Mystery photo in need of a better look!

[scrimnet]

Also the RAF went for open necked tunics for all ranks in the 1930s....

[chinakay]

I want to know what those two guys are holding...I don't think they are slide rules, they are way too big and don't seems to have a cursor....

C

[scrimnet]

Playing with the brightness/contrast...they are rules of some sort...Set squares for the maps and stuff....

[Manchester Rambler]

Please tell me the light bulb on the helmet is a joke..... 

Rambler

[PaulaToo]

Rambler,
There is a long cable coming down and he has a ball of cable in his hands, I believe...

[scrimnet]

The British forces have always been known for their sense of humour....Hence all the smiles...

I would also say that either he has a bright idea, or has just seen sense on something, or knowing the forces as I do...he may have done something REALLY dense...Ergo he is about to be clobbered by the rulers....!!!!

[Suziesmith37]

Sounds more likely Scrimnet!

Does anyone know what the instrument on the box is? 

Su

[LoneyBones]

Well, it's not a rain guage 

[PaulaToo]

From one who knows nothing what so ever about what they are talking about...

Could it be one of those dit dit dit morse code things...

What ever, as it is with the chap with the light bulb and cable, perhaps the two go together, and it was his job.