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Originally Posted by Alain Conradi
Dear all, on the website of the airborneassociation I found a picture of Colonel D.H. Rochester wearing a parawing on his beret (not sure if I can post that picture here without violating copyrights).
Was that official? If so, during what period was that done?
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Alain,
It was the practice for parachute wing instructors in the post-war period to wear a maroon beret with Canadian parachute wings sewn on as a cap badge. I'm not sure if it was official but there is a lot of photographic evidence to support this.
When the CAR was initially formed there was no cap badge yet authorized. It looks like in the interim the parachute school practice was carried on in the regiment.
Interesting information about Col Rochester's father.
Cheers,
Dan.