Apocryphal SWO stories out there.......

[Hydromet]

Slight thread drift but ISTR a post on here that a bunch of Lineys did much the same when they built a snowman outside their hangar and patrolling Plod in their landrover came round and deliberately demolished it by driving through it..

The snowman was rebuilt, just this time around a concrete bollard, and the lads awaited Plod's return .. And they were not disappointed with the results

Nothing new under the sun. In "Biggles Goes to School" he paints a cannon ball to look like a football(?) and leaves it in the path of a master who, he knows, can't resist kicking a ball. Obviously the start of a RAF tradition.

[Treble one]

Originally Posted by Danny42C

Treble one,

Don't know when that could be, but in the early '50s Monty Burton would do you a new Crombie (yes, Crombie) RAF Officer's Greatcoat for 15 Guineas. Not bad, either.

Fifteen quid for an airman's Greatcoat was pushing it a bit!

I'm thinking this was in the 70's Danny? 15 guineas for an Officers greatcoat huh? I believe you had to buy all your own kit in those days but did get an allowance?

Best Regards
TO

[MPN11]

Originally Posted by Treble one

I'm thinking this was in the 70's Danny? 15 guineas for an Officers greatcoat huh? I believe you had to buy all your own kit in those days but did get an allowance?

IIRC, in 1965 I received c. £150 Initial Officers Outfitting Allowance, which provided me with No.1, No.5, SD Hat and Greatcoat (and a few oddments). I unwisely spent £115 of that on a car, and was paying the Tailor for some years afterwards!

TTN ... can you recall how much we received back then?

[Fareastdriver]

At South Cerney in 1960 we were given £10 to buy a Hat (Bates), gloves and a pair of shoes (Poulsen). Everything else was issued including a No I uniform with brass buttons and a greatcoat with KG VI buttons. Our flying kit consisted of an overall, soft blue helmet, white gloves and gauntlets; the left and right were different patterns made by different manufacturers.

At Oakington I was presented with KG VI wings.

[charliegolf]

Originally Posted by Fareastdriver

At Oakington I was presented with KG VI wings.

FED, John Atkinson had G VI wings too. He seemed to think they were issued, 'to avoid waste'! Was that the reason?

CG

[ian16th]

There may have still been brass 'Kings Crown' buttons in stock in 1960, but the anodised 'Queens Crown' ones were available before Oct 1956.

That was the date I was posted from Lindholme and I'd bought me a set of them before I left.

[rogerg]

Has anyone mentioned Joe Bollard. He was at Halton. Stern but Kind.