Thread: Seeking ID of strange "cheese grater" device on below cockpit window of some 1940 He111s
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Old 10th October 2008, 03:31
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Re: Seeking ID of strange "cheese grater" device on below cockpit window of some 1940 He111s
Well, the mystery expands!

It eventually dawned on me that a certain Japanese/English pictorial might have illustrations of this area and Aero Detail No. 18 Heinkel He 111 has several pics of interest. ISBN 4-499-22670-8.

It appears to support the flare holder theory.


Page 31 shows an external view of the cheese grater without the cloth cover. Pics 31 and 32.
Page 19 shows the interior of this assembly. Pics 92 and 98 are quite revealing

There appears to be no other illustrations of this in this book.



So it appears that this is a flare holder located just below the repeater compass.
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