Parachute wings

[David Tremain]

Picked this pair of wings up from a dealer at last October's Ottawa show. Looks like they're probably WW2 vintage.

[INTEL]

looks like a set of 2nd war para wings to me that have seen better days. I have attatched an image of one with the issue tags still on for you to compare

[Unknownsoldier]

Hi,

TBH, they look S.African/Rhodesian to me, with the padding, the WW2 brit stuff does not appear to be padded often, and in any case it is similar to some wings I have.

ATB,
Tom

[54Bty]

Originally Posted by INTEL

looks like a set of 2nd war para wings to me that have seen better days. I have attatched an image of one with the issue tags still on for you to compare

Sorry to say that these wings are not WWII issue. They are copies available from the 'Regalia Specialist' at around £5 each.

[Unknownsoldier]

Originally Posted by 54Bty

Sorry to say that these wings are not WWII issue. They are copies available from the 'Regalia Specialist' at around £5 each.

Sadly so, the tag is a dead give away...... Here are some of mine, not 100% sure about some, but I know most are what they purport to be:

[Jibba Jabba]

The wings that started this thread in my opinion are Indian or Far East manufactured examples. Good WW2 wings.

[David Tremain]

Thanks Jibba Jabba. I somehow wondered if they were Indian-made or Far Eastern as I thought I'd seen a pair like them in Peter Taylor's book. David

[Luc]

David, I like the looks of these wings too. I'd be happy to own a similar pair.

[Tourist]

I know I am a new chap on the forum but, in my opinion they are Rhodie issue wings. So I checked, pp155, SAS Rhodesia, Pittaway, J., & Fourie, C., 2003, clearly shows a good condition example of this type of wing.

I have previously corresponded with Mr Pittaway re. his books and future in the pipeline books and was told that all displayed wings are the personal property of and uniform items relating to members of C Squadron, Rhodesian SAS.

the wings are Far-Easten manufactured made 1945/1948 and padded wings are common in WW2 for the Far-East. North Africa


peter

[Tourist]

Looked in the Taylor book. There is nothing in there that has the distinctive row of black stitching across the middle of the wing with the exception of the Jed wings.

To behonest tailor wallahs were producing dodgy stuff back then, and still do today, this wing is quite nicely embroidered. Added to which it has the nice distinctive row of stitching that Rhodie wings had and also the Rhodie wing padding that was removed, by many, to make ironing in those sharp creases easier.

[Unknownsoldier]

Tourist, Peter wrote that book....... ;-) LOL

[Tourist]

I know.

Alex

[Unknownsoldier]

Oh ok ;-) LOL

Tom

[Unknownsoldier]

Here are my two Rhodie wings just to compare: