CHANGE IN AIRMEN’S UNIFORM. A good deal ot feeling has lieon aroused by the decision io equip (lie Royal Air Force with yet another new uniform (says (lie Weekly' Scotsman). It has now been discovered, apparently, that khaki, which has served our air organisation for four years of war, is undesirable. Major Baird in (lie House of Commons made the remarkable statement that the. moral of naval airmen was affected by having to wear khaki. Part of the official defence for the new light blue uniform is that (ho airman is not required io don it until he has worn out his khaki dress.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1388, 21 November 1918, Page 8
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104Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1388, 21 November 1918, Page 8
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