HIGH LIFT: HIGH SPEED. The new Handley-Page medium bomber with two Pegasus engines, controllable-pitch airscrews, slots and flaps, and retractable undercarriage. It is painted a sombre mud colour, which may signify a revision of official colour schemes.
The H.P.52 prototype, with modified Heyford ventral turret, takes off from Radlett in July 1936.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Hampden / H.P.52 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

The same aircraft in its RAF Display configuration, with the nose glazing sheeted over with aluminium to hide its interior from public gaze.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Hampden / H.P.52 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

K4240 photographed at Martlesham Heath.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Hampden / H.P.52 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

The production prototype Hampden, L4032, was first flown in May 1938. After evaluation by the A&AEE and RAE is was given the Maintenance serial number 2711M in 1941.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Hampden / H.P.52 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Another view of K4240 during one of its visits to Martlesham Heath.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Hampden / H.P.52 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Hampden I P1333 being bombed up in 1940. The maximum bomb load was 4,000 lb. P1333 served with 49 Squadron and went miss­ing on August 17, 1940. It was one of a batch of 200 Hampden Is delivered to the RAF between June 1939 and February 1940.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Hampden / H.P.52 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

In mid-1938 a pair of 1,000 h.p. 16-cylinder Napier Dagger in-line engines was installed in Hampden L7271. In this form the aircraft was initially known as the Dagger-Hampden but this was later changed to Hereford Mk I.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Hereford / H.P.53 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

Another view of the first production Hereford, L6002.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Hereford / H.P.53 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

The first production Hereford, L6002, was first flown from Belfast in late 1939. The type never saw operational service and was mainly used as a bomb-crew trainer. One hundred Herefords were built during 1938-40 by Short and Harland.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Hereford / H.P.53 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937