the following pictures showing a broken part of a a/c – glass, maybe from turret, with a deep hole and bubbles?
The hole are rough, and have a diameter of 12mm. the glass are 6mm thick – the hole 5mm deep…
to see are some white bubbles in the area around the hole too.
what whas the cause of this hole? whas it a flak-splinter, explodes in the near of the window, or maybe after the crash on the ground, maybe a hit of a projectile???
the glass is from a crashed B-24
nils
By: Colin Wingrave - 25th January 2005 at 18:30
Hi Parthfinder,
I am more than sure that is Plexiglass and I would think you may find that the burn damage has come from a .50 round being discharged very close to the glass due maybe to on-board fire.
Note the scorch is confined to one area, The Plexi was burnt after it had been shattered/broken due to the fact the scorch can be seen over the broken edge which confirms after and not before distruction.
Just my thoughts on this.
By: Pathfinder - 25th January 2005 at 13:51
thanks graham !
the glass is “plexiglass”, not real glass.
well, it is poosible that its burned during the fire after the crash, but the art of the hole is strange. will take some other detail pictures…
By: Swiss Mustangs - 25th January 2005 at 13:45
To me it looks like a piece of glass that lay in the rubble of a bomber crash, and at one point part of the wreckage disintegrated further due to fire and heat (post impact) and eventually a red hot metal part ended up lying directly on top of this glass, causing such concentrated burn marks.
Experience from over 10 years of fire-fighting duty brings me to this conclusion.
Martin
By: Skipper - 25th January 2005 at 12:50
Hi, Pathfinder! 🙂
My intitial thoughts from looking at the photos are that the “glass” is perspex. Can you confirm that it IS glass. Also, can you tell if it is, or it has been, laminated? This might help locate where on the aircraft the “glass” could have come from.
As it has been recovered from a crash-site (which most probably have involved a fire), I doubt we can say for sure the cause of the burning and damage. It COULD be flak, but then again a high energy impact and fire could cause similar damage.
Then again, looking at it AGAIN I tend to agree with you that the concentrated burn mark, hole and spread of smaller penetrations could indeed be from a close flak explosion.
A nice little artefact if it is flak damage 🙂
Regards
Graham
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