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Does anyone recognise which airline used the flight crew wings shown in the photo? Any information would be gratefully received.

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By: RadarArchive - 28th February 2020 at 18:43

The buttons have an eagle almost identical to the RAF eagle shoulder titles

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By: bazv - 28th February 2020 at 09:46

Thanks for the uniform pics RA

Does the ICI Terylene label date the jacket to 60’s?70’s ?

Can you do a close up of one of the buttons (unless it is just a generic button) as I cannot see the detail on the button.

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By: RadarArchive - 27th February 2020 at 18:24

I doubt these photos are much help, but just in case, here they are.

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By: bazv - 26th February 2020 at 16:14

The trouble is there are/have been so many Airlines/Independent/Charter Lines/Air Taxis with names starting with ‘North’ and it is impossible to find pics of those relevant uniforms/insignia.Even the Wingcollector website has huge gaps,what does the rest of the uniform look like ? especially the Rank Rings.

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By: RadarArchive - 26th February 2020 at 15:51

Thanks baz. You’re right that this is close, but not quite the same and the stitching of the wings is very different. I guess it’s possible that our one is an earlier example from Nordair, but I can’t find anything on earlier pilot’s wings to say for certain. Anyway, I appreciate the information which throws up an interesting possibility, although as you say, not an exact match.

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By: bazv - 25th February 2020 at 08:12

Hi SF

No unfortunately I do not think it is Nordair – it is close but not close enough.

The background colour for the ‘N’ is wrong and there is no (laurel ?) Wreath around the ‘N’ either,so almost definitely not Nordair.

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By: bazv - 24th February 2020 at 10:45

Closest I have found so far is Nordair (Canada)

However it is not close enough to say it is correct unfortunately.

https://i.imgur.com/vUdMTNU.jpg

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