Found a photo of this Avro while in service at 4 FTS sans Townend ring ; and as Nigel kindly made a 'naked' engine model, only fit to put it into historical context.



4 FTS must have been the unluckiest formation in RAF at the time, moving from Abu Sueir in Egypt , to Habbaniya in Iraq, to avoid the war; it (the war) came knocking on their doorstep. Surely the instructors' would have got medals for their actions..but for 4 FTS being deemed non-combatant unit... here's what wiki says ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-...e_of_Habbaniya

also a good couple of books on the subject 'Hitler's Gulf War' by Barrie G James;
and by someone who was there 'Hidden Victory' by AVM Tony Dudgeon

https://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Dudgeon.htm

In the library 'soon'

ttfn

Pete