Arm badge, Fitter and Mechanic (Airframe)

Arm badge. Air Fitter or Air Mechanic (Airframe), when matched with a badge with an aeroplane on it. The ranking indicated by the badge is dependent upon the year the badge was worn.
- Crown above the aeroplane and a star and an A below, indicates a Chief Airman Fitter (Airframe) or Chief Air Fitter (Airframes) (hrp),
- Crown above the aeroplane and an A below indicates a Chief Petty Officer Aircraft Mechanic (Airframe), or Chief Airman Fitter (Airframe) (lrp) or a Chief Air Fitter (Airframes) (lrp) or Aircraft Mechanic, 1st class (Airframe) or Petty Officer Air Fitter (Airframe)
- Star above the aeroplane, star and the letter A below indicates either an Aircraft Mechanic 2nd class (Airframe), Leading Airman Mechanic (Airframe) or a Leading Air Mechanic (Airframe).
- Star above the aeroplane and the letter A below the aeroplance indicates an Aircraft Mechanic 3rd class (Airframe) or a Naval Airman Mechanic (Airframe) or a Naval Air Mechanic (Airframe)

Object Details

ID: UNI5438
Collection: Uniforms
Type: Arm badge
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: Unknown
People: Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset; Ministry of Defence
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London