Badges and insignia
From my experience badges and insignia were indeed important and a means to maintain esprit de corps etc. I also know that the winged bullet badge came about due to gripes from those who were air gunners and wanted recognition for that specific role. Having torn archives apart for answers on other organizations' badges and insignia it would not surprise me in the slightest if this has nothing at all to do with not caring and more about segments of RFC/RAF history not being properly researched and recorded. It still amazes the piles of books written on British insignia and military material culture where the authors never even bother to consult institutions like that at Kew. Since the RFC was international in scope (Canada, US, etc. ) British records in their archives pertaining to dress and insignia may be interesting. I was helping an author with that before the plandemic but it seems to have dried up. Still, I was just hoping someone in the UK might have more detailed explanations.
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