| Aircraft | |
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| 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 | |
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| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown Region, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1939 to 8 August 1941 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong Collection |
| Photo ID: | 680102 |
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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. This photo was added on 24 April 2024, and has since been viewed 231 times. |