Wellesley gun mount

[BushBrit66]

Any details out there of the flexible  Lewis gun mount and position out there?

 

Cheers

Sean

[bjohns5]

I can't find any helpful photos of the mount, but here is the technical description from the 1937 Air Publication 1524A on the Wellesley I. From the description it sounds somewhat similar to the Fairey High Speed mount used in the Fairey Battle.

 

 

Edited June 12 by bjohns5

[mhaselden]

Is this any use?

 

[BushBrit66]

Thanks guys

 I can work with this

[Selwyn]

On 6/12/2025 at 3:29 AM, BushBrit66 said:

Any details out there of the flexible  Lewis gun mount and position out there?

 

Cheers

Sean

Perhaps if you looked for the standard Vickers K gun mount rather than the lewis gun as the lewis was obsolete by then

[BushBrit66]

8 hours ago, Selwyn said:

Perhaps if you looked for the standard Vickers K gun mount rather than the lewis gun as the lewis was obsolete by then

I assumed the mount would be universal so agreed l. It seems the Lewis was used in the middle and far east until 40/41.

 

I have only seen Lewis guns on Wellesleys. Quite distinctive. They were used on some Lysanders and Blenheims until at least 38.