The error in AP1358 has been in for amendment for over a year on the following:
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Rear Aircrew Brevet. The monogram ‘RAF’ in drab silk surrounded by a laurel leaf of brown silk, surmounted by a crown with an outspread drab silk wing 2½" (6.35 cm) long – on dark blue melton cloth. Introduced 1 Apr 03 to replace Navigator, Air Electronics Officer/Operator, Air Engineer and Air Loadmaster. (See Note Above)".
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It is the Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) and the Weapon Systems Operator (WSOp) Flying Badge - never “Rear Aircrew” (no such specialisation) or a “Brevet” as the higher-level QRs terms it is a “Flying Badge”. Although just like the errant word used for the Air Dispatchers the word has crept in through error in QRs for the Parachute Jump Instructor Flying Badge (as it is properly described in the King’s Order for it) - but then again they are only ‘honorary aircrew’ in name anyway!
There is a new version of AP1358 due out imminently as it is long overdue a rewrite.