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Needle-in-a-heystack Hampden

Ok…..I realize the chances are slim, but I´ll give it a go anyway.
I´m looking for a picture of a Handley-Page Hampden P1271 when operated by No. 16 OTU in september 1940. Does any member of this forum have a picture of this particular machine in the markings of 16 OTU that he/she would be willing to share with me and the rest of the board??? Where do I start to look for something like this??

The reason I´m particulary interested in this machine, is the fact that this is the first multi engine landplane ever to land in Iceland. That it did on the 4th of september 1940 afer a flight from Wick in Scotland. The flight is the first of a series of Communication flights between Iceland and the UK during the war. The aircraft left again on the 7th of september to Wick with one passenger and mail. This passenger (a 98. squadron maintainance officer) is also the first passenger taken by air from Iceland to Europe. So this is a very historic airplane….but alas, no picture has been found of it!!

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By: galdri - 28th September 2002 at 21:25

RE: Needle-in-a-heystack Hampden

Hey….This was fast!!! Thanks for the info Keithmac. If nothing turns up here, I´ll go there!!

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By: keithmac - 28th September 2002 at 21:18

RE: Needle-in-a-heystack Hampden

Boy, you make em hard! I’ve got a photo of a 16 OTU Hampden, but not P1271. My only suggestion is you try and contact Andy Renwick the curator of photographs at the RAF Museum. They may have an archive shot.

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