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Old 16-05-17, 03:57 PM
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There was a period when an Army officer who had previously been trained by and served in the RAF as a blue uniformed pilot, would subsequently wear khaki backed wings on BD and SD Army uniform. Most commonly these were RA officers flying Auster light aircraft as Air OP's, a role later taken on by the Army Air Corps. Other pilots, both RA and AAC wore Army pattern pilot's wings.
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