Original Item. Only One Set Available. This is an extremely scarce “Bedggood” set of 1936 Pattern RAF flight boots. These boots were made in Australia by the company 'Bedggood' who were based in Melbourne and began making shoes in the Victorian era. During the Second World War they made flying boots such as these early style examples as well as the later pattern which had an extra ankle strap. The boots usually came in brown leather but sometimes also in black making these even more scarce.

These boots saw issue with the RAAF and RAF as well as the USAAF mainly in the Pacific Theatre and the Far East. They closely resemble the British 1936 pattern flying boot in almost everyway featuring the end on end stitching between the upper and lower sections of the boots, the sheepskin lining and the leather fastening tabs at the top.

The interior pull tabs are marked:

SIZE 7
FITTING 6

And on the other:

MADE BY
BEDGGOOD
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

The heels are marked DUNLOP with BEDGGOOD stamped onto the soles. The straps and buckles still work great. This is an outstanding set of these scarce boots.

Ready for further research and display!

Bedggood was a significant manufacturer of boots in Melbourne, established by Daniel Bedggood in the 1850s and run by Bedggood's son John from the 1870s until his death in 1911, and from then by John's son Daniel. Amongst Bedgood's contracts were supply of boots for the Boer War, supply of flying boots similar to this one for the RAAF and, later, cricket boots for both Australian and English teams.