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No doubt there's a really good reason but what is going on here?
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There are medical conditions which preclude shaving ... there was bearded pilot on one of the sqns at Tengah in the 60s.
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Ah, but KG V was also an Admiral of the Fleet, where such adornments were almost mandatory 
<shiver> seeing the then POW as an ACM. Gross, but went with the territory of course.
PS ... how/when did KG V earn his wings?
<shiver> seeing the then POW as an ACM. Gross, but went with the territory of course.
PS ... how/when did KG V earn his wings?
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We had someone at Odious with one, he was required to shave it off once a year or so, allowing the quack could see if his condition had improved.
Me too - and there were a couple of others in the kipper fleet
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He didn't. Although George V wore the pilots brevet on his uniform he never trained to fly. The Duke of York (later George VI) served in the RAF 1918-1919, gaining his wings in 1919. He was followed by his brothers Edward Prince of Wales (King Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor) in 1929 and Prince George (later Duke of Kent) in 1930.
ISTR Royal flight training at the time took place at Northolt.
PS ... how/when did KG V earn his wings?
ISTR Royal flight training at the time took place at Northolt.
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There was another Gentleman at Odious in my time that wore a blue hankie on his head, the annoying part was that it was for "religious grounds" and he could also grow his hair, however, the minute he was off duty and out of uniform the hankie was relegate to his pocket and his hair was dropped over his shoulders.
We all were hoping he would be seen and his religious grounds excuse would be removed, but it never was.
We all were hoping he would be seen and his religious grounds excuse would be removed, but it never was.
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On the RAF Ski School at Gulmarg (Kashmir) 1945-46, shaving was optional because the intense morning cold in the requisitioned wooden summer hotels made shaving an agony. But when you finished your month's Course, you had to shave the growth off when you rejoined your unit back in India.
As for the permanent Instructional Staff (there was a Wg Cdr O.C.), I suppose they could grow a "full set" - if the unit lasted that long ! I was on the first Course, starting just before Christmas in 1945, finishing end of January, 1946. Don't know when it was disbanded.
It had been set up as a R&R facility before the end of hostlities in August, 1945, but, I suppose , inertia and in the chaos of those first few months, nobody thought to stop it opening as planned.
But there is more - Google gives me:
John Angelo Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
in which appears:
"Kashmir.
(All this I did not know of till five minutes ago)
It was a pukka RAF unit: there must be an ORB somewhere.
Danny.
As for the permanent Instructional Staff (there was a Wg Cdr O.C.), I suppose they could grow a "full set" - if the unit lasted that long ! I was on the first Course, starting just before Christmas in 1945, finishing end of January, 1946. Don't know when it was disbanded.
It had been set up as a R&R facility before the end of hostlities in August, 1945, but, I suppose , inertia and in the chaos of those first few months, nobody thought to stop it opening as planned.
But there is more - Google gives me:
John Angelo Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
in which appears:
"Kashmir.
- 1944 Chief Instructor at the R.A.F. Mountain Training Centre, Kashmir Himalaya"
(All this I did not know of till five minutes ago)
It was a pukka RAF unit: there must be an ORB somewhere.
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You can add the Talking Armpit in the F4 force.....
Wow, what a description. So apt. I'm 99.9% certain I know to whom you refer.
D*** E**** perchance?
You can add the Talking Armpit in the F4 force.....
Wow, what a description. So apt. I'm 99.9% certain I know to whom you refer.
D*** E**** perchance?
