|
Military Badges
Associated with Gander (part 2)
by R.G.Pelley
As promised, I did some more research ref Ferry
Command and have some stuff to up-date the original page
Front
of envelop, sent 05 November 1942 to a supplier, Anchor Packing Company.
I think that this was a subsidiary of a US company from Pittsburgh.
Anchor Packing had offices in Montreal at
least up to 1956 where they made among other things “Motorite Asbestos
Yarn Gaskets”
.jpg)

.jpg)
Back of envelop
where it states that the reply should be sent to the “Air Officer
Commanding in Chief” and not to any individual. Looks like the boss kept
a pretty tight grip!
-1st-pat.gif)
this apparently was the first pilot cap badge, the original
%20pilot.gif)
a later gold color cloth badge, similar to
the silver one but may have been for a senior rank
-flt-eng.gif)
flight engineer wings
-rad-op.gif)
radio operator’s wings
%20wing%2041-43.gif)
gold bullion pilots wings from 1941-43,
|