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Article about: I have decided to create this thread so collectors can share their Aviation related uniforms and discuss them from all service branches and all era's. Would be great if a picture of the unif

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    Default Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

    I have decided to create this thread so collectors can share their Aviation related uniforms and discuss them from all service branches and all era's. Would be great if a picture of the uniform, the officer (if one available) and also a little bit about their military carrier could be shared. So here we go.

    Air Vice marshal Sir Alexander Davidson KBE (CBE) CB

    Military carrier began in 1916 and retired 1947. ww1 Gordon Highland LI seconded to the RFC. Flew with 80 Sqn during the great war and survived an Aircraft crash in 1920. Inter war years he served in Iraq and during the early years of ww2 he was Air Attache in Warsaw. Lots of postings as Station Commander at various bases and also one of the creators of the Polish Bombing Sqns.

    Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

    Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

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    Major General Francis St David Benwell Lejune CB CBE

    Military career started in 1916 retired in 1949. Served with the Royal Artillery during ww1 and during the period of 1920 - 1924 served with the RAF as a pilot on various operations in Somaliland and Iraq. Assisant Military Attache Washington in the early 30's and Served in Italy and Burma during ww2. Was made commander of Anti Aircraft group in 1944.

    Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

    Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

    Air Vice Marshal Albert Earl Godfrey MC AFC

    Military career started 1915 and retired in 1944. Served with the 11th Canadian Mounted Rifles then in 1916 joined the RFC as an observer. He then flew with 23 fighter Sqn downing 2 enemy AC on his arrival. In 1917 he got his pilot wings and within 9 months he had shot down 13 and 1/2 enemy Aircraft and 2 Observation ballons earning him the Military Cross and also becoming an ACE. After the war he joined the Royal Canadian Air force and in the 1928 he flew a Seaplane making him the first official trans-Canada Air mail from Ottawa to Vancouver. During ww2 he held the post of Deputy Inspector General RCAF.

    Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

    Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

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    Air Chief Marshal Sir Francis Joseph Forgarty GBE (KBE) KCB (CB) DFC AFC

    Military career 1917 retired 1957. Joined the RFC in 1917 as an Air Mechanic but was soon selected for pilot training in 1918. He served in Iraq with 84 Sqn where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. During the 30's he was posted mainly on Adjutant duties and Flying Training duties serving with 601 Sqn. During ww2 he was appointed to lead No.8 Bomber group and in 1943 was part of the mission to Ottowa. After the war he held the post of Air officer Administration of the RAF Mediterranean and Middle East.

    Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

    Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

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    What a good idea. Nice uniforms.

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    Thankyou Anderson for your reply and comments. I hope people join in as I think it would be interesting to many people.

    so here are a couple more

    Air Vice Marshal Robert Norman Bateson CB DSO & Bar DFC

    Military Service 1936 till 1967. Served during ww2 in various locations and famous for an Operation carried out in the Netherlands to bomb the Gestapo Headquarters ... it was noted that he could put a bomb on the doorstep of the building earning himself the nick name 'Pin Point'. Post war Bateson was Senior Air Staff Officer HQ Fighter Command.

    Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

    Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

    Marshal of the Royal Air Force Cyril Louis Norton Newall GCB OM GCMG CBE AM

    Military Service 1905 till 1940. Joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1905 transferring the 2nd Gurkhas in India and serving on the North West Frontier. Moving to the RFC during ww1 he went on to command the 41st Wing (main bomber force) and was awarded the Albert Medal for putting out a fire in an explosive store. Inter war years he served many staff positions including Chief of Air staff in 1937. He was a big supporter of sharp increases in AC production during this time and essentially to re-equip fighter command. Sadly he was sacked after the BoB after a polictical intrigue which caused him to lose Churchills confidence. In 1941 he was made Governor General of New Zealand holding this position till 1946.

    Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

    Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

    Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

    Share your RAF FAA RCAF RAAF etc aviation attributed uniforms

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    Here's a couple I've recently posted-
    Navigator J. P Bird KIA - UK made jacket has UK Sigs wings as a replacement to fit the shadow wish I had Nav to whack onto it! -

    Flying Officer John Powell BIRD

    Service No: 410619
    Born: Canterbury VIC, 23 December 1920
    Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 January 1942
    Unit: No. 460 Squadron, RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire
    Died: Air Operations: (No. 460 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ME640), Germany, 24 March 1944, Aged 23 Years
    Buried: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
    CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leigh and Lucie Stocker Bird, of Mont Albert, Victoria, Australia.
    Roll of Honour: Box Hill VIC
    Remembered: Panel 107, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

    Date: 24-25 March 1944
    Target: Berlin
    Total Force: Dispatched – 810, Attacking – 726
    RAAF Force: No. 460 Dispatched – 24, Attacking – 24; No. 463 Dispatched – 14, Attacking – 12; No. 466 Dispatched – 14, Attacking – 12; No. 467 Dispatched – 19, Attacking – 17
    Tons of Bombs Dropped: 2,493
    Total Aircraft Lost: 72
    RAAF Aircraft Lost: No. 460 – 2; No. 466 – 1

    On 24-25 March the long Baltic route was employed and nearly 150 aircraft from operational training units and conversion units made diversionary sweeps to confuse enemy fighter controllers. As frequently happened the flight plan was disrupted by changed meteorological conditions. An exceptionally strong north wind caused the Pathfinders to overshoot the southern suburbs and also scattered the bomber stream over a very wide area. Aircraft lacking H2S including those from Nos.
    463 and 467 were mostly blown off track and actually approached over the heavily gun-defended areas of Sylt, Flensburg and Kiel. Pilot Officer Gibbs (1) of No. 467 saw several aircraft shot down near Sylt and it is fairly certain that nearly three-quarters of the bombers lost fell victims to gun fire, either on approach or during withdrawal when similar failure to allow for the unexpected wind velocity carried many of them into the middle of the Ruhr defences. Even the H2S-equipped aircraft found navigation extremely difficult, and one crew of No. 460 overshot Berlin by fifty miles before the Pathfinder flares were seen falling well in the rear. This aircraft turned back and joined in the raid, but a Halifax of No. 466 was so far to the south of the target when the first markers went down that it could not reach Berlin before the attack ended and finally jettisoned its bombs sixty miles south of the capital. The raid might well have been a fiasco, but for the first time a master of ceremonies operated over Berlin and his instructions helped the bombers considerably as they straggled over the target. Precise assessment of this raid was impossible, for photographs, although they showed considerable fresh devastation, were obtained only after five daylight raids had been made by American aircraft.

    (1) Flying Officer David Lloyd Gibbs DFC (413567) was discharged from the RAAF on 30 august 1945.

    Extracts from Herington, J. (John) (406545) Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939-1943, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1954 – Pages 643, 647-8

    Lancaster ME640 took off from RAF Binbrook at 1839 on 24 March 1944 to bomb Berlin. The bomb load 1 x 4000 lb (pound) (1,800 kg) bomb, 156 x 30 lb (14 kg) and 420 x 4 lb (2 kg) incendiaries. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. It was established post war that the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed at 0018 hours on
    25 March 1944 between Osterbrock and Teglingen, two villages east of the Dortmund-Ems Canal, and between the towns of Lingen and Meppen in the Althare district, Germany. Six crew members were killed and one became a Prisoner of War.

    The crew members of ME640 were:

    Flying Officer John Powell Bird (410619) (Navigator)
    Flight Sergeant Alfred Craven (1138526) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator Air)
    Flying Officer Gerald Desmond Fitzgerald DFC (402602) (Mid Upper Gunner) PoW, Discharged from the RAAF: 29 October 1945
    Warrant Officer Joseph Ignatious Goodwin (32665) (Bomb Aimer)
    Flight Lieutenant Allan Francis McKinnon DFC (407531) (Pilot)
    Flight Sergeant John David West (425392) (Rear Gunner)
    Sergeant George Frederick White (1801266) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)

    No. 460 Squadron lost Lancaster ND463 (Pilot Officer Milford James Cusick (420157) (Pilot)) on 24 March 1944.

    No. 466 Squadron lost Halifax LV900 (Flight Sergeant Ross Lange Robertson (416706) (Pilot)) on 24 March 1944.

    References:

    Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
    Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
    National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/5/480

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    This one is Canadian made to Flt Lieut I. J Ewing, couldn't find allot on this fella. Good chance he flew a Mosquito?

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    Default RAF Uniform Otto Walter Neumark Finnish winter War Volunteer

    Shown this before on here but still a interesting uniform from a interesting man RAF Uniform Otto Walter Neumark Finnish winter War Volunteer
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