Survival kit of trainer fighter’s ejection seat

The de Havilland D.H.115 Vampire Mk.55 trainer fighter’s ejection seat survival kit. The contents were intended to help the pilot survive for four days in a Finnish pine forest.

Our museum’s de Havilland 100 Vampire Mk.52 VA-2 and de Havilland D.H.115 Vampire Mk.55 VT-4 collided during a formation flying exercise on July 29, 1958. Due to this collision, the first ejection seat jump in the history of the Finnish Air Force was carried out from the VT-4 aircraft.

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