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The Royal Air Force and air forces of the British Commonwealth had a huge array of wings and badges for their air crews. Most of these badges were fabric wings sewn to the uniform. They also had metal wings used strictly for dress occasions. My collection is very small in this area so ...
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) was established in June 1939 with Miss Jane Trefusis-Forbes (1899-1971) as its first Director. In World War I she had been one of the first group of women to wear khaki; joining the Women's Volunteer Reserve, formed in 1914 to set more men fr...
RAAF in WW2 1939 - 1945 Many RAAF men were seconded to the RAF and many others joined the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) (BCATP) and ended up in over 200 different RAF Squadrons The Royal Australian Air Force underwent a massive expansion during World War Two. By the end of the ...
Royal Air Force Escape Aids 1.War Pilot of Orange The following text on escape aids for RAF airmen is from the book,War Pilot of Orange, by Bob Vanderstok, Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., 1987, reproduced with permission of the publisher. Vanderstok was one of thr...
Loading... Posted in War at Sea - WW2 Tagged Catapult Armed Merchantmen, Flight-Lieutenant Alistair James Hay DFC, HMS Volunteer, Hurricat, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, SATS General Botha Oct07An ‘unsung’ icon of Liberty … the ‘Lady in White’ Posted by Peter Dickens 11 When ...
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In the years leading up to WW2, the Dutch founder of the Royal Dutch Shell Group, Sir Henri Deterding became an ardent Nazi. He financially backed the Third Reich and met directly with Hitler on behalf of Royal Dutch Shell. As a major financial contributor to Nazi Germany in pre-WW2 yea...
Shell cuts dividend for first time since WW2 Apr 30th, 2020 by John Donovan. Comments are off for this post 30 APRIL 2020 The energy giant also suspended the next tranche of its share buyback programme. The move came as it announced a 46% fall in first-quarter net income to $2.9bn...
26.01.1922 enlisted, Royal Air Force [service number 351123] 19.04.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan) 09.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS Baldur (RN base, Reykjavik, Iceland) (12.1942) no appointment listed 01.12.1942 - (04.)1944 HMS Fortitude (RN base, Ardrossan) (for duty at...