A shot of Preston-built Vampires nearing completion in Flight Shed No.2 in 1945. Note the idiosyncratic serial number presentation, with an oblique stroke between letters and numbers.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Vampire / D.H.100 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Hampden AE394, photographed in September 1941, with Halifax V9978 in the background.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Halifax / H.P.57 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939Handley Page Hampden / H.P.52 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Hampdens at Samlesbury, the ones in this shot being examples returned from service for overhaul, and believed to be in Flight Shed 3A.
In the wake of the Munich Agreement production of bombers for the RAF was ramped up. One of the more promising new designs was the Handley Page Hampden, which was fast, manoeuvrable and could carry a bomb-load of 4,000lb (1,825kg). The Hampden bore the brunt of Bomber Command’s early wartime raids over Germany.

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

A shot taken in the nineteen-seventies, showing Flight Sheds 1, 2 and 4, and twenty stored Canberras. The main group of Canberras is parked in the same spot as the Halifaxes shown in the photograph on page 164 (bottom) and the 'Burnley Aircraft Products/Lancashire Aircraft Corporation' hangars are visible on the far side of the runways.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: English Electric / BAE Canberra - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949

Handley Page Halifax IIIs in one of the Samlesbury Flight Sheds

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Halifax / H.P.57 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

Earlier examples of the Halifax, this time Mk.IIs including DT572, photographed on the hardstanding close to Flight Shed 4.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Halifax / H.P.57 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

Halifax III fuselage components at Samlesbury

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Halifax / H.P.57 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939