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Offline Scherf

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20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2006, 03:27:00 AM »
If the Beau above is the one I'm thinking of, the pilot was wounded in the face, chest and arms by splinters from the windscreen.

He and his nav made it back from the Norwegian coast though.
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Offline Guppy35

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« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2006, 04:21:56 AM »
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Interesting rear view mirror on that spit - not seen one like that before


Bit of a giveaway that it's a B of B Spit.  They were all a bit makeshift then since they didn't come with them like they did later one when the more usual mirrors become evident.
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« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2006, 01:16:17 PM »
doesnt appear to have the blown hood either.
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