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Escape/dinghy whistles on Navy jackets?

Earloffunk

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As I start pulling out some more jackets out of my closet I started wondering if escape/dinghy whistles have ever been attached to Navy jackets? Up to now I have seen them only attached to A2 jackets and some British jackets.

Cheers
 

unclegrumpy

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For the USN WWII through Korea, whistles were typically attached to life vests...later either life vests or survival vests.
 

Officer Dibley

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I think the RAF started the fashion. At war and flying over water several years before the US showed up :D The whistle on the BD collar was almost ubiquitous.

Of course i could be wrong (and frequently am !) but please show me a pic of any USN or USAAC wearing a whistle before the US turned up in the UK
 

unclegrumpy

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I think the RAF started the fashion. At war and flying over water several years before the US showed up :D The whistle on the BD collar was almost ubiquitous.

Of course i could be wrong (and frequently am !) but please show me a pic of any USN or USAAC wearing a whistle before the US turned up in the UK

I totally concur. There might be an earlier picture somewhere, but I don't think it was a common practice.
 

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