SZ/OEMU/47/6/12 - Second report on the ignition of petrol/-vapour/air mixtures by projectiles and fragments - ignition of mixtures contained in self-sealing petrol tanks, August 1943

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/47/6/12

Level of description

Item

Title

Second report on the ignition of petrol/-vapour/air mixtures by projectiles and fragments - ignition of mixtures contained in self-sealing petrol tanks, August 1943

Date/s

1943

Quantity & Format

4 leaves

Subject

Projectiles
Fuel tanks

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

MAP/78/ACW.ACJ

INC.83

SD/FP 156

Describes tests designed to determine the conditions under which the type of petrol-vapour/air mixture found in British aircraft petrol tanks after one hour's high-altitude flying may be ignited by projectiles and fragments.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/47 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel]
    - SZ/OEMU/47/6 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel. Miscellaneous papers]
      - SZ/OEMU/47/6/12 - Second report on the ignition of petrol/-vapour/air mixtures by projectiles and fragments - ignition of mixtures contained in self-sealing petrol tanks, August 1943

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