Aeroplane Monthly 1979-03
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F.Adkin - Memoirs of Aircraftsman (3)
The Fairey "Gordon" is fitted with the 525 h.p. "Panther IIA"
Fairey Gordon K1776 of No 35 (Bomber) Squadron, RAF Worthy Down, This was the unit in which the author served. Note the bomb shackles, flare brackets and leading edge slats.
More 35 Squadron Gordons, with K2689 nearest, bombed up and with a camera gun on the rear cockpit mounting.
Another shot of K2689 and friends in formation; "a three-dimensional aerial ballet."
Gordon K2761 of 35 Squadron "in a bad way" during the unit's earlier days in the Sudan. The aircraft were delivered, crated, to Sealand.