Wild stab at a Percival Mew Gull?
Not just any Mew Gull - Alex Henshaw's Mew Gull G-AEXF. This photo is of a replica in the RAF Museum, which is configured to look like it was in 1939 when he broke the London to Cape Town return record (set by a DH 88).
Four and a half days elapsed time for a total distance of 12,700 miles - 40 hours each way with a 28 hour stop in Cape Town! No wonder he had to be lifted out when he arrived back. I cannot imagine spending even two hours in that cramped cockpit.
An excellent web page here
Flight details and of course Alex wrote a book
The Flight of the Mew Gull which I have on order and am eagerly awaiting.
A nice picture of the present day cockpit of G-AEXF can be seen here
Percival P6 Mew Gull (G-AEXF) #03 - 30th March 2008 :: (G-AEXF) #03.jpg, along with other photos of her restoration
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