Hi Ian

That’s a later extinguisher – unfortunately not Whitley but a pretty good find! Be interested to see some of the AW bits you found… If they are stainless they are likely to be albemarle.

Still have some link chutes – dont worry – i’ll keep some for you

I’ll try and give you a ring later

Did that bracket come from a hurricane dig? Wow – surprising…

I have to stand by my original response Alex – I would go for black. The problem is no intact instrument panel survives. The fragment I sent a picture of to you has traces of black paint present around a switch unit.

The panel was aluminium and would have been painted but I think green would be an unlikely colour.

I think the altered shade may be due to the inclination of the panel as it sits at a different angle to the blind flying panel, a different shade of black as the blind flying panel was supplied already painted, or perhaps even a different finish – such as ‘crinkle black’.