The Foster Mounting allowed a Lewis Gun to be positioned in order to fire over, rather than through the propeller. The purpose of the rail that constituted the mounting was to allow the gun to be pulled back and down towards the cockpit, ostensibly to enable changing the ammunition drum.
But aircrew soon realised this also meant the gun could be fired upward, particularly useful when attacking targets like Zeppelins, balloons or high altitude German reconnaissance m… See more
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