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Modern SAAF wings
Hi All
A question about the wings which were used 1994 - 2003 (I think those are the dates). There are suddenly a bunch of tupperware (plasticised) ones on the market, as per attached picture, which I don't remember having seen before. Did they actually do them or are these being made by some enterprising dealer? Cheers, Alex |
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"Tupperware"
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that is what all these style of badges and flashes were called by us...
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My modest collection of SAAF wings. The gold embroidered wing indicated that the wearer had achieved 2000 hours flying time. I left the military in SA in 2006 and up to that time had never seen the Tupperware type in gold, only embroidered.
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Nice collection Dudley, thanks for showing them.
Cheers, Alex |
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Madziro,
The pics with the wings were very useful. Helped me to identify 3 wings I have. Thank you. A few questions of you don’t mind. 1. What does ‘Commando’ in the context of wings mean? Does it indicate pilots trained for SF and para related sorties? 2. “Radio operator ‘R O M”. I’m guessing the ‘R O’ is for ‘radio operator’. What’s the ‘M’ for? 3. Flight engineer ‘F E B T‘. If the ‘F E” is for ‘flight engineer” what is the B T’ for? 4. Do you know the exact decade ‘Tupperware’ (rubberised) shoulder flashes were introduced by the SADF? I’m guessing late 1970’s or early 1980’s? They were also used by South West Africa but never by Rhodesia. |
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Madziro,
The pics with the wings were very useful. Helped me to identify 3 wings I have. Thank you. A few questions of you don’t mind. 1. What does ‘Commando’ in the context of wings mean? Does it indicate pilots trained for SF and para related sorties? 2. “Radio operator ‘R O M”. I’m guessing the ‘R O’ is for ‘radio operator’. What’s the ‘M’ for? 3. Flight engineer ‘F E B T‘. If the ‘F E” is for ‘flight engineer” what is the B T’ for? 4. Do you know the exact decade ‘Tupperware’ (rubberised) shoulder flashes were introduced by the SADF? I’m guessing late 1970’s or early 1980’s? They were also used by South West Africa but never by Rhodesia. |
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