Produced in Belfast, the Hereford was a variant of the Hampden powered by Napier Dagger engines, as the Hampden's Bristol Pegasus was expected to be in short supply. The Dagger was unreliable and the Hereford was used for training. L6057 was assigned to No 16 OTU at Upper Heyford when it crashed on 8 August 1941, but apparently it was based at Aldergrove in Northern Ireland as it swung into its Ballycassidy River on take-off from the St Angelo satellite airfield at Enniskillen.

Original colour photo of a Hampden of No 455 Sqn, RAAF, the first Australian squadron in RAF Bomber Command. At this time, the unit had just been transferred to Coastal Command and from Wigsley to Leuchars to train for torpedo bombing. AT137 had been delivered to the squadron in November 1941. The aircraft bunt at Leuchars on 8 June 1942. It had flown 20 operational missions, initially coded UB-O and UB-C. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Though 1,430 Hampdens were produced only 4 complete or substantial parts remain making this a very important restoration. This aircraft crashed on a Swedish mountainside en route to Russia on the night of 4th September 1942. The remains were discovered in 1976 by the Västernorrland Historical Society. The wreckage was recovered by the Swedish Air Force and returned to the RAF. Restoration started in 1989!

Was being delivered to Russia on 5th September 1942 when it was shot down by German Bf109s near the Finnish/Russian border. All five crew bailed out safely and became prisoners of war. Remains recovered in 2002 and brought to the museum.

Struck off charge in 1944. It had been used as a crew trainer. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Hampdens of No 44 Sqn. Both bombers were lost on raids over Germany, AE257 on the night of 21-22 October 1941 going to Bremen, and AE202 over Hamburg on 26-27 July 1942. Photo from: Life

Photo from: RAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Accommodation for the four-man crew was cramped in the Hampden, a disappointing medium bomber which entered RAF service in 1938. This one was probably built in January 1942. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie

Built under licence by Can-Car. Incorporates parts from other aircraft.

Built under licence by CanCar

One of many 83 Squadron Hampden I's which were detached to RAF Ringway from their RAF Scampton base between 6 and 16 September 1939. Obtained from an RAF member of ground crew over 50 years ago.