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21st October
2006 An article on the life of
Mortimer Park Crane has been reproduced by kind permission of
Mt. Airy Times Express. 14th September
2006 RAF NBC suit
rank insignia courtesy of Tony
Ford. 11th September
2006 Three more arm
bands have been
added. 10th September
2006 More arm
bands have been
added, including a wonderful example of A.D.C. kindly
provided by Tony Ford of England. 03rd September
2006 RAF Service Police
arm
band has been
added. 03rd September
2006 Rank badges of the
Royal
Flying Corps
02nd September
2006 Revised Links
to related sites. 9th June 2006 Another Iraq
Levies cap badge has
been added. 8th June 2006 Pilot's wings added to the
Royal
Flying Corps
insignia section. 7th June 2006 Additional Link
to Rathbone Museum. 26th February
2006 New and updated
Links
to related sites. 19th February
2006 Updates to the
Royal
Naval Air Service ,
and within the RAF
Officer Rank insignia section. 18th February
2006 Updates to the
Royal
Flying Corps
insignia section. 11th February
2006 Further armbands have been added
to both Royal
Air Force section
and that of the Royal
Observer Corps. An
example of the Wireless
Air Gunners brevet
is now included, together with the metal
Master
Aircrew insignia as
worn on the wrist with tropical uniforms 9th February 2006 Site moved to new dedicated
server. Please note that any broken links etc will be
repaired over the next few days. 8th January 2006 This site will be moving soon to
a dedicated one with significantly more web space. New
material will be added and improvements will be made to how
it is organised. Once the new site is up and
running, a link will be provided from this site's home
page. See you all there soon.
7th January 2005 A new section added, with
insignia from the Iraq
and Aden Protectorate
Levies. 1st January 2005 Additional arm
bands have been
added including that of Provost Marshal. 27th December
2004 The scarce 1918
NCO's cap badge has
been added. This being just one of numerous pieces that have
been kindly provided by Tony Ford over the last few months.
3rd December 2004 Rare examples of the early Royal
Air Force Nursing Services and Works & Building Services
badges have been added together with a tropical Physical
Training Instructor's arm badge, into the
Distinction
& Trade Badges
section. 30th November
2004 Numerous items have been added
to the RAF
cap badge section,
including those of King's Crown RAF Police Auxiliary,
Warrant Officer bandsman and the Full Dress Busby
badge. Two additional wings have been
added: Radio
Observer and Airborne Technician
brevets. "Honorary Chaplain to the Queen"
badge added to the Aiguillettes
and Special Devices
section. Further Air Rank shoulder boards
within the RAF
Officer Rank Insignia. 29th November
2004 A new section has been added
with Aiguillettes
and Special
Devices. 28th November
2004 A photograph of the rarely seen
Jewish
Chaplain's badge has
been added. 26th August 2004 New links to the
Yorkshire
Air Museum and to
"Digger"
History. Along with
further updates of RAF
Officer Rank Insignia. 4th August 2004 Further items added to the
RAF Apprentice
insignia
section. 4th August 2004 Additional hats have been added
including a Light
Blue WRAF
one. 2nd June 2004 New section,
RAF Apprentice
insignia has been
added along with additional
arm bands. 24th May 2004 Updates to the site re-started
with the ATC
section. Please note that due to the lack of server the
pages with Reproductions and Contemporary Photographs have
had to be temporarily removed. The intent is to restore
these pages as soon as possible. 29th March 2003 18th March 2003 30th December
2002 26th December
2002 New Link
added to the Canadian
Society of Military Medals and Insignia. 1st November 2002 Various new items have been
added to the ROC, ADCC
and ATC
sections. 15th October 2002 Table
of Rank comparison between the RFC, RNAS and RAF
added. 10th October 2002 Additional Links
added 25th August 2002 New images of WWI German
Aviators have been added. 10th August
2002 A WRAF Air
Officer's hat has
been added along with some new Wings
in the Air Training
Corps
section.
15th October 2008
RAF Chaplain
King's crown Cap Badge added by kind permission of Alex Bateman.
15th September 2008
Details of a new publication
Music in Blue, Uniforms of
Musicians in the Royal Air Force and its Predecessors
5th August 2008
Royal Air Force
Levies Iraq Shoulder badge and RAF Habbaniya Blazer badge by
kind permission of Eddie Parks.
3rd August 2008
Royal Air Force
Levies Iraq Riding Crop.
27th July 2008
RAF overseas
Musician's White jacket.
22nd July 2008
The addition of an early
RAF Officer's Mess Dress jacket.
12th May 2008
Observer's Mess
Dress Wing from the 1930's.
2nd May 2008
1936 Flight
Sergeant Air Gunner's jacket by kind permission of Neil Bonnick.
6th April 2008
Comparison between 1918, 1919 and the
colour of later RAF Officer's uniform
material.
1st February 2008
A wonderful example of the
1918 Light Blue RAF Officer's tunic
has kindly been provided by Scott Marchand.
