Bast0n, what a great shot of the Albion and how accommodating of the ground crew to get the Wessex to behave so well even to the point of spelling-out the name of the carrier, great stuff!
Would anyone care to educate me on the two 'bits' identified by the yellow arrows. I'm guessing the pod is an auxiliary fuel tank and, if so, what is the black contraption atop the tank? The second (a pipe? protruding from the belley at a 45° angle) perhaps an oil vent?
Westland Wessex HU5 XT469 at Bassingbourn Barracks on 28th May 1978 (Photo: Mick Bajcar)