A COLLECTION OF R.A.F. INSIGNIA INCLUDING A HERCULES 'DESTRO...

A COLLECTION OF R.A.F. INSIGNIA INCLUDING A HERCULES 'DESTROYED WHEEL BADGE' AND OTHER ITEMS. A collection of patches, buttons and insignia awarded to a British Hercules pilot, apparently the first to bring back a Hercules from the United States, and the recipient of a 'blown out wheel' badge in the form of a landing gear strut, a badge issued amongst those flying Hercules and had suffered a collapsing or destroyed wheel on landing. With 1,000 and 2,000 hour C-130 Hercules club badges.

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