UNIFORM, MILITARY

Description: PAIR OF AIR FORCE BLUE WOOL BATTLE DRESS BLOUSE WITH 2 BREAST POCKETS, 5 BUTTON HIDDEN FRONT CLOSURE, WAIST BELT W/ BUCKLE, & COLLAR THAT SECURES WITH TWO CORRODED HOOK & EYES. INSIGNIA DENOTES SOLDIER WAS A WARRANT OFFICER 2ND CLASS. SOILED BROWN & GOLD COTTON BADGE OVER LT SIDE BREAST POCKET. INSIGNIA DEPICTS WING ATTACHED TO WREATH BEARING LETTER "B", KINGS CROWN, AND "RCAF". SEE CONSERVATION REPORT. NOTE: UNIFORM MISSING BUTTONS ON RECEIPT, INCLUDING LEFT PROPER SHOULDER (EPAULLETE) AND TOP FRONT CLOSURE LOCATIONS. TWO BUTTONS FOUND IN THE UNIFORM'S POCKETS WERE RETURNED TO THE UNIFORM IN NOVEMBER 2010 AT THE UPPER MOST FRONT CLOSURE AND SHOULDER LOCATIONS. TO REFERENCE THE PRE-DATING CONDITION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR IMAGES.

History: CANADIAN AIR FORCE ISSUE BATTLE DRESS. DONOR TRAINED AT LETHBRIDGE NO. 8 BOMBING & GUNNERY SCHOOL, 1 OF MANY BASES ACROSS CANADA THAT TRAINED AIRCREW FOR W.W.II AS PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN. SEE ALSO P19920045001-GA FOR COMPLETE DONOR HISTORY. USED AT THE LETHBRIDGE NO. 8 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL. BATTLE DRESS UNIFORM OF R.C.A.F. WARRANT OFFICER 2ND CLASS LITTON WHO WAS TRAINED AT LETHBRIDGE NO. 8 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL. R.A.F. TYPE BATTLE DRESS WAS INTRODUCED IN 1941. THE BOMBER’S “HALF-WING” IS DISPLAYED ON THE LEFT BREAST.