Wwii glider pilot regt photo

[britton at war]

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

HI Guys Jack is right with this stament what he did not say was that it was authrised to be worn in 1944 ribbon only not all troops wore it though ! steve

[britton at war]

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

I reckon this chap is hidding a blank chest so he does not look to be the odd one out proberly still training and not quailfied when the photo was taken ! as you would see teh end of the where his fingers would be! steve

[britton at war]

Thanks guys for the intreastng replys and comments steve

[Dave J]

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??!!

I've seen quite a few photos of glider pilots with no titles, perhaps the most famous being that of the sgt filling in a glider loading form as some guys are lashing motorcycles into a Horsa.

Another interesting thing this photo shows is the large second pilot wing, most of these measure-in at around 3 1/2 - 4 inches but this looks closer to 5 1/2 inches across!.

Dave