First woman to command an RAF FJ sqn
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Wrathmonk,
Thanks for the spellcheck, still half asleep (and I can't spell).
Re AP 1358, quite so for non Standard Party (WOs will only carry swords as part of a Colour / Standard party).
However, AP3327 (Colours and Standards in the Royal Air Force), Chapter 5 para 0503 ...persons who have to handle the silk...must always wear clean white gloves.
Hope this helps
Thanks for the spellcheck, still half asleep (and I can't spell).
Re AP 1358, quite so for non Standard Party (WOs will only carry swords as part of a Colour / Standard party).
However, AP3327 (Colours and Standards in the Royal Air Force), Chapter 5 para 0503 ...persons who have to handle the silk...must always wear clean white gloves.
Hope this helps
Originally Posted by Tankertrashnav
I don't know why he should be, though. Starting a thread which generates over 100 posts which doesn't degenerate into pettiness is an achievement - thread drift or no thread drift.
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We (the RAF) do corporately shoot ourselves in the feet sometimes.
A few years ago I was at the RAF Photograhic awards presentation in the RAF Club, and some amazing pictures there were too.
However, 2 winners in the "Portrait" category - and therefore subsequently widely exhibited - showed a male officer with his sword at the "present" (I think that's right - with the hilt in front of his nose) wearing gloves, brown leather; and the second showed a female officer with her hair down over her No 1 uniform collar. Good pictures but .......
Harrumph!
PS - I like thread drift!!
A few years ago I was at the RAF Photograhic awards presentation in the RAF Club, and some amazing pictures there were too.
However, 2 winners in the "Portrait" category - and therefore subsequently widely exhibited - showed a male officer with his sword at the "present" (I think that's right - with the hilt in front of his nose) wearing gloves, brown leather; and the second showed a female officer with her hair down over her No 1 uniform collar. Good pictures but .......
Harrumph!
PS - I like thread drift!!
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
One uniform pattern has a belt and patch pockets, the other doesn't.
Neither has a batman to polish buttons but then for the more than last 50 years buttons have been anodised and hence never polished.
Neither has a batman to polish buttons but then for the more than last 50 years buttons have been anodised and hence never polished.
'Hi-dome' staybrite buttons only appeared at RAFC some 47 years ago, in truth.
What's the big deal about lady Sqn Cdrs anyway? I suffered under quite a few old women in high office over the years - although few were actually female.
What's the big deal about lady Sqn Cdrs anyway? I suffered under quite a few old women in high office over the years - although few were actually female.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Pretty sure had them when I was on 12 about 66 or 67, lots of moaning having to change them so we all looked the same on parade. The buttons were a very tight fit in the button holes.
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Concur with your timeframe, PN. I recall regretting the change, as the colour wasn't nearly as nice.
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The first things that came out were nasty cheap bits of stamped-out anodised aluminium, the tops were loose on the bases and swivelled round (so that the [King's] crown was at the bottom half the time).
The anodising quickly wore off, leaving a leprous appearance.
Did they turn out a cast button, properly anodised, later on ? (I retired 1972).
The anodising quickly wore off, leaving a leprous appearance.
Did they turn out a cast button, properly anodised, later on ? (I retired 1972).
