mosquito gun cocking toggles

m3bobby, I think that just about covers it!
Superb condition and photos ..Many Thanks.
Regards Mike

Tony…thanks for the photo.
Jim that is a fearsome looking item.

Thank you all
Regards Mike

This is the gun loading tool Denis mentioned –

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Looks like it could be off a Browning though . . .

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What a coincidence! Here is a piccie of Jerry Yagen’s beautiful restored Mossies bay….the attention to detail is awesome.

The guns had to be manually c o c ked prior to take off

Many thanks gentlemen for your replies,….everything in its place.

Regards Mike

There’s a little pocket in the gun bay to take these – simply replace after use!

Bruce

There’s a very good book, “Duxford to Karachi,” written by armourer Fred Roberts, who, for a time, looked after “Grumpy” Unwin’s Spitfires. In it, he relates how they would make their own cocking tools from fence wire and a length of broom handle; it also has a cartoon of an armourer, with said tool sticking out of a pocket.

Interesting items,
I am fairly sure the armourers retained them after use

incidentally, Jim C from the HAMG has an all metal 20mm cocking tool that has a T handle and a hook on the end for the Hispano cannons, that is about two and a half feet long. I will try to get him to post an image of it.