Did RAF fighter pilots wear ties while flying in WW2?
score:5
Accepted answer
A quick browse through the imperial war museum collection suggests that ties were relatively common.
This picture shows two pilots with ties and one with some sort of scarf (which could be hiding a tie underneath) https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205452816
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205446953 shows a Canadian pilot with a tie.
Just for good measure this photo shows 3 polo necks and two ties https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205209999
So in terms of the book picture I would say it's fine but I'm struggling to find proper combat pictures with ties visible there is a few "scramble" pictures for example https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205447273 but I'm not sure how many were just for the camera.
More post
- 📝 What are the origins of knife and fork language etiquette?
- 📝 Did Abraham Lincoln kill the man who murdered his mother?
- 📝 Why are the facades of some residential buildings in Paris, France, tilted?
- 📝 What are canonical sources about fifth century BCE Athens?
- 📝 When was the White Feather first used as a symbol of cowardice?
- 📝 What is the first recorded instance of jet lag?
- 📝 How exactly were the titles of the Roman emperors passed on to their heirs
- 📝 What were Rommel's views on the Nazi crimes?
- 📝 Did the Portuguese get anything in return when they handed back Macau?
- 📝 Nejd (Saudi Arabia) and the Arab Revolt
- 📝 Why didn't Saudi unification include the coastal states of Qatar, the UAE, Oman, Yemen, and Kuwait?
- 📝 How would ancient Sumerian astronomers predict length of the next lunar month?
- 📝 Oldest Code of Law?
- 📝 Did medieval archers shoot from both sides of the bow?
- 📝 Does the number of legs in the air of a horse statue indicate how its rider died?
- 📝 How did member states of the Holy Roman Empire justify only including part of their land inside it?
- 📝 What is the main reason for Germany's strong economy?
- 📝 What post-photographic 19th US century dark skirted stripe embroidered jacket, hard brim and top forage cap, light trousers, sword uniform is this?
- 📝 Did the Roman legions wear this type of boots?
- 📝 Which United States cities started getting electricity in the 1920s?
- 📝 Where is the other surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party?
- 📝 Which arresting wire did Japanese carrier pilots aim for?
- 📝 What are the themes of post-WW2 Polish immigration to the United States?
- 📝 Why was a convicted Nazi war criminal buried with military honours?
- 📝 Did Hans Christian Oersted ever marry?
- 📝 Does Jewish history record Jesus's saying "I am God" or similar utterance?
- 📝 Why is artist Heinrich Kley's death date unknown?
- 📝 In WW2, what was the first employment of the VT Proximity Fuze?
- 📝 When did the practice of formal declaration of war start?
- 📝 What was Asir's role in the Arab Revolt?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Did RAF fighter pilots wear ties while flying in WW2?
- 📝 Why did fighter pilots wear their hats lopsided during the World Wars?
- 📝 What did a WW2 fighter cost?
- 📝 Why did Native Americans die from European diseases while Europeans didn't catch serious diseases from the New World?
- 📝 When did the allies find out about the killing of Jews during WW2
- 📝 How did pilots know when to release bombs on airplanes during World War2?
- 📝 Did Chinese emperors wear a rectangular hat with suspended gems?
- 📝 Where did the “vikings wear helmets with horn” stereotype come from and why?
- 📝 Did Germany's role in WW2 affect the historical perception of its role in WW1?
- 📝 Were secret treaties ratified? How did they become official while remaining secret?
- 📝 What did Germany do after World War II to recover so successfully that it became more prosperous than its WW2 victors?
- 📝 Did classical Romans wear any sort of swimwear?
- 📝 Why did US Navy WW2 torpedoes detonate at the end of their run?
- 📝 How much did J. Robert Oppenheimer get paid while overseeing the Manhattan Project?
- 📝 What did Vikings wear in cold wet conditions at sea?
- 📝 Did Hitler not intend a major war while invading Poland?
- 📝 Why did the German air force lose experienced pilots faster than the Allies, even though they were defending their home airspace?
- 📝 Why did Soviet soldiers who plundered occupied territories during WW2 prefer watches to other valuables?
- 📝 Why did few French and no Dutch pilots (but many Poles and Czechs) take part in the Battle of Britain?
- 📝 Did the Roman legions wear this type of boots?
- 📝 Did Roman women wear underwear? How did it look?
- 📝 Why did people in 18th century wear wigs?
- 📝 What did men wear at night in the Middle Ages in Europe?
- 📝 What did Yuri Gagarin do while waiting for his ride?
- 📝 Why did William Wallace lose while Robert Bruce won?
- 📝 Why did only Anglo-Saxon kings wear helmets?
- 📝 Did medieval people wear collars with a castellated hem?
- 📝 Whose colors/coat-of-arms did men-of-arms wear in a feudal army, 14th century?
- 📝 Did Franco consider Hitler a "son of the Catholic Church" who "died while defending Christianity"?
- 📝 Did Continental Army officers wear wigs or keep their hair white like their British Army counterparts?