On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:16:35 -0700 (PDT), 150flivver
wrote:

I think he's a nice enough bloke. I think it's a good idea that he
"familiarize" himself with flying but I don't think he should be
awarded RAF wings without passing the entire course. But that's just
me and I'm not a Brit.

Well, unless the RAF have changed their emblems since WW2, it's not as
if they were wings of gold or even of silver. It's just a cloth patch,
after all (or anyhow used to be)!


Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942
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