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Cciszu replied to the thread Glass-breaking hammer in B-24 Liberator.Hey Thank you for yours comments. I uploaded an extensive fragment of the film on yt. I was not aware of,, You can see damage of that...
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Cciszu replied to the thread Glass-breaking hammer in B-24 Liberator.serial for the aircraft AL 523 , catastrophe happened 23:06 and the film was recorded probably next day.
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CExcellent. Do you have a serial for the aircraft? The main framework for the cockpit glazing is alloy, not steel, but the screws that...
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Cciszu replied to the thread Glass-breaking hammer in B-24 Liberator.Thank you very much for yours help, you're lovely. This is what I am going to show you These pictures (5 pics) comes from news reel and...
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Cciszu replied to the thread Glass-breaking hammer in B-24 Liberator.The chopper axe is what some called the crash axe which was a common unit in both civil and military aircraft. "Perspex" is the...
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CThe chopper axe is what some called the crash axe which was a common unit in both civil and military aircraft. "Perspex" is the...
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CPerspex is the plasticized (?) glass used to cover the nose. Planes would sometimes have crash axes for emergency egress, some still...
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Cciszu replied to the thread Glass-breaking hammer in B-24 Liberator.Great Thanks for those useful informations. I am not good at listening but he said that he pulled out the chopper axe which was in each...
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CHe used the crash axe - probably one like this. Later ones did not have the hole as they found in practice that it could trap the axe...
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CIn this interview Lt Bryan Jones of the South African Air Force describes how he chopped his way out of his Liberator after crashing on...
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CYikes....those are huge
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CNote sure where this is from, it shows the locations of dinghy's and chutes
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Cciszu replied to the thread Glass-breaking hammer in B-24 Liberator.Thank you very much, I wonder why there is no mention in book about top escape hatch? I am interested in passenger version of the...
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Cciszu replied to the thread Glass-breaking hammer in B-24 Liberator.Thank you guys :)👍 do you know where was emergency exit in such a case?
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CHello People I would like to kindly ask you, if somebody knows, whether B-24 Liberator had glass-breaking hammer in cockpits just in...
