I’ve been dissapointed with my dealings with the AHB. They generally seem reluctant to provide information full stop. At the time I wondered if they were short staffed and were unable to deal adequately with enquiries. I just wonder if data protection is now becoming a convenient excuse for not supplying information.

Perhaps the information they hold would be better off at the National Archives.

To try and censor history is unthinkable.

Thanks. The engine rebuild alone must have been an epic undertaking. There can’t be many airworthy Merlin III bits around. I’m in the market for some if anyone has any.

I have a spare original 616 if you need one. How are the levers btw – did they arrive okay?

You will have a hard time finding fuel gauges. Can you post some pics of the type?

Cheers

Hi Elliott,

The earlier one, 6A/616 IIRC, I already have one lined up. problem area will be the fuel gauges.

Austernj673

Thanks, but I already have one.

A lot of the Halifax leftovers can be used in the Hampden.

About the fuelgauges, I remember seing a Hampden panel on the net where the fuel gauges have been replaced with similar items but don’t know if they were British ones.

Any ideas about that?

Cheers

Cees

I’m not sure about the quoted bombload HP – contemporary reports suggest that actually the bombload carried in war operations was much less. Guy Gibson was reported as writing that he was not sure he would be able to take off with a 2,000lb bomb load when he was on Hampdens.

Official figures sometimes need to be taken with a pinch of salt – the Whitleys cruising speed was officially around 180mph. Unfortunately it was considerably slower than that.

Sounds like a good idea for a project Cees – there’s plenty of reference material around. Didn’t you say there were no drawings for the Fokker?

Peter – who made it? Is it lockheed?