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Originally Posted by charlie962
A fascinating list. I originally thought it was only airforces who would carry these. The biggest problem is that because they were not meant to be easily seen if captured they are very difficult to find unless the owner tells you which one it is! I have been all through my father's RAF buttons and not found one although he assured me there was one there somewhere! I do have the two-flybutton version; This could have been worn by not only the RAF?
Charlie
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Hello Charlie,
like many escape buttons, the fly buttons were used by many different organisations. Also, since MI9 in U.K. supplies all US Forces in Britain with their escape kit - and fly button compasses appear a lot from US sources, it looks like USAAF (at least) used them too...
Regards
Phil