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Cockpit photo WW2 Stirling Sunderland??

I bought this negative of a cockpit quite a few years back, however have never been sure what kind of aircraft it is from.

The control column made me think Stirling or Sunderland, however I was wondering if any members might be able to tell me what it is.

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By: pagen01 - 21st May 2009 at 15:45

I hadn’t thought Wellington as I didn’t think they had side by side controls in the cockpit (I thought they had a single control column/pilots position)

Irrelevant now, but from a certain Mk on Wellingtons did have dual controls.

Glad I didn’t look stupid over my twin engined suggestion!

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By: JDK - 21st May 2009 at 14:33

Reckon Air Min’s got it – Hudson or Ventura. You can actually see the nose glazing on the lower right.

Looks like a ‘developed’ Hudson with dual controls and (obviously) glazed nose – Ventura?

Here’s a US solid nose job – different version, but note the centre section similarities…

http://uscockpits.com/Early%20Bombers/B-34%20Ventura.jpg

http://uscockpits.com/A-E.html

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By: Wyvernfan - 21st May 2009 at 14:33

I’m not sure either Johnnie.. Whitley or Wellington were just a wild stab in the dark.

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By: johnnie - 21st May 2009 at 14:23

Thanks for the replies so far on this.

I hadn’t thought Wellington as I didn’t think they had side by side controls in the cockpit (I thought they had a single control column/pilots position) although I’m not sure.

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By: Arabella-Cox - 21st May 2009 at 14:23

It’s American and Lockheed in feel.

Did any Hudsons have dual controls?

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By: Wyvernfan - 21st May 2009 at 14:21

Whitley or Wellington perhaps.??

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By: pagen01 - 21st May 2009 at 13:20

Possibly going to look really stupid now, my defence is I can’t open the picture up, but it looks either twin or maybe tri engined?!
I can only make out pairs of levers and what I thought were four RPM guages look like two pairs.

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By: 12jaguar - 21st May 2009 at 13:05

Not Stirling methinks

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By: JDK - 21st May 2009 at 13:02

Not Sunderland – much more ‘cockpit’ than ‘bridge’.

This is the prototype Sunderland – it got a lot more cluttered, but the relationship between panel, wheels and canopy never changed.

http://www.aviastar.org/gallery/sunderland/sunderland_2.jpg

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http://www.aviastar.org/gallery/sunderland.html

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