Cotton T-shirt worn in the Gulf War

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The T-shirt was worn by members of the Royal Air Force Mobile Catering Support Unit, who called their canteen the "SCUD Dodgers' Bistro".

The SCUD was a long-range surface-to-ground (or surface-to-surface) missile, favoured by the Iraqis during the conflict. Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, was one of the locations that was hit by the missiles.

The T-shirt was acquired by Colonel S.W. Crawford during his service as a Staff Officer in the Gulf War, 1990 - 1991.

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• Online ID: 000-000-100-316-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: The Thistle at War
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  M.1998.54.2
• Date: 1990 - 1991
  1990-91
  
• Material: Cotton
  T shirt
  
• Dimensions: Size L; 117 mm H x 115 mm W crest
  
• What: T shirt
  
• Subject: Miscellanea
  
• Who: Lieutenant Colonel S.W. Crawford (owner)
  Royal Air Force Mobile Catering Support Unit (F)
  
• Where: Saudi Arabia, Riyadh (where worn)
  
• Event: Gulf War
  
• Description: Royal Air Force Mobile Catering Support Unit - Commemorative T-shirt with printed devices and legend `SCUD Dodgers Bistro, Riyadh`, acquired by Colonel S.W. Crawford during his service as a Staff Officer in the Gulf War, 1990 - 1991.
  
• References:
  • McCorry, Helen (ed.) The thistle at war: an anthology of the Scottish experience of war, in the services and at home. Edinburgh: NMS, 1997 
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