9th January 2008
The small WRAF OCTU
Sash of Merit badge and the Silver RAF
1942 badge awarded to American citizens would had served with
the RAF until their transfer to the US Army or Navy Air Force.
3rd January 2008
An additional rare shoulder board
of the Royal Naval Air Service.
2nd January 2008
More examples of
RAF Officer's Shoulder Boards, by
kind permission of Tony Ford.
24th October 2007
Examples of RAF
Apprentice Epaulettes.
20th October 2007
Shoulder strap from a 1940's
Air Vice Marshal's greatcoat.
14th October 2007
An example of a 1980's tunic for
RAF Director of Music has been added
to the uniforms section.
13th October 2007
Additional Air Rank shoulder boards
within the RAF
Officer Rank Insignia, and an early example of the
RAF Police Auxiliaries shoulder badge
have been added.
16th September 2007
An early example of the
PMRAFNS Cape has been added.
8th September 2007
The Black Plastic version of the
RAF Airman's Cap Badge has been
added.
8th September 2007
Early examples of
University Air Squadron insignia have kindly been provided by
Alex Bateman.
8th September 2007
An example of a Royal Naval Air Service
shoulder title has been added.
5th September 2007
Additional Wings have been added to the ATC
section by kind permission of Alex Bateman collection.
9th August 2007
New items have been
added to the Observer Corps
and Royal Observer Corps section by kind permission of
Alex Bateman.
6th August 2007
A new section has been added for badges of the
University Air Squadrons within the Royal Air
Force area.
29th July 2007
Ken Keegan has provided numerous splendid
examples of RFC, RAF and WRAF insignia. Updates are as follows:
Additional
Royal Flying Corps insignia have been added, including the
seldom seen canvas version of the shoulder title, together with a
set of "RFC Collar and Cap" badges. A photograph of the 1918 "WRAF
shoulder title" together with the "Shoulder Eagle" and the
"Immobile Branch" badge. Wonderful 1918 RAF Pilot's Wings have been
added to the RAF Wings section.
12th July 2007
Updates to the ATC
section with additional photos from Alex Bateman, including a
number of early Printed examples.
11th July 2007
Amendment to the
Air Defence Cadet Corps section.
8th July 2007
Alex Bateman has kindly provided additional
Air Defence Cadet Corps badges.
7th July 2007
Another Iraq
Levies cap badge has
been added by kind permission of Tony Ford.
7th June 2007
Hat of the
RAF Police Auxiliaries as worn in
Singapore.
3rd June 2007
An Air Officer's
Provost Marshal armband has been kindly provided by Steve
Davies.
28th May 2007
Numerous examples of
Nationality and Empire Shoulder Titles
have been added by kind permission of Alex Bateman.
10th May 2007
An example of an Officer's
1963 Service Dress
jacket of the Royal Air Force.
9th May 2007
Additional Link
to the Military Cap Collection.
8th May 2007
An example of a
1941 Service Dress
jacket of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
7th May 2007
Rank Braid positioning for
RAF Officer's Service Dress.
6th May 2007
A new section added for
Uniforms of the RAF, with the first
example being that of the short lived
1947 pattern Officer's Service
Dress.
16th April 2007
Updates to the section on
Aiguillettes.
9th April 2007
Photographs of the splendid insignia worn on
Royal Air Force Standard
Bearer's Belt.
11th January 2007
Wonderful examples of
Royal Flying Corps Pilot's and Observer's wings have been added
courtesy of Ken Keegan.
29th December 2006
New page of Nationality and Empire Shoulder Titles, with many
wonderful examples kindly provided by Tony Ford.
10th December 2006
Additional pages added to the
Royal Air Force and
Royal Flying Corps sections that will be dedicated to Wings and
brevets.
8th December 2006
Photographs of Mortimer
Park Crane's final resting place in Philadelphia by kind
permission of Irvin Miller
5th December 2006
Four examples of
Assistant Parachute Jump Instructor armbands from Warren
Carroll, and a cap badge worn by
Officer Cadets whilst at Cranwell during WWII from Tony Ford.
4th December 2006
A new photograph of the scarce
RAF Works & Buildings services badges
has kindly been provided by Tony Ford.
3rd December
2006
Scarce RAF 1918
officer's cap badge, and 1st pattern
RAF Medical Officer's collar badge together with a a new image
of the Royal Air Force Nursing Service
badge. Courtesy of Ken Keegan.
2nd December
2006
Officer's shoulder boards and other scarcely
seen Royal Naval Air Service insignia have
been added. These along with numerous other forthcoming updates have
kindly been provided by Ken Keegan.
27th November
2006
Update to the article on the life of
Mortimer Park Crane by David T. Moore.
26th November
2006
Photographs of Sergeant Major insignia rank badges of the Royal
Flying Corps have been added by kind permission of Warren
Carroll from his forthcoming book.
17th September
2006
1918 RAF Khaki
Field
Officer's Hat
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