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A Pencil That's More Than a Pencil
In 1942, British gadget master Charles Fraser-Smith challenged the UK's Cumberland Pencil Company: hide an escape kit in an ordinary pencil.
A small team working in secret hand-drilled pencil shafts, leaving some lead at the end. Then they inserted a tissue paper map and tiny company under the eraser. Britain issued the pencils to Lancaster Bomber airmen. If downed, they could snap them open to get the escape tools. |