No unit of Britain's ghting forces us been subjected in recent years suc sartorial changes as the Royal Air Fores, True, it Is the fledgling wauch of the services and fs mem= bers made up for lack of the tradition enjoyed by the senior services working overtime when the unit Was finally evolved from earlier eianized units, but while its. usefulness was realized and easily incorporated into existing defence diemes nobody seemed to be able to dkside definitely how Its members should look. on or off parade, When Wesisted in two units, the MAS. ind the RIC., a rough-and-ready ype (of uniform was designed and eventually defined down to what was reverently called the "maternity jeket" with a forage cap. From that toss it flirted dangerously with the ordinary army uniform stilt in khaki wu, with a happy Inspiration based the limittes blue sky in' which lls members earned fame and glory, hanged overnight and became a ul sky blue, 'There were many asty "comments, Somebody sug: foled that the wife of a bigwig at the Air Ministry' was walking down vent Street and was struck: by the ow fashionable blue shade ons's and talked her husband the rest of the Air Ministry into Keaduption. "Hhakl was good enough sr old-timers they moaned, but "here nothing so inexorable as a service (tier so blue It became and has con fne. The breeches and puttees existed as something unconnected ili mechanical monsters which tear curb the air with a smell of petrol trid tuseating Tubrleants, just ike Pats for the Marines and even the RAE. deers uniform at present, but fie Ministry: has decided to Aids this. Henceforth, breeches and bullet: are to be abolished and oflieers iM ten will wear trousers. This {lows closely the style in modern Gatien in any case because there are GBret ministers who refuse to dis (tt Moir black "Homburgs when and no fashionable woman nowadays ever wears anything {ousers when she lowers the inlico-Peru record. Whatever be nis fulure of the R. A. F. It can ret be said that it is aet the mould
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