I'd think earlier in the war the issue uniform.was, as initially stated by Jon, officer and airmans pattern uniform. As in the RAF battledress would have become more widely worn as a working uniform, especially by those who found themselves in Germany, France, Holland etc. As mentioned in my earlier post the photo I have of Pickard is of him in battledress and he must have been SD as he wasn't in the RAF per se.
The photo of George Edwards is also in bd with something on the shoulder (unclear but it must be the SD badge)
RAF officer tunics were barathea wool rather than gaberdine cotton (wartime RAF private purchase raincoats were generally gaberdine but they are distinct in not having straps to the shoulder).
The question of ROC officer's wearing bd is one I've tried to find the answer to for ages but I've never seen it. ATC officer's were not permitted bd. As for WAAFs, all ranks were issued battledress from about mid 1943 and they were quite often worn with service dress skirt.
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