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Old 9th October 2008, 10:04
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Re: Seeking ID of strange "cheese grater" device on below cockpit window of some 1940 He111s

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Originally Posted by janus4 View Post
These are wooden push out blocks that contains the storage for signal flares
Fascinating. How exactly does this work? I am aware of apertures for the firing of signal pistols from aircraft but am just puzzled, from a technical viewpoint, as to how this operates. Is it a firing mechanism for flares? Or just stowage? If the latter, I am still puzzled! Presumably the flares are loaded from outside, plugged with wooden plugs and accessed from inside the cockpit? I am just puzzled!!
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