Recently I've been watching the docu series "World War II in colour" and wanted to challenge myself to see if I could track down a soldier/pilot by just a couple of frames. The pilot only appears for a few seconds inside a cockpit. If the commentary is to believed it concerns a German plane and pilot and possibly a bomber. I thought maybe the markings on the cockpit interior could tell me more about the model of plane and therefore help me along on my quest for the pilot. And since I don't know jack about planes, I thought I'd ask for help here. So if anyone has any ideas as to what plane this could be; or at least narrow it down, I'd love to hear it (:
The frame screenshotted:
The original timestamped footage:
https://youtu.be/BXwNptweC80?list=PLZxIFAN12m6wmm5K8fPkApSB1F90885hS&t=1752
It is very likely a Luftwaffe He-111 medium bomber. First off, the flight helmet is the summer flight helmet. The control column is similar to the one in this photo. The only other German bomber that had such a control column was the He-177. The bulkhead in the back eliminates all the other early war bomber candidates such as the Ju-88 or Do-17 as they had a canopy behind them. The angle of the rear window behind the pilot is nearly the same in this cockpit photo. So barring the outside chance it is an He-177, the photo most likely is that of a He-111.
