To Vickers Wellesley’s experts : technical questions

[BABIN]

Hello,

Please have a look on the attached picture :

- What is the use of both antennas : the right antenna (probably radio) and the circular antenna ?

- I think the containers hooked under the wings, are bombs containers, not gas tanks … could you confirm ? additional question : could the Wellesleys hook, under their wings, simultaneously, bombs containers and gas tanks ?

- It seems the machine gun of the rear gunner is a double-barelled machine gun …. is it possible ?

- It seems, too, that an additional machine gun is installed into the fuselage, just under the circular antenna … is it correct, or is it an optical illusion ?

- What is the “prominence”, under the front part of the fuselage ?

- Sometimes, three men were part of the crew of the Wellesleys … where was located the seat of the third man ?

And a no technical question : to which Middle East RAF unit was delivered the Wellesley K8525 ?

Many thanks in advance

Pierre