RAF Mess Uniform, Flt Lt Loadmaster
RAF No.5 mess uniform consisting of jacket, waistcoat and trousers (shirt/tie not included, braces/shirts usually available as an option). Jacket is ranked to a Flight Lieutenant with a Loadmaster half-brevet, mounted brass QC buttons and link buttons. Wool waistcoat is full backed with mounted brass QC buttons and a rear waist adjuster. Trousers are high waisted with zip fly and hook/eye waist (no braces buttons). 

Date:        1982

Sizes:      Jacket approx 38/39" chest. Trousers approx 33" waist. Actual measurements are:

Chest Width (laid flat):                20"

Shoulder:                                    16"

Jacket Waist (width, buttoned):   18"

Length:                                        20.5"

Sleeve:                                        24.5"

Waistcoat waist (laid flat):            17"

Trouser waist:                              33" (+1" to let out)

Inside Leg:                                  31.5" (nothing to let down)

Condition:          Jacket and waistcoat in good condition - clean and damage free although 1 waistcoat button has lost a crown (see photo '13) and there is a hole to the waistcoat inside lining (not visible externally). Trousers have suffered moth damage to both thighs. A hole of approx 15mm x 5mm to right outer thigh (see photo #15). Less noticeable are a group of around 5 smaller holes (max 2mm diameter) to inner right thigh, and a hole approx 3mm dia to inner left thigh (see photo #16).

SKU:                     F304

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