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From 1941 until 1996, the Royal Observer Corps wore RAF uniforms, with a midnight blue beret, ROC cap badge, rank titles, insignia and tunic buttons. During the 1980s, ROC personnel were authorised to wear the RAF field service cap or WRAF pillbox style hat in place of the beret whilst in working dress. As with the ROC stable belt introduced ...
A side cap is a military cap that can be folded flat when not being worn. It is also known as a garrison cap or flight cap in the United States, wedge cap in Canada, or field service cap in the United Kingdom. [1] In form the side cap is comparable to the glengarry, a folding version of the Scottish military bonnet. It has been associated with ...
The Brodrick cap was unpopular and was replaced in 1905, by a round khaki peaked cap used until the outbreak of World War II. In 1938 the Field Service Cap of the 1890s was re-introduced in a khaki version and during WWII it gave way to the General Service Cap. Cavalry regiments and the Tank Corps wore soft berets. After the war the beret ...
Forage cap is the designation given to various types of military undress, fatigue or working headwear. These vary widely in form, according to country or period. The coloured peaked cap worn by the modern British Army for parade and other dress occasions is still officially designated as a forage cap. [1]
Werner Mölders wears an Officer's M35 Flying Cap (Fliegermütze), also called (side cap) Fallschirmjäger in 1943/1944. The Luftwaffe introduced the Fallschirmjäger (Airborne and Glider borne troops) helmet in 1936. With its lighter weight and lack of helmet crimping, the Fallschirmjäger helmet was similar to the Model 1935 Stahlhelm but ...
This is a list of equipment currently used by the Royal Air Force Regiment.The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and contributes to the defence of RAF airfields in the UK and overseas, and provides Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) to the British Army and Royal Marines, and a contingent to the Special Forces Support Group from No. II (Parachute) Squadron.
In 1943 a similar cap in field-grey wool with a visor intermediate in length between the mountain and tropical versions was issued to all troops for field wear only; it quickly became the most commonly seen soft headgear at the front. Insignia was similar to that of the side-cap, although the eagle and cockade were both worn above the turn-up.
- the WWII German Army field cap - a pillbox cap - and a number of specific regimental style undress fatigue caps from the 19th century or earlier The RAF website appears to refer to this cap (historically, at least) as the "field service cap", since the first RFC uniform was an Army uniform with this side cap. Confusion reigns!