[Garry Shipton (RIP)]

When the green uniforms came into effect,my brother who was a navigator on the 412 VIP squadron,out of Ottawa,was the last holdout on the squadron still wearing his blues as he'd been on a lot of overseas flights and hadn't had time to purchase new green duds.When flying the queen up to the arctic,he was on a support aircraft,carrying support staff.He was told to stay out of sight,until official parties disembarked from flights, by a higher up.At one stop he de- planed and ran into an RAF Wing Commander.He looked my brother up and down realizing he was still wearing blues and said,"I didn't think there were any of you types left!!Good to see at least one RCAF uniform still around".