Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Why did Spitfire pilots wear uniforms under their flying gear during the
Battle of Britain? The public couldn't see them.

In case they got captured. No uniform and they could be shot as spies.

Hey, that makes sense.

The Gestapo bitches in France beat the **** out of my grandfather and
sentenced him to death at dawn because he didn't have his dogtags, after
the priest from whom he sought refuge turned him over to the Germans.

Point taken.

-c