I sent a question to someone selling a RAG brevet on eBay to confirm they'd answer. The question was:
Dear bestmessdress,
I was not aware that rear gunners had been issued a separate
brevet, in fact I cannot find any reference to RAG on any RAF
brevet authorised by the War Department or MoD. My father was
an Air Gunner from 1931 to 1945. So what actually is the
provenance of these brevets?
This is the reply:
Unfortunately I am no RAF expert my friend other than what is given to us on the contracts from the MOD direct from which we are forced to work from .
If unsure its always best not to buy in my mind sir but I can assure you we have in the four months we have sold these sold litterally hundreds!!
regards
So the answer to the question is 'yes', lots of people know no better. The people selling them are a different matter - 'shower of ****' springs to mind.