From Find, Fix and Strike by John Winton.
In her BPF service Implacable carried 48 Seafires which had, through "the ingenuity and some bribery of her Commander (Air) CLG Evans" drop tanks intended for Kittyhawks liberated from a dump in New Guinea.
Quoting Evans "We flew Seafires on every strike and they made superb fighter-bombers.". Which, my SWAG, means they could varry both the tanks and bombs.
Seems likely to be a 52 US gallon centreline tank, or centreline on a P-40 at least.
In her BPF service Implacable carried 48 Seafires which had, through "the ingenuity and some bribery of her Commander (Air) CLG Evans" drop tanks intended for Kittyhawks liberated from a dump in New Guinea.
Quoting Evans "We flew Seafires on every strike and they made superb fighter-bombers.". Which, my SWAG, means they could varry both the tanks and bombs.
Seems likely to be a 52 US gallon centreline tank, or centreline on a P-40 at least.
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