EAW025852 ENGLAND (1949) [Unlocated]. UNLOCATED. This image has been produced from a print.
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Details
| Title | [EAW025852] UNLOCATED. This image has been produced from a print. |
| Reference | EAW025852 |
| Date | 10-August-1949 |
| Link | |
| Place name | |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 0, 0 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -7.556448482059, 49.766185796754 |
| National Grid Reference | SV000000 |
Pins
 A combine harvester appears to have had an incident and ended up in the hedge resulting in a fire that is consuming the crop. No sign of the driver or any firefighters, yet it seems to have been burning for some time. I hope the driver escaped this one. |
 ladyland68 |
Tuesday 19th of January 2016 08:22:50 PM |
It was by no means uncommon for a combine to catch fire due to an accumulation of dust from the crop and very hot machinery. So, the two most likely occurrences are either the combine brewed up and then set the straw and stubble alight, or the stubble was lit and the combine wasn't moved in time - yes,it happened, quite often! Until it was banned, stubble burning was a good source of thermals for us glider pilots. Phenomenal rates of climb could be achieved, the penalty being a sore throat and itchy eyes from the smoke. It could be slightly disconcerting to see, when flying a wood and fabric glider, clumps of burning straw go whistling past the cockpit; however, when you're young and daft, you're fireproof! |
 clippedwings |
Tuesday 19th of January 2016 09:25:10 PM |