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Old January 20th, 2018, 05:05 PM
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Why no, I hadn't. It seems too small to be a fuel tank but what puzzled me was that some photos had it and some didn't.

Surprising the answer was on a Site aimed at Canadian usage

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an auxiliary fuel tank mounted on the outside rear hull, which carried an additional 148-litres. This auxiliary tank was connected to the main fuel system, but could be jettisoned from the tank in an emergency.
yep......its a fuel tank....

I should have checked that but hindsight is 20-20

thanks for the tip
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