment straps and lash downs on the plane. Hard to say what they came from. The D buckles are similar to those on the upper front of the '36 equipment harness and are where the two hook straps of the musette bag are attached. But those had an integral metal plate, so these are probably just the D-ring on the end of a simple strap set.
The solid D-shaped part in your photo 22 (upper left) is the "cap" end piece of a strap set. Several lift-the-dot fasteners in photo 22 common to things like canteen covers and ammo belt flaps. But again a common item found on personal gear as well as the aircraft.
The small square plates are either from a flak jacket or a flak blanket.
Pathfinder wrote:
In your buckle photo the large triangular pieces top row (middle) and third row (center) along with the large hook bottom row (right) are parts of the seat belt system on the aircraft. Found at each crew station as well as the bucket seats occupied by the paratroopers in the center fuselage.
The piece in the top row (right) and the V buckle in the second row along with the hook in the third row (extreme left) are part of the parachute assembly. Common to both aircrew models as well as the paratroopers T-5 assembly.
Most of the small buckles are used on just about everything that had web straps; from the personal equipment harness M1936 used to carry ammo belt, canteen, shovel etc, to equipment straps and lash downs on the plane. Hard to say what they came from. The D buckles are similar to those on the upper front of the '36 equipment harness and are where the two hook straps of the musette bag are attached. But those had an integral metal plate, so these are probably just the D-ring on the end of a simple strap set.
The solid D-shaped part in your photo 22 (upper left) is the "cap" end piece of a strap set. Several lift-the-dot fasteners in photo 22 common to things like canteen covers and ammo belt flaps. But again a common item found on personal gear as well as the aircraft.
The small square plates are either from a flak jacket or a flak blanket.
Many thanks! If you find some photo that show the objects you quoted will be very useful for your small museum because so we can put it near to objects we find to explain use of that objects.
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