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Description: | The item is backed on the underside by a morocco grained leather. The stripes, which denote the rank of Flight Lieutenant, are of textile. One of the stripes, the older, has lost its blue colour and is now grey, although cleaning may restore the original colour. The item additionally has a leather loop on the underside and two rings which attach to the insignia of the other side. Flight Lieutenant Hartill was born in Darlaston in 1922, where his father was vicar. During the Second World War, he served in numbers 64 and 26 Squandrons and was a mustang pilot. He was one of the first British airmen to attend aeronautical training at the Tulsa School of Aeronautics in the USA (c1941). He as killed in an accident unrelated to combat and which occurred after the end of the war in Europe.
An epaulette that belonged to Flight Lieutenant Harthill. It is made of a woollen (?) material, with a metal insignia. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Walsall Museums | Rights holder: | Walsall Museums | Subjects: | Walsall Leather Museum Collection Second World War (1939-1945) | Temporal: | pre1945 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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