| Have any of you got a decent picture or diagram showing how the gunner's machine gun (single or double), was mounted and retracted, and what field of fire it had? As far as I can tell, the rear gun mounting was a retrograde step compared with the Lysander's predecessors - no Scarff ring allowing for easy training in any direction. Could the gunner fire directly back over the rear fuselage? (I doubt it)
The shot of the Canadian rebuild and the RAF Museum example give very little clue (I've been right up to the RAFM one and as far as I can see the rear gun mountain is not fitted). Contemporary photos are not much use either - probably censored. |