Handley Page Hampden

Hi Elliott,

Sure! I’m at work right now so I don’t have the photo available at the moment. Do you have a new email addy? I tried several times to contact you regarding the part I found, but had no replies.

Cheers,

Todd

Todd

Hi Todd

That’s strange – it is the same as ever: [email]elliott1940@yahoo.com[/email].

If there are any part numbers please let me have them too.

Hi Elliott,

Sure! I’m at work right now so I don’t have the photo available at the moment. Do you have a new email addy? I tried several times to contact you regarding the part I found, but had no replies.

Cheers,

Todd

Todd

Hi Elliott,

My trip to Wales was very eventful! I had the BBC knock at my B&B door at 7:30 the morning after I got to Llanidloes. I had a nice two hour conversation
about my Uncle and his crash site. At that point I hadn’t even been up to see it. That evening I went up to have a look at the area where the Whitley came down. I took my GPS with me. It turned off as we got near Waun Garno and turned on again at the gate which leads to the pathway to the hillside. Five minutes after we got there a freak thunderstorm came out of the blue. So we waited for it to pass. I think roughly 20 minutes. We didn’t get a chance to look at the crashsite that night. So, we decided to go for some pub grub. On the way down from Waun Garno (the way we came up) we noticed the road had been completely washed out by a flash flood. So we backed up and went to a northern road, only to find it was washed out too… I think we spent an hour looking for a way down from the hillside that night! Talk about bizarre!

The next day proved to be much nicer with warm weather. We did find a part from my Uncles Whitley. It was near the top of the hillside which leads to the windmill farm. I also talked to a fellow who’s father came up shortly after the crash to see if he could be of assistance. It proved to be quite a
gruesome site. The rear turret of the Whitley was found a half mile north of the crash site with the gunner still inside. They also found someone outside the plane who had apparently managed to walk or crawl away from the wreckage and die. Anyhow there’s more to the story but it would take me forever to write it up! Still on the hunt for a picture of Whitley P5057!

Cheers,

Todd

Hi Todd

Glad it was a successful trip. I would be interested in hearing the full story if you have the time to put it down for posterity. I can put it up on the website if you.

If you can post a pic of the part you found I may be able to ID it for you.

Cheers

Elliott

Hi Elliott,

My trip to Wales was very eventful! I had the BBC knock at my B&B door at 7:30 the morning after I got to Llanidloes. I had a nice two hour conversation
about my Uncle and his crash site. At that point I hadn’t even been up to see it. That evening I went up to have a look at the area where the Whitley came down. I took my GPS with me. It turned off as we got near Waun Garno and turned on again at the gate which leads to the pathway to the hillside. Five minutes after we got there a freak thunderstorm came out of the blue. So we waited for it to pass. I think roughly 20 minutes. We didn’t get a chance to look at the crashsite that night. So, we decided to go for some pub grub. On the way down from Waun Garno (the way we came up) we noticed the road had been completely washed out by a flash flood. So we backed up and went to a northern road, only to find it was washed out too… I think we spent an hour looking for a way down from the hillside that night! Talk about bizarre!

The next day proved to be much nicer with warm weather. We did find a part from my Uncles Whitley. It was near the top of the hillside which leads to the windmill farm. I also talked to a fellow who’s father came up shortly after the crash to see if he could be of assistance. It proved to be quite a
gruesome site. The rear turret of the Whitley was found a half mile north of the crash site with the gunner still inside. They also found someone outside the plane who had apparently managed to walk or crawl away from the wreckage and die. Anyhow there’s more to the story but it would take me forever to write it up! Still on the hunt for a picture of Whitley P5057!

Cheers,

Todd

Hampden

Does anyone have any recent pics of the Hampden wreckage that was imported a year or two ago by the Hunt brothers? Among the wreckage was a tailsection. Alos what happened (or is going to) with it.

Cheers

Cees

Where is the Hampden located in the UK? Is it being restored to flight/static status? I have heard rumours here in Vancouver that there is not much left to restore…. I hope the rumours are false. What a shame it would be to have only one Hampden left in the world! I’m already choked that there are no complete Whitley’s.

Elliott if you’re reading this…Have you got most of a Whitley recovered from various wrecks?

Cheers,

Todd

Hi there Todd

We have the best part of two wings and a large amount of wreckage. We are hopefully recieving some large sections of fuselage on loan soon which will help complete the picture. Still on the lookout for another Merlin X, and any other Whitley parts that may be out there.

How was your trip to Wales? I understand you managed to find the site which is good. Did you find anyone who remembered it happening?

Where is the Hampden located in the UK? Is it being restored to flight/static status? I have heard rumours here in Vancouver that there is not much left to restore…. I hope the rumours are false. What a shame it would be to have only one Hampden left in the world! I’m already choked that there are no complete Whitley’s.

Elliott if you’re reading this…Have you got most of a Whitley recovered from various wrecks?

Cheers,

Todd

Hampden, Whitley and Hereford

Here are some of my pics. The Hereford is a shockingly coloured picture of dubious quality but I inluded it for interest.

As a collector of coloured pics the Whitley and Hampden a incredibly hard to find.

I sure most people will have seen the Hampden pics I have. Has anyone got any more?

And here’s the R.A.F.’s “last” Hampden, scrapped in 1956, I think? Looks like it would have been an easier restoration project than some of the more recently salvaged airframes…

The last Hampden ‘airborne’

P1344 on her way ‘home’ from Russia.

Mark

Very nice! Thanks for the nice Whitley picks! I am salivating!

Cheers,

Todd

Sh#t Happens

Cool, Thanks 🙂 , You have some Mean library 😮 :p 😉 , Cheers, Tally Ho! Phil, 😎

Tally Ho Phil 😉 What the big hole in the wing 😮 , Flak damage :confused:

No – that was the result of a lightning strike!

Last ones

Tally Ho Phil 😉 What the big hole in the wing 😮 , Flak damage :confused:

The Proto type and Whits

Enjoy 😉

MORE

MORE 😉

Fantastic SUIT CASE

😮 WOW 😮 , She does look great 😀 , I suppose it will not be a flyer :confused: , Your wish is my command Whit freak 😉 , First a few Suit Cases from the war, Then some WHITS :p , Cheers everyone, Tally Ho! 😉 Phil

Re:Handley Page Hampden

Hi Dave,

Sorry, I noticed you were from New Zealand about 5 minutes after I posted the reply. Most of the planes at the museum are static display only. However, they do have a SE5a replica, Harvard, Tiger Moth, Waco, and a Fleet Finch MkII that do fly on nice sunny days. I’m sure they would like everything to fly, but the reality is that the money for ground up restorations isn’t there…
I can’t wait for the Halifax restoration to finish up in Ontario. She’s gonna be a beauty!

Cheers,

Todd

I think we receive about as much snow as you do every year in the U.K.

Hi Todd,

Thanks for that. I take it by the ‘you’ in the sentence above you mean a general ‘you’ to the majority on the forum. I personally live in New Zealand in a place where we never receive any snow. However it feels like it right now having just walked home from the pub in icy cold conditions. 😉

I hope the museum does secure a building to keep these wonderful planes in. The Canadians are leading the world at the moment in resurrecting near-extinct British bombers – this Hampden and the Halifax seen on the forum recently are both wonderful results of dedicated projects.

Are all the exhibits static only? Or do any fly/intend to fly?

Cheers
Dave

Todd,

I visited the Langley museum in 1999, good to see the Hampden in a much better condition now – keep up the good work