Hmm, that’s an M3A1 light tank hull with a Maxon quad .50 mount, a very substantial piece of equipment. The unknown mount is not robust enough for
.50 cals so I imagine it’s for .30 or a .303.
The last check you do is ‘controls-full, free and correct’, that should have shown it up. However, the point of a walkround is to find things like this.
Doh! Yes, it was on Sennybridge when I took that picture too….. Sorry, brain fade. I have not seen any aircraft on Otterburn though I havn’t been there since 1994.
Thanks to nigelrobs suggestion, John Lewis have sent me a copy of the picture edskarf mentions showing the nose and right wing of my Auster. I would still love to find a better picture of the whole thing or a copy of Aviation News of 23 October- 5 November 1992 which had that picture in an article on Halifax LV907.
No wind up, I knew it could not be TBMs and the general concencus of opinion was either Yaks or Harvards. It was a formation of four rather than a loose gaggle.
If you follow the first link posted, there is another picture taken later showing the malcolm hood and the fin fillet. The invasion stripes are probably a little out of place for that build standard though.
I would imagine it’s because she is restored as a replica of Don Brooks fathers aircraft. I have read at least one posting on the net where someone thinks it is the original Liberty Belle returning to the UK!
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