Eric in the RAF can someone please clean and colour this photo

[tomkin]

My son is too, black tie, light blue shirt, silver buttons.
Carol

             All the WWII buttons that I've looked at are brass/gold coloured.

                Shirts blue.

[Gadget]

Two of my cousins served in RAF in WW2.

I always thought that the buttons  were silver.  However, as Tomkin has said, most of the images of WW2 uniforms have brass buttons.
e.g
https://www.dearoldblighty.com/en-GB/all-items/ww2-raf-pilots-servicedress-tunic/prod_17460#.Yq5JOOzMI2w

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/raf-uniform-auction-scli-intl-gbr/index.html

[tomkin]

If you go on e-bay there are thousands of WWII RAF buttons for sale. All are brass/gold and

   described as such but hey, I'm a civvy

[Crumblie]

The buttons on both the greatcoat (overcoat to a civilian) and what is know as the No.1 Home Dress, which is what he is attired in were brass and had to be polished using a product such as Brasso. A buttonstick was placed around them to keep it off the uniform. Nowadays the buttons are staybrite and do not need polishing.

[carol8353]

HOW DO I MARK THIS AS COMPLETED !!!

[dawnsh]

It has now been marked as completed for you.