The official AHF Allied & Neutral Armies quiz thread

[John Hilly]

Ok Iffig. I try to take 'the burden' off your back!
Gen. Lucjan Żeligowski?

Juha-Pekka

[iffig]

Yes indeed .... I know he played only a minor role in WWII, that was the difficulty.
Thank you for having found, I was going to give up!
Next question yours.

[John Hilly]

Thanks Iffig.
Maybe you help me in digging this.
So who?

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Juha-Pekka

[John Hilly]

This man was the Minister of Defense of his country in the years of trouble.

Greets, Jiipee

[iffig]

Birger Ljungberg, Mminister of Defense of Norway at the eve of WW II. From his uniform, he was obviously a Norwegian. The decisive clue was that he lead a political career .....

[John Hilly]

Quite right Iffig!
Actually I had planned to post this on the A&N Nations thread, but somehow it slipped here.
Photo source: http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9 ... VTwEiMY9so

Back to you Iffig.

Jiipee

[iffig]

Thank you! Next question: his uniform notwithstanding, a member of an Allied Army Unit .... .

[iffig]

Same guy, but with his actual uniform .....

[iffig]

A view of his battle dress, with a important clue: the unit he belonged to!

[John Hilly]

E G Malindine AFPU / 2nd Army?

Juha-Pekka

[iffig]

You are on the track, but that's not the one you say.
The one on my pictures was trained as a sound recorder but during the war he acted as a photographer.
His BD was pictured after WW II, as he was only a lieutenant until June, 25 th 1946.

[iffig]

New clue:

[John Hilly]

The one on my pictures was trained as a sound recorder but during the war he acted as a photographer.

"Lieutenant Peter Handford, the Army Film Unit’s only sound recordist in North West Europe."
From: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205212674

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Happy New Year everyone!
J-P

[iffig]

Exactly!
He won an award for his sound recording in "Out of Africa" and in some other films too (my next clues, just in case ....).
Happy New Year Everyone.

[John Hilly]

He won an award for his sound recording in "Out of Africa" and in some other films too (my next clues, just in case ....).

Thx. I thought that the hint was Redford - Hardford!

Which unit does this badge represent?

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With best
J-P