Captain Badger (ret.)

Pilot, North American flight

Joined Royal Air Corps in August 1999

Medal & Citation Dates:

Commendation Medal - 2000
Silver Star - 2001
 Achievement Medal - 2001
Combat Ace Badge (gold) - 2002

Five aerial achievement medals RBWL III - 2002

Silver Star Red Baron World League III - 2003

Two AAMs (fighter) RBWL V - 2004

Four AAMs (bomber) War Forces IV - 2004-5

Two AAMs (fighter) WF IV - 2004-5

Five AAMs (4 fighter 1 bomber) RBWL VI - 2005

Bar to Silver Star RBWL VI - 2005

J9 victory medal RBWL VI - 2005

Four AAMs (bomber) War Forces V - 2006

Bronze Star, War Forces V - 2006

Personal History:

Captain Badger wass one of the squadron's longest-serving and most highly respected fighter pilots.  In 2006 he turned his skills to bombing during War Forces V and part of Red Baron World League VII, winning several Aerial Achievement medals in that capacity.  

Ongoing connection problems rendered him offline at various times, sometimes for months on end.  But for this, his already impressive list of awards and honours would have extended far beyond what appears above. 

At home in most aircraft, he was renowned for his skill in flying that most difficult of mounts, the SE5a.   Along with his flying capabilities, Captain Badger was also one of the RAC's best tactical thinkers and contributes significantly to the squadron's war plans.  

Badger was a member of RAC's winning RBWL VI team in 2005 but in the autumn of 2006 resigned from the squadron to pursue other interests, including the development of a modern incarnation of the rotary engine. 

(last updated December 2006)