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Bob T
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Is this the same fuel tank?

Jason

From just looking at the photos, then yes I think that they are the same type of fuel tank.
Here’s a photo of the tank again, but this time fitted to a Typhoon, showing the type of bracket that they did have detailed drawings of in the AVIA files at the national archives:-
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Hawker_Typhoon_fuel_tank_fitting_WWII_IWM_CL_1725.jpg