A bit of nostalgia, one of those excellent Aeroplane drawings by J H Clark showing the Fairey Battle. It tells us that the internal bomb stowage was not in a bomb bay but in four bomb compartments set in the wings, one per bomb. It also shows the Bomb Sighting Sliding Panel in the Well below the pilot where the Nav lay prone for aiming.
Geriaviator, thank you for this continuing tale of Rupert Parkhouse. He gives some idea of the terrible losses that were sustained in those obsolescent Battles, and the effects it had on the survivors. Keep it coming please.