Hi Steve
You are correct, he (Kenneth Moore that is!) is indeed wearing a standard RAF Warrant Officers cap badge. At the time he was portraying Bader as an Officer Cadet at RAF Cranwell and as such the uniform is an officers tunic, the cap of a Warrant Officer (1st Class) but with a white cloth band instead of a black mohair one to signify him being an Officer Cadet.
At the time the RAF had the Warrant Officer (2nd Class) and (1st Class) rank. The former wore the same pattern uniform as airmen (serge and standard Airmens cap badge) with the large crown rank badge on the lower sleeves. The Warrant Officer (1st Class) basically wore officers uniform (barathea wool) but with a cap bearing the WO badge and patent leather peak. Officer Cadets basically wore the same uniform (but of the top of my head) with a white shirt rather than blue, as they were effectively given the same rank, albeit temporary.
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