Ciao Brad,
Thanks so much for the compliment. That is a good idea about the background photo. I just wish I had a background photo to use. My photography skills are suspect anyway. Also, I guess it wouldn't have hurt explaining what is going on either. Yes, there is a figure of Otto standing nearest the glider with the MP40 in his right hand. Actually looks like him (including the fencing "smite" on his cheek.)
For those who may not know........
This vignette (which means that technically I have posted it in the wrong forum) depicts four Germans deplaning from a DFS 230 Glider onto the rugged mountain top of Gran Sasso just north of Rome. They were involved in the successful rescuing of Mussolini, who had been exiled to Gran Sasso after his abdication of power in September 1943. The operation, known as Operation Oak, was planned by Kurt Student and executed by Fallschirmjager and members of an SS commando unit, led by Otto Skorzeny. Otto, dressed in a Fallschirm uniform and helmet, directs the men from the glider. The one soldat in the luftwaffe dark blue stalhelm is an SS man from Otto's command, while the other two in camo are Fallschirm. The one man under the wing carries a grenade launcher on his K98 and wears the bandolier of grenades. The other man in camo carries a sturmgevehr (sp?) 43(?) assault rifle in one of its first combat actions. The raid was a success and Otto Skorzeny claimed all the credit, to the chagrin of the Fallschirm.
Ciao for now
Rob
