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For sure not the Bf 109D-1 but E-3a. The small air intake behind the spinner at the bottom of the "nose" then the larger, rectangular one with a bar. The bulges on the undersides at the armament location and the protruding barrels of the Oerlikon FF-K kal. 20 mm cannons. What is more the two underwing radiators symmetrically positioned at the trailing edge of the wings. No doubt the Emil.

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The Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, with Captain The Right Honourable David Margesson,
Secretary of State for War, watching preparations being posing for the photographer while preparations are made in an unspecified UK location for
the launch of a De Havilland Queen Bee seaplane L5984 from its ramp. The Queen Bee pilotless
target drone was a radio-controlled version of the Tiger Moth trainer.

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BF 109 or Spitfire with radial engine.....I think you are wrong and definitively not Spitfire landing gear....
In the background, yes SDB Dauntless !
I have trouble making out the details but could it be that the spinner was removed? That might make it appear as a radial. When I saw the "blown up " picture I first thought Bf109 or Spitfire landing gear.
The landing gear geometry just ain't American to my ignorant eyes.
 
Can somebody tell me what exactly are those "drums" for?
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Original source (with many female workers during WWII) here: the many faces of Rosie the Riveter (1941-1945)


Feed drums for 20mm cannon.

IF I get my computer back tomorrow and IF they have managed to save some of my data I will post some manual pages for them.

EDIT - if I had turned my brain on I would have just linked you to RAAF 296 in the thread



I agree. It is the Hispano-Suiza HS.404 20mm cannon feeding mechanism with a belt de-linker. Something like the AN-M1 or AN-M2 feeding mechanism as memory serves.

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Feed drums for 20mm cannon.

IF I get my computer back tomorrow and IF they have managed to save some of my data I will post some manual pages for them.

EDIT - if I had turned my brain on I would have just linked you to RAAF 296 in the thread

I agree. It is the Hispano-Suiza HS.404 20mm cannon feeding mechanism with a belt de-linker. Something like the AN-M1 or AN-M2 feeding mechanism as memory serves.

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Thank you, gentlemen!
 
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