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Success! @fuzzytoaster and I met-up this morning and took the seat to the B-29/B-24 Squadron. The Senior Crew Chief is also the Flight Engineer on FiFi (the B-29). He is a very knowledgeable guy and has been with the squadron since 2008. Today was the first time he saw an original Flight...

I’ve been emailing with the Senior Crew Chief at the B29/B24 Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force in Fort Worth, Texas. His comment was: “Yep that’s definitely an authentic B 29 flight engineers seat! What’s even better is that you have the original cushions in it which actually had horse...

Sir, I do believe that’s it! Thank you. Here is a close-up of the seat from Cockpit 360

plowboy - You got me thinking. I made an assumption about the seat’s orientation when I took pictures of it. What if I was wrong. What if the seat went in the cockpit like this >>> This is the upright position you expected. Also, there would be room for a parachute. It doesn’t surprise me...

plowboy - Thank you for looking into this and for the feedback! Here are pictures of the bottom. Here are some pictures that show how deep the pan is.

I did a few google searches before starting this post as did my friend who gave me the seat. Neither one of us found an exact match. That’s when I turned to the collective wisdom of the SS group.

Hopefully someone here has information on the seat. To widen the search, I just sent an email to the Commemorative Air Force. It would be neat to see this seat back in a plane and being used!

No, which I find strange. I didn’t see one yesterday and I just went out for a second look. There are no stamps or writing on the seat. There is a rectangular section on the back of the seat where a data tag may have been. However, there are no holes (for rivets or screws) and no indication...

Can anyone provide any information on the seat pictured below? What did it come out of? This seat has been in my friend's father's garage for 10 years. According to the father, it is a WWII bomber seat. He couldn't bear throw it away, but wanted it out of his garage. So naturally, the seat...