Thomsonfly From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2005, 229 posts, RR: 5 Posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 1507 times:
Hello,
Recently I have had the urge to delve into some old pictures and memorabilia that I have come across and something I found was a picture of BOAC crew who operated the first flight to JFK, a single shot of a woman in uniform close up and a pair of BOAC wings. Could anybody explain though why the BOAC uniform includes a large letter 'S' on the wings?
For an example of a pic of BOAC wings to see what I am referring to, visit uniform freak.com under BOAC.
VV701 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2005, 6618 posts, RR: 17 Reply 1, posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 1456 times:
Quoting Thomsonfly (Thread starter): a single shot of a woman in uniform close up and a pair of BOAC wings. Could anybody explain though why the BOAC uniform includes a large letter 'S' on the wings?
vc10 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 1381 posts, RR: 17 Reply 3, posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 1390 times:
Traditionally in BOAC only pilots had a pair of wings, with all other crew members just having a one wing badge
Like the cabin crew who had "S"on the boss, the Flight Engineer had an "E" on the boss and I believe the Navigators had an "N" but I cannot be sure of that as by the time I joined all Navigators had been replaced by pilots.
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