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Info Eduard - July 2010
Standard cockpit canopy from period
manual Einzeile der Konstruktionsgruppe 1
(1944).
Detail showing tubular canopy frame and the metal frame with frag-
ments of the 30mm armored glass. Note the screws, which
attached the armored glass to the canopy. The locations of the gaps
were the attachment points for the interior surface of the wooden
frame.
Inside view of the forward / top corner of the left window. The arrow
is pointing to a metal plate, which overlapped the Perspex from
the outside, surrounded by tube frame of the canopy.
Detail view of the forward / bottom corner of the window – viewed from
the outside. The arrow is pointing to a travel mechanism for pulling
of the canopy. Note the remains of the Perspex and trace of wood
on the metal frame.
Detail of the remains of armored glass from the lower rear corner
of the left side window.
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