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Old 9th October 2008, 09:29
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Re: Seeking ID of strange "cheese grater" device on below cockpit window of some 1940 He111s

These are wooden push out blocks that contains the storage for signal flares
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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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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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Old 9th October 2008, 11:50
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Re: Seeking ID of strange "cheese grater" device on below cockpit window of some 1940 He111s

These are just for storage. They were loaded before each flight from within. In chase of a problem with, or fire, in one of the flares, you got rid of the problem by just pushing out the whole wooden assembly.
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