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The rate of Rating Pilot was unique to the FAA.
A wartime rate, these were FAA ratings who had successfully qualified as pilots, & were usually PO’s & CPO’s. Some were Naval Aircrewmen or Mechanics that had subsequently qualified as pilots.
Their badge was the wings similar to those of FAA Pilot Officers but embroidered in red & gold & blue thread .

Ratings serving as Aircrewman also wore a distinctive rate badge embroidered in red, gold & blue thread, similar to the Pilot badge but with upswept wings. These were also wartime badges but continued into the post war period.

Illustrated below are the rate badges for Rating Pilot & Naval Aircrewman.

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