Uniforms and ranks and medals!

[Fenrir]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

The sidcot suit is not a sheepskin jacket.
The 'Irvin' jacket is the sheepskin one, made by a number of contracts, most notably Irvin.
The Sidcot suit was developed by Frederick Sidney Cotton OBE (17 June 1894 – 13 February 1969) around 1917 time (IIRC). the pattern in use during the BoB was the 1930 pattern.
Not many fighter pilots wore either in the battle, although many wore the Irvin jacket during the BoF, and Bader notably wore the Sidcot suit.

Does Luthier need all this info? I sent Oleg pages of the stuff, and I detailed each specific item of kit available at the time

Roger that Phil, late night post, the old grey matter not quite the instant recall storage device it once was! Yes i did indeed mean Irvin, not Sidcot in reference to the jacket.

What prompted my point was a lot of screenies showing our Spit/Hurri pilots ensconced in the Irvin jacket in their a/c; I'm trying to find the book - it's here somewhere *rummage* - for the actual quote which prompted my statement.

Seemed an appropriate time to bring it up, discussion on uniforms and such.