[BlenheimBuff]

Hello Larry,

Interesting that the problem might have been common to multiple aircraft types. Did your man explain the circumstances of the deployment?, ie. was there a high G manouvre involved?

Apparently on the Mosquito it was an automatic mechanism that activated if the aircraft landed in water, but it would appear that high G's would override the switch. The Mosquito pilot said much the same thing as your man, that there were probably quite a few such incidents that never got reported due to the loss of the aircraft involved and (sadly) its crew.

Regards,

Ian