Aussie made Polish/RAAF jacket

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Rene, thanks, I wondered if that was the case.

Cheers, Ade.

[reneblacky]

Hi Rene, the date I can see here on the label appears to be 1946? Is there another date somewhere or are we mistaken on the date?

Cheers, Ade.

My apologies on the date, as I haven't actually physically played with the jacket for some time!
I have just pulled the jacket out of storage and the numbers on the label are S46 which is the Australian wartime manufacturers code - S for South Australia, 46 is the factory number -others are V for Victoria, N for New South Wales etc... so you get codes on uniforms and equipment like V446, N457, T55, Q73 etc.
So This jacket is undated but is still a WW2 example

One more thing- to my knowledge this code system hasn't been cracked, as after the war the Australian government was highly efficient at destroying these type of records! so at least "Esquire" is one that has been decoded. Not a common tag to have both a name and a code so it must be a transitional, so it could date between '40 & '41

Regards
René

[Adrian Stevenson]

Thanks again!

Cheers, Ade.

[reneblacky]

Well I guess I'm not advanced on this jacket - I believe it is totally original!
here are similar maker marks from a RAN jumper

[reneblacky]

Hello! Thare are some things that this jacket don't look good. Not polish buttons, i not believe that polish airman don't have polish buttons! Every original polish RAF jacket i saw had buttons with eagle. Can you take better photos of poland's badges? The sew of poland's look new. I don't know anything about other tabs. Yes, it's true that polish forces retailored uniforms, but i had never seen RAF jacket with shoulder-straps.... There are so many but, but, but... in my opnion it's combined. Regards

shots already clear enough

[qotd]

you seem to pick up all the hard to find and unusual stuff......I might have to start collecting Aussie gear instead of German....should start with a WW2 uniform!!!!

[Kenworth]

Can some educate me as to what the badge is worn on the cuff please?

Cheers, Ade.

Hello all , It is training patch , indicating Flight School .

[reneblacky]

Hello all , It is training patch , indicating Flight School .

Cheers Mate, have you reference? and welcome aboard. Happy New Year!

[Kenworth]

The flaming torch indicates training school and the symbols , the branch of the service.
To give you an idea of what I mean here is pics for Army Signals , QM, Engineers and Transport as examples.
I have had a couple of cotton RAF/RAAF ones over the years similar to yours but have no pics.
Hope this helps .

[reneblacky]

The flaming torch indicates training school and the symbols , the branch of the service.
To give you an idea of what I mean here is pics for Army Signals , QM, Engineers and Transport as examples.
I have had a couple of cotton RAF/RAAF ones over the years similar to yours but have no pics.
Hope this helps .

Ah Cheers mate! Thanks for your input