Throttle control identity

Right, sorted I think!

Rob, it looks like you were right after all.

The reason I said this box is not from a Wellesley is because of this Hobson advert concerning the part their products played in the World Record Long Distance Flight in 1938.

However, I now realise that the box used in the advert is actually the Roc/Skua type, not one from a Wellesley.

I say this because look what I’ve found at the RAF Museum…

http://navigator.rafmuseum.org/results.do?id=69680&db=object&pageSize=1&view=detail

Not Wellesley, nor other obvious pre-war types such as Battle, Swordfish, Skua, Roc, Lysander, Walrus, Gauntlet or Gladiator.

Hawker types had their own house-style engine controls and this isn’t one.

Vickers Wellesley?

Rob

Thanks to all, everyone is always so helpful here and willing to share.
The only Bristol type operated by the Air Corps was the Bristol fighter, but the mention of the Fairy Battle is a reminder of the sole Battle used by the Air Corps.
Air Ministry … you would not like to see the rest of the office, swinging a cat comes to mind. I will try for a better pic

I can offer you a long list of what it is not from, including most of the obvious 1930s and ’40s types.

Judging by its Hobson Drawing Number, I’d be looking for a fairly obscure, low volume production (or prototype only) single motor from the mid-1930s. Something beefier than a light aeroplane and probably aimed at the military market.

BTW, nice photo of your desk, office chair and roll of tape, less so for the object you’re hoping someone will identify.

Single Engine with fixed pitch prop? I thought it was a fairy battle one at first

Obviously from a single-engine aircraft, and the applications for the two patents were filed in 1933. Which doesn’t tie up with any “Bristol Bomber” I know of.