RAF short sleeved shirts
You will remember however that officers had to wear long sleeves in the tropics after 6.
Bit of thread drift, but re short sleeves in hospitals, I heard a thing on Radio 4 this morning that hospital workers with beards are less likely to spread infections such as MRSA, norovirus, etc than those who are clean shaven. No idea why this should be, but as a beardie who gets fed up hearing that beards are unhygienic I was quite pleased to hear the item.
Back to RAF shirts now!
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In summer at MoD I regularly wore civvy short-sleeved shirts of assorted colours (with tie) under my suit. In office, discarded jacket and got on with work. Nobody ever commented. Jacket on when called in to 1* and above, of course!
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Opinion is clearly divided 
I rate operational efficiency higher than sartorial perfection, although I also do the latter
I rate operational efficiency higher than sartorial perfection, although I also do the latter
I wouldn’t worry about the shade - my first 1-Star never did. He had tailored shirts from Hong Kong that were so pale they weren’t that far from off-white.
As for me, if I’m in civilian attire and heading into MoD I’ll usually go for a suit, but in hot weather have been known to turn up in a rather fetching very soft gingham open collared shirt with sleeves turned up to mid-forearm, chinos and whatever footwear I can find in the wardrobe that goes. Nobody batted an eyelid and I found it amusing watching the suited and booted brigade clearly only a couple of steps from heatstroke with their ties done up on the hottest day of the year. As the great Billy Connolly said, there’s no such thing as the wrong weather, just the wrong clothes.
As for me, if I’m in civilian attire and heading into MoD I’ll usually go for a suit, but in hot weather have been known to turn up in a rather fetching very soft gingham open collared shirt with sleeves turned up to mid-forearm, chinos and whatever footwear I can find in the wardrobe that goes. Nobody batted an eyelid and I found it amusing watching the suited and booted brigade clearly only a couple of steps from heatstroke with their ties done up on the hottest day of the year. As the great Billy Connolly said, there’s no such thing as the wrong weather, just the wrong clothes.
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Put like that PN agreed it was a good idea and returned a few minutes later in slacks, long sleeves shirt (white as there was no other colour) and sqn the (and no other).
Shirts and ties, always a problem. I remember when the round necked Woolly Pully was introduced. It took weeks to sort out if it was to be with/without tie and shirt collar points inside the neck band or outside. It changed almost on a weekly basis at Scampton. I still can't remember what the final format was.
At Scampton, OC35 found a way around the collar in/out / with/without tie problem for the woolly pully - he didn't bother with a shirt.
617's pilot leader joked that we should wear wings on our woolly pullys - someone in the Air Box took him seriously and that's why the order came out requiring us to have them stitched on...
Unfortunately the smart barathea No2 had been replaced by that dreadful Thunderbirds jacket thing, so most people went for the woolly pully + giant moth option.
617's pilot leader joked that we should wear wings on our woolly pullys - someone in the Air Box took him seriously and that's why the order came out requiring us to have them stitched on...
Unfortunately the smart barathea No2 had been replaced by that dreadful Thunderbirds jacket thing, so most people went for the woolly pully + giant moth option.
Heard on the grapevine today that a 65% Cotton shirt is on its way with a thicker material. Understood to be in stock maybe by Christmas - ho, ho, ho...
So that is good news, just need to sort the rest of the ensemble
So that is good news, just need to sort the rest of the ensemble
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Yet another shirt variation to be seen, then!
I recall the 70s, when there must have been 6 different variants ... and that was before the short-sleeves came in [in various shades of blue].
I recall the 70s, when there must have been 6 different variants ... and that was before the short-sleeves came in [in various shades of blue].
[QUOTEUnfortunately the smart barathea No2 had been replaced by that dreadful Thunderbirds jacket thing, so most people went for the woolly pully + giant moth option.[/QUOTE]
The first many of us saw of this particular jacket was in c1976 when the, then, and later quasi infamous, Gp Capt Peter Harding arrived at Brüggen wearing the same.
The first many of us saw of this particular jacket was in c1976 when the, then, and later quasi infamous, Gp Capt Peter Harding arrived at Brüggen wearing the same.
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