RAF Uxbridge, north west of London was, and is, a major RAF administrative unit. Towards the end of the war ‘platoons’ of RAF Warrant Officers were despatched from Uxbridge to re-establish ‘discipline’ amongst the 2TAF units. In particular the RAF hierarchy did not approve of the 2TAF ‘habit’ of wearing Army battledress – a sensible precaution, since many 2TAF groundcrew wearing RAF battledress were shot, having been mistaken for Germans in the forward area. Other Uxbridge innovations included the re-introduction of room inspections and drill. These Warrant Officers were not popular – especially with NCO aircrew.
Well you learn something every day, I didn’t know that.