Danny, as regards gun and jeep, I understand that was possible, though all this was very much before my time. Certainly jeep and jeep was possible, witness this 1952 photo in Flight Magazine. Perhaps the co-pilot had two loo-handles!
1952 | 0460 | Flight Archive
My client might indeed have a full charge sheet, M'Lud, but I would plead mitigation on a number of points.
1. Approx 30 years service and more than 150 built.
2. Designed to WWII standards (and mainly with WWII parts!). Thus the period between V1 (no longer able to stop) and V2 (safety speed, not obtained until approx 200') meant that the best course of action following engine failure was left to the pilot's discretion....
3. Whatever the airframe shortcomings, the Bristol Hercules 216 engines were excellent, It was famously said that 99% of engine problems could be cured by either an injector flush or a plug harness change, so para 2 was not quite as serious as one might suppose.
4. I loved flying her, so there!