 The fire extinguisher switch was located next to the cockpit switches required for firing the engine starter cartridges, resulting in some inadvertent mishaps and some unintended hilarity for ground crews.Armament would be two Browning machine guns in the nose with a bomb or two 500-pound bombs or four depth charges carried in the bomb bay  and 16 underwing RP-3 rockets carried under the wings.ASV radar was fitted and two F.52 cameras and a single F.24 camera were carried for the reconnaissance role.