Royal Air Force - Pilot
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Randy Scorby Collection

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Randy Scorby Collection

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Randy Scorby Collection

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Note: 		102 mm
38 mm


Hylton Routledge Collection

1920 - 1939 RAF Dress Wing
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Note: 		113 mm
43 mm


Hylton Routledge Collection

1920 - 1939 RAF Dress Wing
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110 mm
41 mm


Hylton Routledge Collection

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Note: 		110 mm
41 mm


Hylton Routledge Collection
7/30/2001
The detail page shows 1941 dated RAF officer's tunic with a VR (Volunteer Reserve) lapel badges. The medal ribbon is the 1939-1945 Star.
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4"


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A. L. Collection
11/19/2001
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3 1/4"


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A. L. Collection
11/30/2001
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4 5/8"
1 3/4"


Tim Lewis Collection
12/3/2001
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4 5/8"
1 3/4"


Tim Lewis Collection
12/3/2001
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4 5/8"


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A. L. Collection
12/5/2001
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Note: 		2 1/4"



A. L. Collection
12/5/2001
This is a Mess Dress wing.
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Snaps
Jim Howey Collection
4/23/2002
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110 mm
37 mm

Snaps

6/14/2002
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104 mm
38 mm


Hylton Routledge Collection
7/8/2002
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112 mm
37 mm


Hylton Routledge Collection
7/8/2002
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101 mm
35 mm


Hylton Routledge Collection
7/8/2002
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112 mm



Michael D Long Collection
8/14/2002
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A. L. Collection
8/26/2002
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Note: 		4 1/2"
1 6/8"



11/6/2002
RAF Full Dress wing, probably from the late 1920's-early 1930s
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Note: 		2 7/8"
1 2/8"



11/7/2002
This is one of the miniature wings worn by foreign RAF trained personnel.? These were worn mostly by Czechs and Poles when transferring back to their own air forces.? The insignia of their own air force was then worn, but with these miniatures on the right breast. Members of the U.S. AAF also wore these miniatures.
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A. L. Collection
11/16/2002
This is one of the miniature wings worn by foreign RAF trained personnel.? This wing came from a member of the Eagle Squadrons.
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Note: 		92 mm
40 mm

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3/12/2003
This is one of the miniature wings worn by foreign RAF trained personnel.?
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Note: 		4.25"



B. G.
2/28/2004
This wing with it's distinctive crown comes in two versions "RAF" and "ARF". Warren Carroll's research determined these wings were produced in the Toronto, Canada area. See Warren Carroll's book page 69.
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Note: 		4 3/8"
1 1/2"
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2/28/2004
This wing was made in India
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4 1/16"
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5/31/2004
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6/14/2004
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Clifford Orth Collection
6/16/2004
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Note: 		4 1/4"



Clifford Orth Collection
6/16/2004
Uniform of Flight Lieutenant Lush, RAF Volunteer Reserve
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Kerry Foster Collection
10/11/2004
Uniform of Flight Lieutenant R c Wallace who flew Liberators in the India/Burma Theatre.
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1/5/2005
The tunic is dated 1942, but the medal ribbons were added as the war progressed and afterwards. The first one is the Distinguished Flying Medal, which he was awarded prior to his commission as an Officer.
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Rory Langran Collection
2/10/2005
Theatre made RAF Pilot badges
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Rory Langran Collection
2/10/2005
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Dudley Wall Collection
3/3/2005
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Note: 		110 mm



John Gowan Collection
3/27/2005
Royal Air Force pilot wings with ribbons of Distinguished Flying Medal, Air Force Medal and 1939 -45 Star.
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Note: 		3 7/8"



B.G. Collection
12/01/2005
The backside has stamped a 13, and a diamond (with what I think says P.N.F. inside?).
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David Extance Collection
4/15/2009
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David Extance Collection
4/15/2009
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Ian P. MacTaggart Collection
8/14/2010
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Jim Graham Collection
8/23/2010
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J. & S. Harrison Collection
1/25/2012
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J. & S. Harrison Collection
1/25/2012
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J. & S. Harrison Collection
1/25/2012
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J. & S. Harrison Collection
1/25/2012
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Note: 		3 3/4"



John Ferguson Collection
11/26/2019
Tropical Green version of the RAF Pilot Wing
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John Ferguson Collection
03/07/2020
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Note: 		72 mm



Philippe Levallois Collection
04/02/2020
These wings belonged to Henry Lafont who flew during the Battle of Britain with 615 Squadron in Hurricanes. (see men of the BoB by Kenneth Wynn). He was 20. Henry Lafont was one of the 13 Free French pilots who flew in the Battle (5 would survive the war). Philippe was lucky enough to regularly meet him during the nineties and he offered him these well worn out miniature wings. When asked why he wore miniatures, he simply replied that he found them prettier. He wore them over the left breast pocket and his French wings at the right place : on the right breast pocket.
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Note: 		115 mm



Philippe Levallois Collection
04/02/2020
These wings belonged to Henri de Bordas (1921-2011). He was a Free French fighter pilot who flew with RAF and Free French Squadrons between 1942 and May 1945. He flew Spitfires, particularly in 1944 when, with 91 Squadron, he destroyed 10 V1s while flying Spitfires XIV. His complete tally is 1 kill + 10 V1s. See Christopher Shores "Aces High volume 2" page 220. General de Bordas gave Philippe these wings in 1993.
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John Ferguson Collection
08/29/2020
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4 3/8"
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Cliff Presley Collection
12/30/2021
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1 3/4"


Cliff Presley Collection
12/30/2021
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Cliff Presley Collection
12/30/2021
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John Ferguson Collection
05/12/2023
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John Ferguson Collection
05/12/2023
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John Ferguson Collection
11/08/2023
These were likely made in Egypt
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Aviation Wings and Badges of the World Wars