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Aviation History
1951
1951 - 0773.PDF
484 FLIGHT\ 20 April 1951 NAVAL AVIATION INSIGNIA Identifying the Men who Fly and those who Keep them Flying FLYING PERSONNEL OF the four adjacent insignia, the two on the left are, respec- tively, those of pilot and observer—or, in the latter case, when worn by a petty officer or chief petty officer, "Aircrew- man". The other two to- gether (upper on sleeve, lower on cuff) are those denoting "telegraphist (flying)"; these men are responsible for oper- ating airborne wireless and radar. If worn by itself, the lower badge denotes "Aircrew- man (unqualified)". THE miniature aircraft at upper right, among the insignia below, distinguishes the Naval airman. It is worn with the appropriate letter underneath : thus "H" denotes aircraft handler; "P", photographer; "MET", meteorological observer; "SE", safety-equipment rating; "A", "E" or "O", mechanic (airframe), mechanic (aero-engines) or mechanic (armament). The two-bladed airscrew is worn on the cuff by pilot's mates. Aircraft mechanicians display the four-bladed "prop", with crown superimposed. Aircraft artificers wear no arm-badge. The "AR" and "AL" devices, respectively, are those of the radio electrician (air) and electrician (air) ratings. No arm badge is worn by the electrical artificer (air) or radio electrical artificer (air).
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