Albert,
Attached for your own interest are a selection, the three examples on the right hand side and the Mess Dress example, were all worn by the same gentleman, who, by the end of the war, was a Flight Lieutenant Navigator in the LNSF which from it's inception was part of Number 8 Group, Bomber Command.
He had actually started his wartime flying career as an LAC "occasional" Air Gunner in Fighter Command in 1939, after the Battle of Britain, his squadron converted to the Night Fighter/Night Intruder roll, with AI and earned his brevet that way, he continued to wear them throughout the war.
By the time the LNSF had been formed, he found himself doing work which was certainly not all that different, no AI, but, H2S as well as Oboe.
Whilst it is certainly true that Mess Dress had not "completely" died during the war, it was rather "scaled down" a little.
Regards again Frank
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