File:Jacket, flying (AM 1979.118-2).jpg

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Jacket, flying
Object type Classification: NM3.2276
Description
English: RAF leather flying jacket, WW2 Belonged to Squadron leader Basil L Watkin, Royal Air Force leather; sheepskin with dark cream fleece lining; attached waist belt; front opening with zipper with leather pull; sleeves closed with zippers to wrists. with leather pulls; chain coat hanger loop inside collar; adjustable elastic strap on external part of collar
Date 1937-1958; World War 2-wars
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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1979.118
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Leather flying jacket, Royal Air Force, WW2 Part of uniform belonging to Squadron Leader Basil L Watkin, RAF, RNZAF (1937-1958) WW2- 487 NZ Squadron, Bomber Command In May 1944 the squadron was transferred to Second Tactical Air Force and flew in night and day operations. Their main target was enemy airfields in Europe but they also attacked rail and other military targets including flying bomb sites. At this time Flight Lieutenant Basil Watkin was noted as one of the “experienced pilots… who had been in Coastal Command in the early months of the war and then in Canada and New Zealand. (ref p261-2 New Zealanders with the RAF)

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