Cenowski Posted 9 May , 2010 Share Posted 9 May , 2010 All i can tell from this family pic of mine is that its RAF, or atg least i think it is, could be Royal Navy Air Corps even..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 9 May , 2010 Share Posted 9 May , 2010 There never was a Royal Navy Air Corps - a Royal Naval Air Service there was. The cap would suggest RFC or RAF., There is something about it that nags post WW1 RAF at me - is that a Sidcot he is wearing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cenowski Posted 9 May , 2010 Author Share Posted 9 May , 2010 I believe that it is a sidcot but i dont know much info about the types of sidcots used..... Also i noticed that on the cap there is a white stripe the whole circumfrence of the middle of the cap he is wearing, im sure that signifys something as i havnt seen many on pics..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 9 May , 2010 Share Posted 9 May , 2010 This fellow is in the Air Training Corps in the late 30s. His white flash indicates that he has been accepted by the RAF for training. Not sure if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cenowski Posted 9 May , 2010 Author Share Posted 9 May , 2010 Im not sure but thanks all the same.... i found few caps similar to the one the picture i added has and they are all Canadian Pilots pictures which dosnt help much as im sure the guy is not Canadian what so ever..... It seems to be refered to by one site as an overseas cap what ever they mean by that im not sure, need a Air Forces expect on this one i think, just i dont know any unfortunatly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerhunter Posted 9 May , 2010 Share Posted 9 May , 2010 The white band on his cap may indicate that he was an officer cadet at the RAF College Cranwell. The College was formerly RNAS Daedelus, prior to the formation of the RAF on 1 Apr 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cenowski Posted 9 May , 2010 Author Share Posted 9 May , 2010 Based on the info from you two guys i found a pic similar but was ww2 and spoke of Officer cadets wearing white 1 inch strip on the non service ceremonial cap, i can only assume it was from age old tradition, however the search for similar pics on the net didnt show much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesmessenger Posted 10 May , 2010 Share Posted 10 May , 2010 He is certainly a flight cadet, but not necessarily from Cranwell. Charles M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 10 May , 2010 Share Posted 10 May , 2010 And I think that's a post WW1 Sidcot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesleycrabb Posted 10 May , 2010 Share Posted 10 May , 2010 The photo looks mid/late 30's to my untrained eye. The white 'flash' indicates 'Aircrew Under Training'. Many WW2 RAF Aircrew were trained in Canada (safer skies) which is probably where you picked up the Canada theme. The flying boots look to be '36 Pattern. Wes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cenowski Posted 10 May , 2010 Author Share Posted 10 May , 2010 Does the type of Sidcot overall possibly tell anything about the age rangę of the photo? As for the boots the pics so dark i cant see well to check against others to great effect enough..... Wish this family member wouldnif written n back, saved me trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted 12 May , 2010 Share Posted 12 May , 2010 Further to ksli the white flash does indeed refer to him being under flight crew training. This was worn by all RAF both officer, NCO etc. Not only did the WW2 RAF train in Canada but there were several 'Empire Flying Schools' around the wourld including Canada, Texas,Florida and possibly South Africa. When this tradition started is another matter and by itself cannot be used to date the picture. From the level of clothing I would sugest that the USA and South Africa are non starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cenowski Posted 12 May , 2010 Author Share Posted 12 May , 2010 I just found this sidcot from a site of a ww1 collection donated by a pilot to a museum in the USA, i personally think its the same sidcot as in the picture as the latter WW2 Sidcots had a zip and this one dosnt..... can anyone tell me if they agree that is exact type? http://www.lafayettefoundation.org/collect...SidcotSuit.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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