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Me 109 going down on fire pilot baling out

Luftwaffe ace Helmut Wick shot down over Poole Bay

I learnt two things making this image: a deadly encounter between German and British fighter aircraft in late 1940; and the unusual cockpit canopy jettison mechanism on the Messerschmitt Bf 109.

Gas patch soup: making Flight Artworks accurate

High Wycombe, 12 Feb 2013 Someone saw this picture on Facebook and asked what the yellow diamond shape was on the port wing.  A gas detector patch.  His further comment prompted me to write this…