What's this handle for?

Thanks for the help!

On the Sea Fury when you pull down on the handle (as autostick said) a stirrup on a square rod pulls out from under the wing. As the stirrup comes out a flap on the fuselage side pops open to reveal a hand hold. Part of the wing near the trailing edge is a springloaded platform which drops down to form a flat surface when you put your weight on it and springs back to match the airfoil section shape when you step off of it. Once on the wing you close the handhold flap and this makes the stirrup spring back into the fuselage. (the one on WJ288 used to make a hell of a noise). If I remember rightly you then have to edge up the wing walkway and there is a step which pulls out below the cockpit to help with scaling the fuselage side.
Hope the explanation makes sense – it is much easier to understand with the aeroplane in front of you.
I was always fascinated by the detail that went into designing this.

It’s a pump to add lubricant to the ashtray cover. Or was that the P47.

Foot stirrup to climb into cockpit…Cos its a long way down up there if you havnt got a mate with long legs to give you a piggy back up !!

It’s a fork handle….

I imagine that its quite a large step straight up to the wing…..

Edit: Damn. beaten by 30 seconds! 😀

I think its the step to help get a leg-up onto the wing walkway.

Rob