Aircraft id, help needed

Thanks Laurence, much obliged.

Can you tell me where you got this picture of the Blenheim pilot, I would be interested in getting a copy, is it an IWM photo ?

It is a photo given to me by Tony Tubbenhauer who flew the Blenheim IV and V with 244 Squadron at Sharjah in 1942. See: https://sites.google.com/site/lgarey/tonytubbenhauer

Tony is still alive and well in Queensland.

Thanks for the information John, that`s great. As I mentioned earlier, I hope to get the pilot`s name and hopefully then tie him down to a squadron. Fingers crossed.

Stranraer operators were using 15 a/c at the outbreak of war with 209 and 201. Prewar 201, 209, 228 and 240.

The Stranraers were finally withdrawn in 1940.

John

Could it be a Blenheim? But having selected my photo I see the yoke is different.

Can you tell me where you got this picture of the Blenheim pilot, I would be interested in getting a copy, is it an IWM photo ?

Thanks to everyone for the help, it`s much appreciated. I have just bought this photo and it`s always nice to be able to add some extra information to it. It was advertised as a Lancaster pilot (aren`t they all !) but even I knew that it wasn`t and so it`s nice to be able to find out the correct aircraft.
There may be a possibility that I can find out who the pilot is and then hopefully a squadron but I will have to wait and see.
Thanks once again everybody.

Beat me to it!
I’m perpetually trying to find good wartime interior photos of Stranraer interiors, does anybody have any more?

It had a vintage feel about it and as I pointed out earlier the canopy frame was very square, so again it was a pre-war a/c with a dual control facility, no curved Plexiglas top which ruled out a huge number of types. The a/c also had to have a passage well to the nose given the angle of the photographer, (no I phone selfie). There was also a bulkhead behind the pilot.

John

J A is correct. It is a Stranraer.

I had got as far as noting the resemblance to the Walrus column and in particular the “spigot” for the Second Pilot’s yoke. That led me to Stranraer but JA had already beaten me to it.

See: http://www.vintagewings.ca/Portals/0/Vintage_Stories/News%20Stories%20E/RCAF%20Station%20Playground/Picton20.jpg

Concur on Stranraer, good spot John.

Could it be a Blenheim? But having selected my photo I see the yoke is different.

Stranraer. The sticky out bit is to link a dual four spoke control wheel.

John

Although it’s difficult to tell, I think the helmet is a 30 pattern, I have seen these with receiver carriers fitted instead of the leather ear flaps, the suit is an observer type, 38 pattern from what I can see and as you say, MKIIIa goggles.
Flying clothing is my area of interest and this is what leads me to believe that the picture is early war.
As for the aircraft type, I had a few ideas but none of them seemed to pan out when trying to identify the yoke by aircraft type on google images.
From what I can see, it looks like a four spoke wheel to me.
I did think of a Walrus but the pictures I found didn’t seem to support that.
I suppose that it’s not a challenge if it’s too easy.

Could it possibly be a Supermarine Walrus? Very square canopy, only the centre and port outer upper panels visible, looks as if it does continue to the other side, and is that a three spoke wheel and banking rather than a four-spoke wheel?

just going by the look of the kit the pilot is wearing, Mk111a goggles, what looks like a C-Type flying helmet, but interestingly he is wearing a chest type parachute harness………………

if it’s a C-Type helmet then its 1941 onwards.

could it be Boston ?

It’s not a Whitley control wheel. It has a very square cockpit frame like a Bristol Bombay.

John

Pure guess. Whitley?