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| Caption | Warming up a He 111 bomber's engine, circa late 1930s or early 1940s ww2dbase | ||||
| Date | 1939 | ||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||
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| Licensing | This anonymous work originating in the European Union is in the public domain. Its copyright expired 70 years after the work was made available to the public. Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
| Photo Size | 796 x 502 pixels | ||||
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BY THE BOOK:
Warming the engines during cold weather months, was carried out by the ground crew
using portable heaters, blowing forced air around the engines this also kept the oil and other lubricants, coolants in there liquid state.
Heavy canvas covers would be placed over the engines and cockpit canopies hot air would also flow into the aircraft fuselage.
FILL'ER UP AND CHECK THE OIL:
Oil and fuel tanks would also be checked and topped off if necessary, ground personnel would use starter carts to charge the a/c batteries.
Oxygen bottles would be recharged and other equipment checked, standing by are fire extinguisher in case of emergency.