Complex sentence: The mounting struts were tubes of chrome molybdenum, enclosed in alloy fairings for corrosion protection and placed the engine forward of the wing leading edge and the two blade propeller well forward of the pilot's windscreen.
Split into simpler sentences: The mounting struts were tubes of chrome molybdenum steel, enclosed in alloy fairings for corrosion protection. They placed the engine forward of the wing leading edge and the two blade propeller well forward of the pilot's windscreen.