Flag
Item
Title
Flag
Description
RCAF Wing Commander Flag - Blue flag with post-war RCAF roundel at one end. Other end features 3 narrow red stripes.
Identifier
004.067.001
Provenance
This system of flags, peculiar to Canada, was based on the rank stripes worn on the cuffs of the officers. Air Chief Marshal (equivalent to a general): three narrow stripes and one broad stripe Air Marshal (equal. to a lieutenant general): two narrow stripes and one broad stripe Air Vice Marshal (equal. to a major general): one narrow stripe and one broad stripe Air Commodore (equal. to a brigadier): one broad stripe Group Captain (equal. to a colonel): four narrow stripes Wing Commander (equal. to a lieutenant colonel): three narrow stripes
Abstract
Excellent