Woow woww oww. Now you got my attention! Hampdens!!!!!!!! Yea!!! I love them! Cant give you more REP though.
Thanks
Nick
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Great paint work again !
"He is wise who watches"
If only they had been used in Malta I could justify getting a couple of those.
Another great advert for your own skills and those of AIM as well Kev.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Wasn't this plane nicknamed the 'Flying Coffin' as its body was so narrow that if a crew member was injured nobody could get to him to give first aid until the plane landed.
The Hampden was much more successful when they took it off daylight operations in favour of night raids, bombing, mine laying and long range torpedo bombing.
The AW Whitley was obsolete by the start of the war, yet over 1,000 more were produced before a suitable replacement was found.
It was useful enough that it was not retired from service until 1945.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstro...tworth_Whitley
12 AW Whitley's were used to carry British paratroops on the immensely successful raid to capture parts of a German radar station at Bruneval in 1942.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Biting
Hi Any one got stats for these? I have two on my workbench
Has anyone had a chance to make aircraft cards for the Hampden? They look like they were equipped like a Dornier D17 with presumably similar arcs of fire etc. I did not find anything in the Files section.
Another plea for Aircraft Cards for the old Hampden! I am also working on a flight of 3 of these nice AIM models but stuck for cards. Help please!
Michael, I've looked into the files on the Drome and in the albums of all those I know have custom card collections, but I haven't found one example for the Hampden I'm afraid. You might like to request one from Mike Owen "OldGuy59". He may be able to help out if you can provide him with a) a plan image of the Hampden; b) a colour scheme and c) some authentic crew names. He's very good but may also be very busy right now. You could try to pm him.
If you need a top down of a Hampden I may be able to help.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Do you need a camo scheme Mike?
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Nearly midnight here.
I will look you out one in the morning Mike.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Thanks Old Guy, yes exactly what I need. Plus climb rate, etc. Wickipedia shows :
1 × fixed forward firing .303 in (7.7 mm) M1919 Browning machine gun in nose
3–5 Vickers K machine guns: one flexibly mounted in the nose, one or two each in dorsal and ventral positions
Bombs: 4,000 lb (1,814 kg) bombs or 1 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo or mines
Maximum speed: 247 mph (215 knots, 397 km/h) at 13,800 ft (4,210 m)
Cruise speed: 206 mph (179 knots, 332 km/h) at 15,000 ft (4,580 m)
Range: 1,720 mi (1,496 nmi, 2,768 km) (Max fuel and 2,000 lb (910 kg) bombs, 206 mph (332 km/h))
Service ceiling: 19,000 ft (5,790 m)
Rate of climb: 980 ft/min[41] (300 m/min)
Now, if you could help me put that into card form, we have a winner! Many thanks to all who contributed.
I found this image from a plate of the 14 OTU.
Credits:Artist: © Zbynek Valka
Source: "Handley Page Hampden" Bilek Modelarum No.5; (c) Bilek, Konevova 223, 130 00 Praha 3 Czech Republic
I don't know if I'm allowed to use it and will remove if not.
Looks like I'll have to do one of each version, based on the planes posted above.
Squadrons indicated above by squadron code decals, and location(s) while flying Hampdens:
QR - No. 61 Sqn, RAF Hemswell, '37-'41
ZN - No. 106 Sqn,
RAF Thornaby: Sept '38 - Aug '39
RAF Evanton: Aug '39 - Sept '39 Detached here in Aug 1939 and moved, early in Sep 1939
RAF Cottesmore: Sept '39 - Oct '39
RAF Finningley: Oct '39 - Feb '41
RAF Coningsby: Feb '41 - Sept '42
Any idea of aircrews?
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Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Sorry Mike.
Never appoint Aircrews to mine unless a special mission.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Brilliant! Thank you Sir. Also a very nice addition to the card archive.
Love those ugly planes. Ii think they had a crew of 4. Is there a crew management card? Who fired what machine gun?
Another fine example of your art sir.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
"Cannot swap positions as there was no room to do so!" I think those crewmen were heroes just to fly in that thing. Talk about claustrophobic
I agree Baxter. Rear gunner in any aircraft of WW2 must have needed a very special type of bravery, Even those turrets that you could get out of very often trapped you or you got shot up, and if you did exit O.K. you still had to don your parachute before you exited the plane.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
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