Thus?

It wasn’t unusually hot was it? I think Canon says that the operating range is something like 32-104 defrees and a black camera in the sun can get pretty hot!?!

I have not had heat problems (or at least my camera hasn’t) here in Florida, but it didn’t like northern Norway in January. Things started to go glitchy on me there. Go figure, only 15 below !!

Look for any numbers or lettering on the tank, also, a measurement would be of help, length and diameter of tank. It is hard to get a good idea of scale from the pic

Will the museum at Bodo be involved with this one? I know they have been collecting parts and have something like 70% of a Skua with plans to “build” one for display.

I did find a mention of it in a 1935 aeronautical compass report from the NASM archive. It is near the end of the report and has attached graphs comparing compasses of the period.

Here is that link, a bit of a monster. Found it by Googlingthe following
s.o.2 observers compass

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:nJDibVdf5JoJ:ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930091626_1993091626.pdf+s.o.2+observers+compass&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=us&client=safari

The reference reads
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Opposite extremw of performance are shown in
6gures 32, 33, and 34 by the British S. O. 2. compaas
and the French Morel Petit model 28 compass. The
low Overswing and low swirl of the S. O. 2. compass are
Dbtai.nedby the use of an extremely light and relatively
Eragilemagnetic card. It has been the experience of
tie authors that thisimtrument is too fragile for service
use. The magnetic moment is so low that the pivot
must be in perfect condition if excessive friction is to
be avoided.
On the other extreme, the Morel compass
tms a very heavy floated card and a high magnetic
moment. Practically all American compasaea have
characteristic between the British and French ex-
tmrnes. Of the American compasses in this report,
Drily the
hravy7111and IX and the two KT compasses
have cards with floats

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Best wishes and prayers for the Pilot.

Always loved the look of the BD-5, very smart little A/C. Saw the Coors team “J” version in action. The small size made it look VERY fast, though if I recall correctly, it was in the 250 MPH range.

Found the identical photo in a link to a book called “Our Man in Yugolsavia” with the pic labeled

“RAF Dakotas of the 267 Squadron at Bari, Italy, in 1944. Flying from italy in the summer of 1944 these aircraft dramatically increased teh volume of supplies reaching the partisans.”

Hope that helps. It looks like they also flew cargo versions of the Liberator on these missions