Henry Allingham at 15

[PhilB]

The caption says it`s Henry in 1912 at age 15. What`s the outfit?

[Dolphin]

Phil

The uniform is that of the Royal Naval Air Service. Perhaps the photograph date is incorrect.

Gareth

[SiegeGunner]

The same photo appears in Henry's Wikipedia entry with the more-plausible caption "Allingham in RNAS uniform in 1916".

[PhilB]

That makes more sense! I take it the RNAS dressed more like soldiers than sailors then?

[GrahamC]

Has anyone else noticed that Henry is now the WORLD'S oldest man as the guy in Japan who was 252 days older has just died.

[Roger Thompson]

Yes spotted it in the Daily Express.

[per ardua per mare per terram]

Has anyone else noticed that Henry is now the WORLD'S oldest man as the guy in Japan who was 252 days older has just died.

Not only spotted but threads have been opened about it.

[per ardua per mare per terram]

QUOTE (Phil_B @ Jun 20 2009, 02:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I take it the RNAS dressed more like soldiers than sailors then?

They were issued with a variety of uniforms depending on what was available and the theatre that they were in. The range included naval tropical whites as well as khaki. I expect that puttees would be more practical in a plane than bell bottoms!