For more on US WWII military signal mirrors, put this search string into Google: "WWII emergency signal mirror" to find the photoillustrated article at the usmilitaria site. Over 1,000,000 of the plate glass mirrors shown here were issued in WWII, and used by Canadian and Australian forces as well as US. The metal mirror with a tethered aimer is the WWII British issue type, which came in 2"x2" (shown here) and 4"x4". Put the search string: "dinghy heliograph" in Google for an annotated photo.
I believe those were destroyed because it glowed because of radium paint which is very radio active if you got a speck of paint in you lungs that's it.jim
Thanks for the series!
THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This guy is awesome...from a time when men were steel and ships were wood.
Great vid i like it.Greetings from Poland
Man I wish he had some real long videos!
For more on US WWII military signal mirrors, put this search string into Google: "WWII emergency signal mirror" to find the photoillustrated article at the usmilitaria site. Over 1,000,000 of the plate glass mirrors shown here were issued in WWII, and used by Canadian and Australian forces as well as US. The metal mirror with a tethered aimer is the WWII British issue type, which came in 2"x2" (shown here) and 4"x4". Put the search string: "dinghy heliograph" in Google for an annotated photo.
Wonder how that would compare with a fragile CD?
I believe those were destroyed because it glowed because of radium paint which is very radio active if you got a speck of paint in you lungs that's it.jim
F the vid. I want that hat.