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Re: Wild Bunch or The Barracks ?
« Reply #20 on: September 21, 2021, 08:00:49 PM »
Major 2, do you actually own that many identical 1911's ?   :)

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Re: Wild Bunch or The Barracks ?
« Reply #21 on: September 21, 2021, 08:38:17 PM »
Yes Sir , they are mine  :) .................  should I tell you they are Airsoft ?

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Re: Wild Bunch or The Barracks ?
« Reply #22 on: September 21, 2021, 11:46:03 PM »
Those are nice 1911's. What a cool photo of Bill Roberts, too. Are those pockets on his trousers below the knee?

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Re: Wild Bunch or The Barracks ?
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Re: Wild Bunch or The Barracks ?
« Reply #23 on: September 22, 2021, 06:47:20 AM »
Yeah, I think they are called Type A-10 Cargo pants ?

Here is William's  Obit....  very fascinating gentleman 

ROBERTS,
WILLIAM FRANKLIN

William Franklin Roberts, 97, died on August 11, 2019 in Gainesville, Georgia.
Born February 16, 1922 in Jacksonville Florida, William served as a B-26 Marauder pilot with the 386th Bomb Group, 555th Bomb Squadron during World War II. He flew 50 combat missions and was in Paris on VE-Day.
Mr. Roberts was a graduate of both the University of Florida and UCLA as well as a Charter Life Member of the University of Florida's National Alumni Association and Grand Guard. William worked at Northrop Corp and the Aerospace Corporation in Southern California as well as GE in Philadelphia. He provided technical assistance for the first communications satellite and for developmental stages of the space shuttle. Earth Day in 1970 inspired William to found Sigma Treatment Systems. He patented pollution control systems for ships at sea and traveled the world, giving lectures and promoting his company.
William's active retirement included a purposeful emphasis on creative ventures to balance his largely technical career. He often said, 'I feel like I have lived several lives, and they were all good.'
William was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Constance Charron Roberts, in May, 2014.
He is survived by four sons; eight grandchildren; two great grandchildren; many special nieces and second cousins, plus numerous other relatives and friends of all ages in many locations.
On August 29th at 2:00PM a Memorial Service will be held for William at Lanier Village Estates, a retirement community in Gainesville, GA.
A later interment, with full military rites will be at the
Florida National Cemetery in Jacksonville. This will be a joint interment for William and Constance.
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Re: Wild Bunch or The Barracks ?
« Reply #24 on: September 22, 2021, 10:04:47 AM »
Thanks. What a fascinating time that would have been.

I guess those pockets would be so one could get into them while strapped into a flight seat. I could see charts and whatnot carried in them.

I like that holster, too. It's a good design for one strapped in, as well.

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Re: Wild Bunch or The Barracks ?
« Reply #25 on: September 22, 2021, 10:59:24 AM »
That was Bill's holster it a  US issue ENGER-KRESS

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Re: Wild Bunch or The Barracks ?
« Reply #26 on: September 22, 2021, 11:06:11 AM »
You need to open your place up as a museum. Cool stuff.
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Re: Wild Bunch or The Barracks ?
« Reply #27 on: September 22, 2021, 05:12:14 PM »
Thank you
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