Fleet Air Arm, Officers distinguishing badge, Pattern 1925

This badge was to worn by RAF officers serving with the Fleet Air Arm. The badge was worn in the centre of the left sleeve, half an inch above the rank lace.

In 1918 the Army’s Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy’s Royal Naval Air Service were amalgamated to become the Royal Air Force. Following the end of the First World War the naval element of the RAF was significantly reduced. However, with the building of new aircraft carriers, the RAF established the Fleet Air Arm in 1924, it was comprised of squadrons which would operate from the new carriers. The Fleet Air Arm transferred to the Navy’s control in 1939.