Jacques Littlefield Collection

kennylibben · Post by **kennylibben** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:32 am

Wow, this is truly amazing!

unfortunately jacques website has been hacked, so this is the best i could find for you:

http://www.mishalov.com/littlefield-6jan07/ (make sure to click the link in the first paragraph to view pics from his 2003 visit - there are more pictures in it than in the page i sent you.

He bought a Panther that was found at the bottom of a Polish swamp, and fully restored it!

As we decided on rcnavalcombat.com forums, he needs to buy the Cerebus and Graf Spee and fix them up!

Mark Petersen · Post by **Mark Petersen** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:45 pm

Amazing to think these are in private hands. Completely de-milled I expect. If one drives north out of Illinios on I-94 just south of the Wisconsin state line is a collection of military vehicles and helicopters sitting in the open. They had to be moved a couple years back from Wisconsin when the local government decided the collection was an eyesore. Some look pretty bad but then exposure to the weather will do that. One pair of items they have is a M113 parked right by a Sky-Crane. It pretty well puts them into perspective size wise.

http://www.russellmilitarymuseum.com/

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... 4-pics.htm

Werner · Post by **Werner** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:00 pm

I didn't realize they moved. Does he still drive the 155mm howitzer around?

kennylibben · Post by **kennylibben** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:51 pm

that metal sheet with the Bockscar logo on it, wonder if he touts it as the original.

Bockscar is located in Dayton at the air museum there... with the logo still on it.

Werner · Post by **Werner** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:55 pm

kennylibben wrote:that metal sheet with the Bockscar logo on it, wonder if he touts it as the original.

Bockscar is located in Dayton at the air museum there... with the logo still on it.

It's sitting in a display case. I don't remember any reference to it's provenance or history.

It's also much too small to have been the airplane's nose art. It may have been painted on a seat back or something. Notice the background is O.D. Green.

I think the diver's helmet used to be on display in the fish case at Lakeside Grocery in Lake Forest.