Can anyone ID this seat?

Looks American made to me similar to early Mustangs?

Cees

Thanks guys
Ive looked at pics of most of the aircraft suggested and couldnt find anything that was a match. Most ot the seats around that era that where in RAAF service are alloy . I had started to wonder if it is from something older?or perhaps something civil although it has definatly been made to have the parachute as a cushion. the possability of the australian vampires having a different seat had crossed my mind as us aussies have a habit of redesigning things for no paticular reason.. Ill try find some T33 info and see where that leads me. While on the subject , I need T35 info as well but ill maybe post another request as the parts im needing are another story. Thanks for the sugestions and info.

A79-RAAFVampire Can anyone ID this seat?

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Hello all
I brought this seat and was told it may have been from an early 2 seat
Australian Vampire.

I dont think this seat is from a Beaufighter or Beaufort, and I think we have been too quick to discount the information provided with the seats when originally purchased, that they may well be from an early 2 seat Australian Vampire.

Bruce Not Vampire – they would have been made from compressed paper.

Bruce

dcollins103 The early vampires had a seat like this:

Australia received 4 UK built T.22 Dual seat Vampires, but built 110 examples locally, including 36 T.33 with bird cage canopies and non-ejecting seats, those aircraft were later upgraded to T.35A status replacing the canopy and seats,to match the clear blown canopy and ejection seats within the Australian made T.35 Vampires.

I am not sure that we can assume the seats in the Australian T.33 weren’t made locally to a different design/pattern to the UK non-ejection seats?

Perhaps a ring around the RAAF Museum or volunteer museums in Australia might yield an original T.33 Manual, unfortunately the DHA test pilot Randy Green passed away late lst year otherwise I would have asked the man who would know? Unfortunately any of the original T.33 surviving are now in T.35A configuration.

Regards

Mark Pilkington

A84-232:
“We never used Gannets”

One from HMAS Melbourne…but no idea what the seats were like!

(reminder to myself-I must feed you Oz Canberra freaks some pics of the Butterworth Canberras-pre-war…you Aussies know which war..the one you fought with the Yanks that we stayed out of!)
David T

Gets coat with incredibly large amounts of egg on face….

A84-232:
“We never used Gannets”

One from HMAS Melbourne…but no idea what the seats were like!

(reminder to myself-I must feed you Oz Canberra freaks some pics of the Butterworth Canberras-pre-war…you Aussies know which war..the one you fought with the Yanks that we stayed out of!)
David T

The Firefly, Gannet, and Early vampires among others used the same seat design.

Much more likely to be a Firefly seat by dint of where it is, i.e in Australia.

We never used Gannets and our Vampires/Sea Venoms were AFAIK all bang seat equipped, whereas the RAN did make use of a reasonable number of Fireflies.

Looks more like a Firefly seat to me

The Firefly, Gannet, and Early vampires among others used the same seat design.

Looks more like a Firefly seat to me

Could this seat of yous be a rear gunners seat from someting like a Beaufighter/Beaufort?

AFAIK without checking, they were normally more like a stool. Nothing comes to mind immediately. Have you asked any of your local museums?

Hi A79-RAAFVampire

Could this seat of yous be a rear gunners seat from someting like a Beaufighter/Beaufort?

The early vampires had a seat like this:

Not Vampire – they would have been made from compressed paper.

Bruce

Thanks for all your efforts Peter – it is much appreciated. Looks like it might be American.

Check your pm’s… I sent you a message that they have identified it as a beech 18 ar at11 seat?

looks remarkably similar to a Harvard seat

I was more hinting at the seats in the wireless operators compartment of the B17, not the pilot’s seat

Cheers

Cees.

Check your pm’s… I sent you a message that they have identified it as a beech 18 ar at11 seat?

Thanks guys – still none the wiser! It could be American – there was an old radial engine bearer in the vicinity with an ‘Avdel’ p-clip on it.

No part numbers which was odd. Maybe WIX has the answer on this one…

Thanks

Definitely not Chipmunk

John

Not Anson for sure, is that phenolic construction or aluminum? how about Auster? Chipmunk? looks light aircraftish by framework.

I don’t think its a B-17 pilots seat –

But we’re getting closer 😀