Flying_Pencil, yours is another worthy guess, though I’m holding off on agreeing. Just for the fun of it, here is a closeup of this gentleman, on the right, compared with two known photos of Sir James Bird.
Consider the source of light can greatly effect how a person looks, and the Spit pic the light is slightly above the camera.
The other images the light is not the same angle.
Sir Bird is also 60 years old, expect some facial changes.
…which is makes difficult because the years the other images taken is not stated.
In addition the other 2 images look to be a few generations old, probably taken off news papers and magazines rather than significantly higher quality photo medium.
I also note how intently he is looking at something inside the cockpit.
Not conclusive, but possibility.
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