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The Handley Page HP.52 Hampden is a British twin-engine medium bomber that was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was part of the trio of large twin-engine bombers procured for the RAF, joining the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley and Vickers Wellington.
There are two aircraft undergoing restoration to static condition, a Percival Proctor and a Handley Page Hampden. There is also a taxiable De Havilland Mosquito HJ711 and an airworthy Dakota RFH4H7 called "Drag Em Oot". The centre acquired a B-25 Mitchell Bomber 44-29366 in 2022. [11]
The centre restores aircraft and artefacts for display at both Midlands and London. It is named in honour of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Michael James Beetham, GCB, CBE, DFC, AFC, DL and it was opened by him on 13 May 2002. [3] Aircraft currently in storage or long-term restoration include: Handley Page Hampden; LVG C.VI; Dornier Do 17
The Canadian Museum of Flight (formally the Canadian Museum of Flight Association since 1998) is an aviation museum at the Langley Regional Airport in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The museum has over 25 civilian and military jets, piston driven engine aircraft, gliders, and helicopters on display, six of which have been restored to flying ...
The Hampden was the only aircraft the consortium produced. They were built at Malton Airport near Toronto and at St. Hubert Airport near Montreal. [1]Of the 160 Hampdens built, 84 were shipped by sea to Britain, while the remainder came to Royal Air Force station Patricia Bay (now Victoria Airport), British Columbia to set up No.32 Operational Training Unit (RAF).
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The museum was originally located at Redhill Aerodrome. [4] By 2011 it had relocated to Brantridge Lane. [5] In 2013, the museum hosted a fundraiser for the upkeep of the Bomber Command Memorial in nearby Green Park. [6] [7] In 2015, volunteers restored a Bristol Beaufighter Mk1f which had crashed 75 years earlier. [8]
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