ID on this lapel Badge please

[escallonia]

I did google it and went to R.A.F. Badges no results I thought some one may know it Thanks John

[OlyPaul]

Re: ID on this lapel Badge please

That would be a very old Auxiliary Air Force badge as it is now known as the Royal Auxiliary Air Force RAuxAF.

[Rodbender]

Re: ID on this lapel Badge please

I can' give a positive ID, but suspect this is a USAAF Badge. United States Army Air Force. World war two. Worth searching on the web for badges in that category.

[OlyPaul]

Re: ID on this lapel Badge please

I can' give a positive ID, but suspect this is a USAAF Badge. United States Army Air Force. World war two. Worth searching on the web for badges in that category.

I doubt the USSAF used the kings crown as part of there badge.

AAF was formed in 1926 then in the cold war it became RAuxAF

As you can see from this RAuxAF blazer button the emblem is pretty similar,except it has the Queens crown on and not the Kings.

[escallonia]

Re: ID on this lapel Badge please

The Auxiliary Air Force



Born in 1926 with four squadrons the Auxiliary Air Force was the RAF's equivalent of the Territorial Army, part time local formations trained to supplement the regulars in time of war.

By 1939, twenty squadrons had been raised, however many regulars were unenthusiastic about the AAF squadrons. Basically the volunteers were drawn from well heeled middle class society. A parlance of the day was that Auxiliaries were 'Gentlemen trying to be officers' and that Regulars were' Officers trying to be Gentlemen'
A leading WWII ace Johnnie Johnson, always complained that he had been refused entry to an AAF squadron because of his lack of knowledge about fox-hunting. 'Ginger' Lacey posted to an AAF squadron found then " a rather snobbish preserve of the rich". Another squadron even insisted that prospective officers be given a Social Test to see if they were acceptable as Gentlemen.

In one such squadron, the Officers, concerned about petrol shortages, contrived to purchase their own petrol station. When the pumps were found to be only half full one of their officers who happened to be a Director of Shell Oil arranged for an immediate delivery. That squadron from then on was known as the Millionaires' squadron.

Given to wearing bright scarves and silk lined jackets, by 1940 the AAF formed a quarter of RAF fighter resources. These 'Gentlemen' pilots were soon to meet the battle hardened veterans of Goering's Luftwaffe.

Thanks for Identifying Paul. I found this informatiom on a web site it was very interesting to read that it was the kings crown regards John.

[OlyPaul]

Re: ID on this lapel Badge please

The Auxiliary Air Force



Thanks for Identifying Paul. I found this informatiom on a web site it was very interesting to read that it was the kings crown regards John.

George V and V1 were monarch's during that period until after the second world war, when it was changed to the RAuxAF Queen Elizabeth was monarch hence the change of crown in the emblem.

[escallonia]