Originally Posted by
diginagain
And the oven-gloves?
Obvious init, to get the soup cans out of the heater.😀
To be honest I have not the vaguest memory of them. Probably a fire as somewhere too.
What I do remember was the leak patches stowed on the back of the rear crew seats before they were changed for swivel seats. IIRC these were patches perhaps 12 inches square, sheet of rubber type, a number of steel rods and a wire mesh. Never saw one opened or practiced. I think in the event the aircraft sustained battle damage I was supposed to find the leak and place the repair panel over it. As almost every skin area was covered with fuse panels or inaccessible behind equipment I don't think there was much chance of them working.