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By: 4th November 2014 at 15:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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Pleased to attach a photo of the destruct button and switch in a Spitfire MkVb, one has to switch the toggle switch on, then lift the flap marked "DANGER" then depress both the push buttons at the same time.Hope this answers part of your question.
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Jason
By: 4th November 2014 at 20:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Detonators were fitted in sensitive equipment similar in appearance to a posh metal pen lid filled with explosive that would shatter and destroy the equipment without causing extensive damage to the rest of the aircraft.
By: 4th November 2014 at 21:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Horsa gliders also had a modification to fit a destructor but whether it was only for use when a Gee/Rebecca unit or AMES radar was carried I don't know. Either way I imagine it was enough to blow the thing apart or at least set it well ablaze.
By: 4th November 2014 at 21:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-N3277 (the 1/72 Airfix Spitfire 1a of many moons ago) with its detonator...detonated.
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It was covered on here, with lots of pictures, in Feb...
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?128809-Battle-of-Britain-Images&p=2114908#post2114908
By: 4th November 2014 at 23:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Didn't the P-40 recently found in the Libyan / Egyptian desert have damage caused by its own demolition charge?
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By: spitfireman - 4th November 2014 at 14:53
Can anybody explain to me the self destruct mechanism installed in the I.F.F. box, in a Spitfire.
How much explosive was used and how much collateral damage was inflicted?
Was there a timer delay?
...this is a picture of destruct buttons, (maybe off American A/C) which had to be depressed simultaneously.
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