macmullin opened this issue on Jul 27, 2005 ยท 23 posts
AntoniaTiger posted Thu, 28 July 2005 at 2:48 AM
I'll have to see the rest, but this could be very tempting. Incidentally, be careful about using the phrase "battle dress", as "battledress" has some very specific meaning in this context, referring to a specific type of British and Canadian (at least) military uniform. Some search engines get confused. For those interested, the film "Battle of Britain" is pretty good on the uniforms. You see many pilots in what is essentially the pre-War uniform, which Ian McShane's character is sometimes wearing battledress. But don't trust the WAAF hairstyles. Apart from colours and rank badges, I think there were some differences in detail between the battledress versions worn by the RAF, the Army, and some of the RN. And there were changes post-war too. And, apart from shape-tailoring, I wouldn't be surprised if the battledress sometimes worn by WAAFs and ATS also had a few differences. So if you do do a battledress uniform for WW2 it could have very wide use.