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Old 9th October 2008, 21:33
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Re: Seeking ID of strange "cheese grater" device on below cockpit window of some 1940 He111s

I forgot to mention .......

One is that the He 111 had a flare launching tube into which the flare gun would interlock. This tube exits the plane below the observer's position in the area which is usually sky blue color, not far from the bombsight. The handle of the flare gun is visible in many pics just to the right of the bombardier's "bed", just forward of the map case and repeater compass. The Heinkel is a most interesting aircraft with many design novelties.
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