Check out http://www.rafmarham.co.uk/gallery/crests14.htm to find the RAF Swinderby station crest…

Its not an official Crest, the design and motto is that of the No 7 School of Recruit Training (which was used as the SofRT crest). I know that Swinderby didn’t have one because I was told by the museum curator of a not so little air museum not that far from Swinderby (who sent me a copy of the School of Recruit Training Crest and an airborne photo of the airfield for somebody’s leaving present when he left the RAF). You will find the No7 SofRT crest listed on the RAFHT site, you will not find a listing for RAF Swinderby.

Check out these Mugs I found on E-bay

Roy, whilst researching for our first book it has come to our attention that in all probability neither RAF Ashbourne or RAF Darley Moor (42 OTU) had a crest. Neither did 42 OTU for that matter! However, I’ve fired off a mail to someone to check regarding the stations. Next project on the list is RAF Waltham (Grimsby) so we’ll have to wait and see for that one too. All three of these stations were effectively ‘duration only’ (although Waltham was Grimsby’s pre-war flying club – the 1930s hangar still exists looking as though it’s held up by a couple of artic-trailers!). Also, as they [the crests] are for commercial publication (with a potential limited readership), it’ll undoubtedly cost! 😮

THIS IS NOT A PLUG, MERELY AN OBSERVATION! Thought I’d clarify that chaps. 🙂

Chris

There are rules laid down for the issue of Unit crests, a minimum length of definite unit life span being one of them (5 Years is the figure off the top of my head), plus a number of strict criteria that the badge design has to meet, including a vetting by the College of Heralds and of course the OK of the Monarch. The only one that I know of that managed to get past the College of Heralds despite their major reservations with the design and Motto was 617 Squadron’s and that was because the King had chose the design and the Motto in the first place. As for using Station Crests on Commercial Publications, yes it does cost money. It cost me £50 to use a Station Crest on a 1000 off production run on a poster I did last year (via MoD IPR at DPA Abbey Wood).

I’ve got loads of them (GVIR and EIIR), Gary, what ones are you after and how big do you need them? (I do have some scans of orignals with the Queens siggy on too). Please PM with wish list and I’ll see what I can do.

Well dammit somebody reupload the photos…I missed out the first time. I’m willing to bet I can tell you what it is…

Sean, Photo that’s on the post just above your one is the one that was posted. The other one was a poor shot of the same with a F-15 below it from taken from below, forward starbord quarter.

I’m Talking Sh*t, Its not a B-2. Edwards B-2 looks like http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Edwards2005/B2/index.html . I don’t think its an X-45 either, however an Artist Impression of one of the X-45 designs is very close.

First shot, I’d say its a B-2 (at a much higher altitude than the F-15). Where is your mate located? Second shot is a B-2.

I’ve just noticed after all these years, there appears to be a Grand Slam on a trolley under the wing, if I recall, I took the picture at Waddington, possibly 1964.

Tail of the bomb in the photo does not look like that of a Tallboy or a Grandslam.