Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force ww1 & ww2 cap badges Free Polish Air force in the West 1939-1945 Further information: Polish Air Force order of battle in 1939 Further information: Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain The Polish Air Force first fought in 1939 Invasion of Poland. Significantly outnumbered and with its […]
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force ww1 & ww2 cap badges No. 14 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was formed on the 3 February 1915 at Shoreham with Maurice Farman S.11 and B.E.2 aircraft. and it departed after a few months of training for the middle east in November of that same year for […]
Badges of Army Air Corps & Glider Pilot Regiment Army Air Corps (United Kingdom) The Army Air Corps is a component of the British Army, first formed in 1942. There are eight regiments (5 Regular Army, 2 Territorial Army, 1 training) of the AAC as well as five Independent Flights and two Independent Squadrons deployed […]
Badges of the Special Air Service Special Air Service David Stirling founded the Special Air Service in 1941. The work done by the Special Air Service (SAS) during World War Two was to revolutionise the way wars could be fought and many other special forces were to copy their tactics. The philosophy of the SAS […]
Badges of the Parachute Regiment “C” Company, 1st Bn. The Royal Ulster Rifles 6th Airlanding Brigade, 6th Airborne Division June 6-14, 1944 Hugh Harvey Overlord 2008 Tournament Page 1 Order of Battle Company Headquarters Company Commander: Major Bob Hynds (WIA July 7, 1944) Second-in- Command: Captain Hugh Weldon Company Sergeant Major: CSM C. S. McCutcheon […]
Misc. ww2 badges The Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Office at the War Office was the central point for legal advice on matters of military law and in 1945 became the focal point for legal questions concerning the prosecution of cases of war crimes committed during the Second World War. The main responsibility for this work […]
Misc ww2 Special Force badges The Long Range Desert Group The Long Range Desert Group was formed by Ralph Bagnold in 1940 and played a major part in the Allies victory in North Africa in World War Two. The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) became the forward eyes and ears of the Allies and together […]
Badges of the Royal Marines Royal Marines The Corps of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, commonly just referred to as the Royal Marines (RM), are the marine corps and amphibious infantry of the United Kingdom and, along with the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary, form the Naval Service. They are also the United Kingdom’s specialists […]