  
Foto:
Anders Straarup 16 SEP 2017
To vinger til en uddannet pilot, en enkelt vinge til hver
med andre
funktioner.
Mindemedaljer og kampagnemedaljer.
Krigsfangemedaljen
med pigtråd er nem at kende.
 Photo: Anders
Straarup 16 SEP 2017
Two wings worn by Pilots of the RAF, the RCAF,
and others. A single wing for other crew positions.
Sergeant R.L.
Luce, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner with
Bomber Command Commemorative Medal
first struck in 1985 and
Allied Ex Prisoners of War Medal,
also a commemorative medal.
And 3
British Campaign Medals
1939-45 Star*Air
Crew Europe Star*War Medal
The single wings have letters for the crew positions:
N
Navigator
O Observer, from 1942 Air Bomber and Navigator took
over his duties.
S Air Signaller from January 1944, when the roles of
Wireless Operator and Air Gunner were separated.
E Flight Engineer
AG Air Gunner was later replaced by the brevet
WAG Wireless
Operator/Air Gunner, the difference
being the addition of the
"wireless flash" worn on the sleeve for wireless operators. Air Gunners
didn't wear
the wireless flash. The "Wireless Flash" was the badge
showing the clenched fist with three lightning flashes
on either side of
it.
Thanks to Brian Walters for the
explanations. |
