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Girl's Venture Corps Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X005-1241

Until 1983 the Air Training Corps only accepted male cadets. From 1942 female cadets with an interest in aviation could join the Women's Junior Air Corps.

Triangular silver badge with aircraft motif and blue oval cloth badge with V motif, © RAF Museum

Armband, Fire Party, 1934 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 69/U/1099

Worn on the right arm, armbands were used to identify personnel carrying out a specific duty.

Fire Party, Ptn 1934, red with FIRE in bold black text, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

RAF Cricket Cap

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 83/U/409

Sporting activities, especially team games, have always been encouraged in the Royal Air Force.

Soft sports cap in red and white alternate segments, © RAF Museum

SD, Chaplain, Ptn 1921

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, X004-4424

This cap badge was worn by RAF chaplains, all commissioned officers. The RAF Chaplaincy Branch is represented by a black cross on wings with RAF monogram below the king’s crown.

SD, Chaplain, Ptn 1921 | X004-4424, IAIN DUNCAN

Flying Helmet

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 1993/0408/U

As communications devices became more common in aircraft, the 1930 Pattern helmet was introduced offering a range of fittings which could be added to the basic leather cap.

Brown leather helmet encasing head, cheeks and neck with attached hearing tubes, © RAF Museum

Service Dress Cap of a Women's Royal Air Force Air Officer

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X002-8362

In 1949 the gold embroidered badge, patent peak and two rows of embroidered oak leaves identifies the wearer of the newly-formed Women's Royal Air Force as an officer holding the rank of Air Commandant.

Blue grey fabric peaked cap with gold thread decoration at front, cloth band and crown, eagle and palm leaf badge, © RAF Museum

Pattern Badge of a Wireless Operator

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, X003-4433

In 1918, Wireless Operators became the first trade in the RAF to receive a specialist badge. Today it is known as the Telecommunications badge and is worn on the Service Dress uniform of Other Ranks employed in the Radio Engineering Trade.

Rectangular navy cloth badge with white hand and lightning bolt motif, © RAF Museum

Voluntary Work for the Forces Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-4410

The Voluntary Work for the Forces badge was awarded during the Second World War. To earn a badge you had to contribute at least three months (about 600 hours) voluntary work in aid of the war effort.

Round red badge with the letters V W intertwined in silver above a motto, set in a silver casing with a sculpted lion on top, © RAF Museum

Service Dress Cap of Women's Royal Air Force Other Ranks

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 66/U/305

Cut to the same pattern as the cap issued with the initial khaki uniform, WRAF personnel were issued with a pale blue uniform for home dress.

Blue grey fabric peaked cap with baggy soft crown and embroidered eagle and crown badge, © RAF Museum

Service Dress Cap of a Field Officer

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 75/U/734

The first blue RAF uniforms were supposedly made from fabric which was ordered by the Imperial Russian government but never delivered due to the revolution of 1917.

Blue grey fabric cap with gold-wire decorated peak, cloth band and strap with crown, eagle and palm leaf badge, © RAF Museum

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