Re: Real purpose of grille/deflector on Fw 58 bottom fuselage?
I have always been of the opinion that this structure was used on Seenot Fw 58s as a quick extraction mechanism, i.e. the downed airman stretched his arms up as the Fw 58 flew very low over him and grabbed hold of this thing, thereby being saved!
I guess I am still alone in supporting that theory! ;-)
Seriously, I think the deflector thing is correct.
Kjetil
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