On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 04:10:49PM -0500, John F. Eldredge wrote: > This reminds me of a detail my father told me about his days as a > military pilot in World War II. Some classified communications > equipment had self-destruct charges built in. Before reaching enemy > territory, the crew were supposed to arm sensors that would trigger > the self-destruct charges if the plane crashed. Upon reaching friendly > territory, the crash sensors were supposed to be disabled, so that a > hard landing wouldn't trigger them. It wasn't clear whether the > self-destruct charges involved incendiaries or small explosive > charges.
My uncle was a bombardier during WWII; I believe those charges were
magnesium based.
John
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