Handley-Page Hampden Resurrection at RAF Museum Cosford
in Warbird Restorations — by Editor — March 14, 2014
P1344 as she looked when laid out by Jeet Mahal for inspection by the RAF Museum in 1992. (photo via RAF Museum)
Geoff Jones recently visited the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at RAF Museum Cosford on behalf of Warbirds News. We were particularly interested to hear about progress on their Handley Page Hampden TB Mk.I restoration project. Only three partial airframes of the 1430 Hampdens built are known to exist, with the RAF Museum’s example, P1344, being the most complete. Staff and volunteers at Cosford are currently lavishing their attention on P1344, and have made significant progress over the last few years. This following article is based on Geoff Jones’ report…
