Registration / Serial:L6057
Aircraft Original Type:Handley Page HP.52 Hampden
Aircraft Generic Type:Handley Page HP.52 Hampden
Aircraft Version:Handley Page HP.53 Hereford I
Licence-built by:Short & Harland
C/n (msn):[ L6057 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 May 1939 to 8 August 1941
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:680102Submit Correction
View count: 231
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.
Registration / Serial:L6057
Aircraft Version:Handley Page HP.53 Hereford I
C/n (msn):[ L6057 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 May 1939 to 8 August 1941
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:L6057
Aircraft Original Type:Handley Page HP.52 Hampden
Aircraft Generic Type:Handley Page HP.52 Hampden
Aircraft Version:Handley Page HP.53 Hereford I
Licence-built by:Short & Harland
C/n (msn):[ L6057 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 May 1939 to 8 August 1941
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:680102Submit Correction
View count: 231
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.
Registration / Serial:L6057
Aircraft Version:Handley Page HP.53 Hereford I
C/n (msn):[ L6057 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 May 1939 to 8 August 1941
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact