Uniforms and ranks and medals!

[Fenrir]

Hi Luthier,

One quick notice; it was very unusual for RAF fighter pilots to fly in their Sidcot sheepskin jackets: most found them too bulky in the cockpit and on occasion the collar was a downright menace - you'd turn your head to check your 5 or 7 for bandits and find yourself staring straight at close range at a fluffy sheepskin!

Most photographs of the era show the fighter pilots wearing their No.1 Service Dress, no neck tie and top shirt button undone with silk scarf, Mae West and flying boots.

Certainly the odd fighter pilot did festoon himself in said Sidcot but they are the exception rather than the norm. On bombers however, I'd expect it to be a different story.