Code: S29397
Overalls, Flying, Cold Weather, MK.3 Trouser. Size 5 (Ht. 5'8" - 5'11"cm, Wt. 29 - 31"). 1971 dated. Olive green cotton trousers normally worn as a flying 'suit' with the matching Mk.3 jacket. Being of '70s production it's the lovely 'early' green colour rather than the later drab greyer green. They retain excellent colour, are clean and undamaged. Complete with knife patch and braces/suspenders. Also fitted with map/note pockets and has the early pattern buckle adjustable belt. Excellent lightly used condition. Named to the original owner Squadron Leader Stanley S. Mellor. Stan was born in 1925, left school at 14 to work as a clerk and joined the ATC prior to enlisting in 1942 to the RAF where he trained as a wireless operator / airgunner, qualifying with the newly introduced Signaller brevet. He was posted overseas in August 1945 arriving in India shortly after VJ day. Initially based at Rangoon he flew Ops in Dakota aircraft landing at jungle airstrips in Burma, repatriating POWs. In 1946 he was posted to 48 Squadron at RAF Kallang and later Changi when the airfield was completed. From there the squadron carried out supply drops in Northern Burma, Java & Sumatra and searched the jungles for missing Allied aircraft. Mellor left Changi in 1947, ending his first stint in the RAF. Re-enlisting in 1949 he flew transport, coastal command and reconnaissance aircraft and later trained as an Air Electronics Officer, then operating on Valliant, Victor and Vulcans of the cold-war V-Force with 90, 57 and 50 Squadrons. He also contributed to Concorde engine trials on specially modified Vulcans. S/Ldr. Mellor retired from service in 1983 and went on to work for Marconi. He celebrated his 100th birthday but died on 20th November 2025. Purchased directly from the family. Check out his coldweather flying jacket and immersion suit liner also listed. Stock code S29397.
