Warmtoast (#12),
Wrong again ! Ah, well.... First reaction: "Why is he not in uniform ?" Probable answer: it is 1942 yet; he is a volunteer, has been accepted and enlisted, then sent home on "Deferred Service" ("Go home [without pay] till we're ready to take you in"). Uniform not issued until they did so.
If I'm right, he would have been "loaned" a little "RAFVR" silver-ish lapel badge to wear while on 'deferred service'. He's not wearing his ? .............. What has your sister got on her left lapel ?
No inkling of the tragedy to come......just as well.
We were in Maghull, eight miles North of Liverpool, did not rate an "Anderson" (although the AA shrapnel rattled on our roof most nights in the "Blitz".
Happy Days, Danny.