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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 aircraft was used in coastal patrol on the BC coast in World War II and crashed offshore in 1942. It was recovered in 1985 and was restored over a twenty-year period. The rare aircraft is stored outdoors, and on 26 December 2008, an especially heavy snowfall broke the left wing spars. This caused the wing to separate from the fuselage. [1]
Bell P-63 King cobra - 43-11137 (under restoration); [11] the museum has five more in storage; Douglas A-20 Boston (displayed as found) Nakajima B5N2 Kate (very large fuselage and wing section) Douglas C-47 Dakota (fuselage from Band of Brothers) Hawker Hurricane (wreck) [12] Handley Page Hampden TB.1 P1273 (wreck)
The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley was a British heavy bomber aircraft of the 1930s. It was one of three twin-engined, front line medium bomber types that were in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the outbreak of the Second World War.
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).
With the Second World War looming, Handley Page designed and produced the HP.52 Hampden bomber, which took part in the first British raid on Berlin. In response to a 1936 government request for heavier, longer ranged aircraft, Handley Page tendered the HP.56 design powered by twin Rolls-Royce Vultures and this was ordered, along with what ...