Hampdens

It lost me during the Ken Delve period, during which I’m sure he’d have re-named it ‘Canberra Monthly’ if he could, and they never got me back; now I’m just a Smiths flicker too, and I’ll buy it about twice a year, if that. 🙁

Originally posted by Tim Green
Much emphasis in the training was placed on correctly identifying Hampdens as they could easily be mistaken for a Luftwaffe bomber. I am not sure which one but there were some unfortunate ‘friendly fire’ incidents.

The Do17 – the flying pencil.

Flood.

And I’d second that…
Love the news coverage but have to agree the rest is not worth parting with my poor civil service pay for… sorry. Really liked it a few years ago even right at the very start… but….:(

Originally posted by Snapper
So, before Steve gets this thread pulled for his obnoxious and insulting behaviour, i’d like to second him. Perhaps if it hadn’t become so bloody boring over the past couple of years I would renew the subscription I kept taking out. Hell, I look in WH Smiths and buy it maybe once a bloody year now! No good. Get it back how we liked it.

Bye Corgi, Bye Diverse Images. Hello Historic Aviation and the subjects that are interesting.

Mind you, at least it pays for this site where we DO get what we want, and on demand daily. Good show Key, bloody well done.

Yes, ill add my thanks for the forum, its all to easy to forget the good and just concentrate on the bad. The forum is an excellent provision for the readers or, in my case, ex readers.

Re. the magazine, I’m 100% with Snapper and Steve there. 🙁

Originally posted by Arm Waver
Doesn’t the RAFM’s example contain the tail of the earlier Hereford that was incorporated into the airframe some time in her service life??

Whay Mark12 is trying to say is yes 😉

Hereford L6012

🙂

Mark

Doesn’t the RAFM’s example contain the tail of the earlier Hereford that was incorporated into the airframe some time in her service life??

Getting back on the subject somewhat…..

My Uncle trained on the Hurricane in the early part of the war before an extended posting to Burma in a ground suppression role.

Much emphasis in the training was placed on correctly identifying Hampdens as they could easily be mistaken for a Luftwaffe bomber. I am not sure which one but there were some unfortunate ‘friendly fire’ incidents.

So, before Steve gets this thread pulled for his obnoxious and insulting behaviour, i’d like to second him. Perhaps if it hadn’t become so bloody boring over the past couple of years I would renew the subscription I kept taking out. Hell, I look in WH Smiths and buy it maybe once a bloody year now! No good. Get it back how we liked it.

Bye Corgi, Bye Diverse Images. Hello Historic Aviation and the subjects that are interesting.

Mind you, at least it pays for this site where we DO get what we want, and on demand daily. Good show Key, bloody well done.

Mark, thanks for the pictures. Very interesting.

Note to Flypast, why not run an article on the epic restoration of this Hampden in Canada, it would beat the current run of endless articles on Spits, Mustang, Diverse Images and Corgi. Why not even have an article on the groups in Norway who locate the remains of the JU88s’ they have found? I’ll tell you why not, they are too busy writing articles on fighters that have been rebuilt to stock condition and that usually are one of the aforementioned.

Begging for the Flypast of old, Steve

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P5436 – Vancouver

Here are a few shots of the Canadian Hampden that I took in August 1986, shortly after it was raised from salt water in Saanich Inlet off Vancouver Island.

Mark

Cheers Brian Nicholls.

Great job. It’s all our loss that you couldn’t stick around to complete it. 🙁

Moggy

The Canadian Hamden is an excellent job; I took and used a batch of photos in Mushroom Model Monthly of it.

However, it is important to bear in mind that much of it is mock up, the engines (wooden!) and some of the naicelles are not the right layout. That said, it is a magnificent effort, and does give an idea of what a Hampden looked like.

Cheers

Methinks that these two projects should combine. 🙁

Moggy: – Brian Nicholls was the guy at East Kirkby.

Mark

Originally posted by Hatton
A project can also be found at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre (home of NX611). A cockpit section was being rebuilt to static condition (good prgress too) but sadly the man behind the project died.

Shame.

I wandered in one weekend and ended up spending a couple of hours talking to him.

A stupendous solo effort. I don’t know his name, if anyone does I think it should be posted.

Moggy

http://mosquito.mech.brad.ac.uk/museum-explorer/display_photo.php?Photo=758

a photo on this excellent site.