Insignia

Heavy wire embroidered
Taken off blazer

Rare blue variant
1941-43
Cloth embroidered

Set

5 Wing came into being in February 1941 and was responsible for the ferrying of troops and supplies to the war front and bringing back wounded. The service was extended to Cairo as the war progressed and eventually through the north of Africa to Bari and Rome by which time Dakotas were in use.
The Shuttle Service was greatly expanded at the war’s end, the intention being the return of all South African troops by Christmas 1945
Badge has brooch pin intact
Rare

It was formed at Nairobi in December 1940. During its first years the squadron flew the British Aircraft Double Eagle, Martin Maryland, de Havilland Mosquito, and the Lockheed Ventura.
Brooch pin

The squadron flew Dakota DC3’s as part of No. 216 Group RAF of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces in May 1945
Brooch pin

Officer cap badge with cloth tartan backing.
White metal.
Lug backs intact.
Rare.