Wwii glider pilot regt photo

[britton at war]

Hy Guys
I have had this photo for quite a while and was talking to a member on the phone who said I should put it on here for every one to enjoy so here you are.
Note the 2nd glider pilot wings and the plastic cap badge
cheers Steve

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

Scarce droopy type wings on bottom right too

[britton at war]

Scarce droopy type wings on bottom right too

just for you ps no other airborne badges eather !! steve

[RMR]

Looks to be a few plastic AAC badges amongst them .Roger

[wolf76]

Fantastic photo, thanks for sharing! Wonder if the officer in the center has a sterling cap badge.

[tedwardland]

What about the guy on the front left! with his mates hand over the area where his wings would be.

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

And what about the guy bottom right (the one I said has the droopy wings) well where on earth is the rest of his insignia??!!

[Gary Jucha]

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You want to send a copy of the photo to the "Eagle" ..... they might be able to name some of the GP's ..

Gary J.

[tedwardland]

Jack it seems like things still haven't changed over the 65 years! i was always hitting the boys up about badges and rank not been worn.

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

Jack it seems like things still haven't changed over the 65 years! i was always hitting the boys up about badges and rank not been worn.

Very true Ted! Makes our hobby more interesting...

[RMR]

The one with the droopy wings and the one with his hand over the lower ones wings appear to be wearing medal ribbons, wonder what the medal is.Roger

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

The one with the droopy wings and the one with his hand over the lower ones wings appear to be wearing medal ribbons, wonder what the medal is.Roger

It's the 1939-43 star which of course became known as the 1939-45 star.

[GCG1964]

Regarding the Chap with the 39-45 ribbon and the absence of the others wearing it, I found this quote a while ago on Wikipedia.

"The star was immediately awarded if the service period was terminated by death, disability or wounding. The award of a gallantry medal or a Mention in Despatches also led to an immediate award."
Maybe he was previously wounded, or MID.

Other observations are, I can't see any service stripes on the lower right arms and
it also looks like most have whitened their stripes for a special occassion.

Graham.

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

That's interesting Graham. The normal criteria is 6 months service overseas in operational zones - maybe this bloke had already done his time?

[britton at war]

You want to send a copy of the photo to the "Eagle" ..... they might be able to name some of the GP's ..

Gary J.

Hi Gary
please pm me a link or email cheers steve