Entitlement to wear RAF 'wings'

[langleybaston]

Originally Posted by NutLoose

I am impressed, 5 pages in and not a mention of the W word.
Doh....

Shan't, so there

[The B Word]

He’s never been an RAF Pilot so is incorrectly dressed - if he was then his name would be in the London Gazette. It isn’t apart from his honorary appointment. Unless the Defence Council have granted him permission to wear them (which would have attracted media attention at the time) then it looks like it is pure bloating and Waltery.

You can find his Gazette entry here for his honorary appointment:

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/...pplement/22837

His renewal is here:

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/...pplement/20547

I can’t see a further renewal from September 2023 and so I suspect he is no longer dressing up in one of His Majesty’s finest uniforms.

[ShyTorque]

Interesting to see that publication in that those entitled to wear the wings badge aren’t doing so and conversely…..

[212man]

He’s never been an RAF Pilot so is incorrectly dressed - if he was then his name would be in the London Gazette. It isn’t apart from his honorary appointment. Unless the Defence Council have granted him permission to wear them (which would have attracted media attention at the time) then it looks like it is pure bloating and Waltery.

​​​​​​​Pretty much what I thought from the outset, but thought I’d get my facts correct before making false accusations!

[NutLoose]

The photo of him wearing RAF Wings has been removed from the RAFA site.

https://rafa.org.uk/about/ambassadors/#norman

Though he is still using it himself.

https://www.aerosuperbatics.com/about-us/founder/

[chevvron]

Can't make it out too well as I only have a small screen but it looks to me as though he is 'displaying' a KGVI wings badge with a QEII on his cap but I could be wrong.

[212man]

Originally Posted by chevvron

Can't make it out too well as I only have a small screen but it looks to me as though he is 'displaying' a KGVI wings badge with a QEII on his cap but I could be wrong.

I don’t think you are wrong. That’s the failing of Walts - they don’t seem to realise that people actually know what is correct and what isn’t. Like the Chief Constable with his Falklands medal, who was 16 at the time!

The photo of him wearing RAF Wings has been removed from the RAFA site.

Good to see