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Old 16th December 2007, 16:12
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Re: Fi 156 with unusual plates on the undercarriage

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Originally Posted by SES View Post
Hi,
Just a thought. I agree that fuel tanks should be ruled out. The "things" are far too small to contain any amount of useful fuel. How about containers for inflatable flotation gear?
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SES is absolutely right about this. They are indeed inflatable flotaion gear, in the event that the Fi 156 had to make an emergency-landing at sea! All 3 Fi 156 belonging to 1/KüFlGr 706 in Aalborg 1940-41 had these attachments!!!! These Fi 156 were used to survey the minefields in Skagerrak.

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