Am I correct that the pilots seat in these early Vampires are a composite material and should be painted a redish brown colour?
I can only seem to find photos that give just a glimpse.
Thanks in advance.
Correct sir! All of those single seat Vampires operated without an ejection seat used used a Paxolin (or something similar, @Black Knight suggestion that it was paper impregnated with resin as opposed to Paxolin which is resin impregnated linen). Here's a link to what the seat looked like and here's another one with a leather back pad, the pilot would sit on his parachute for a nice "comfy" cushion!