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Does this wing have any Royal Flying Corps connection
Can anyone help to identify this wing please and is there a remote possibility that the early Naval arm of the Royal Flying Corps had their own wing before the RNAS hence the red crown?
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Similar wing
As a matter of interest Bob Simms militaria has a wing in similar colours with red crown 54620, again a strange wing with anchor going through it attributed to possible yacht club, just a coincidence but two very unusual wings sharing similar attributes.
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Can anyone answer the question if the RFC had a specific wing for the early Naval arm c1912/13? |
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The Navy air arm didn't have any indications of flying until 1914/1915, when the arm eagle was introduced. They didn't get a pilot badge until circa 1925. Your badge is nothing like any of the authorised badges for any of the services. It is almost certainly a private flying club or suchlike; Royal Flying Club, Reading Flying Club, Reigate Flying Club or something similar.
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Will continue the flying club search. Jack. |
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Having read and followed this thread I may suggest Redhill Flying Club as a line of enquiry. There has been a civilian airfield there for decades. My uncle was a helicopter instructor there for Bristows in the mid 1970s
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Thanks, I've now got their contact details from the internet, so I'll send them an email like I did with the Rural Flying Club.
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