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British Royal Air Force or Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom

I've edited the article back to British Royal Air Force as it reads a little more naturally than Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom. The adjective British refers to the whole of the UK and not just GB and so the use of British in this context is accurate. See British for confirmation of this point. Greenshed 23:59, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but it's never called the British Royal Air Force, is it? --Poetlister 11:49, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Verification

A google search returns no results on Arthur Button + Air Vice Marshal or + RAF, apart from this article or wiki mirror sites. However the RAF Museum Archive Dept., Colindale, London, confirms that he was an Air Vice Marshall (in 1972) and was awarded the OBE. Tyrenius 11:40, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why waste time on a Google search when the facts can be confirmed by reference to Who was Who? --Poetlister 11:33, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't own a Who Was Who, as I'm obviously a member of the Google generation, like many people on Wiki. I recorded my research to prevent this article being suspected of being a hoax if anyone else did a search and came up with nil non-wiki results. However, as you can see, I did get access to a Who's Who 1976. Previous to this citation the article had no verifiable references given. Tyrenius 17:48, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Queried statement

His pilot experience during this time was mainly for instructional puposes. Does Who Was Who not contain this information? In which case, I wonder what it does say about Button's flying experience during this period? Tyrenius 15:13, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"RAF, 1941-46 (Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air, 1946); returned to RAF Educn Br., 1946."

He must have decided, subsequent to 1976, to remove the phrase quoted above; one can only speculate about his reasons.--Poetlister 16:06, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not unusual for certain things to gain less significance for someone after a passage of time. Obviously his instructional duties were considered a valuable service with the need to bring new pilots up to operational standards as quickly as possible. Tyrenius 23:22, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]