A nice story...

[cessna152towser]

Here is a link to information about the RAF tartan.
http://www.kamrafa.co.uk/
My late father served in the RAF from 1940 to 1946; he was based in Canada with 36 SFTS at Gananoque, Ontario and Penhold, Alberta, from 1941 to 1943 and then with 57MU on the Solway coast, hence my involvement with the Solway Aviation Museum. My RAF kilt is pleated to the sett and is worn in honour of my late father; for servicemen and ex-servicemen they are normally pleated to the stripe.

[Pleater]

And another one - my Dad worked on the engines of Manchesters, Lancasters, Typhoons, and went through France and Germany.

His squadron shared aerodromes with American ones and I know he worked on Dacotas from time to time, and flew to France on the Sunday after D Day in one. He was working on rocket firing Typhoons (Tiffies) around that time, going after trains in France.

He used to be 'borrowed' by other dispersals to look at their problem aircraft - he used to be asked to go to find out why neighbour's cars would not start in later life, as he had a gift for finding faults.

He only served with the RAF for the duration, but I think they were the best years of his life.

I really will have to think about getting some RAF tartan - blue is my favourite colour and that is a really nice one, the more I look at it the better it seems.