Handley Page Hampden 1/72 Scale Model

British - This is a model of a heavy bomber that flew from Britain against German targets in Europe in 1940. The Hampden was one of Britain's three heavy bombers at the outbreak of WWII, along with the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley and the Vickers Wellington. After suffering heavy losses to modern German Messerschmitt fighters during daylight raids in 1939, the RAF switched to night bombing by 1940, a strategy they followed with their heavy bombers over Germany until the end of the war. The Hampden was used extensively to drop mines in German waters, and also as a land-based torpedo bomber before it was totally replaced in that role by the Bristol Beaufighter in 1943.

More Photos: Left, Right, Top, Front Angle Left, Front Angle Right, Rear Angle Left, Rear Angle Right, Above Left, Above Right

Bomber Command 1939-1945: Photographs from the Imperial War Museum, Ian Carter

Coastal Command at War, Chaz Bowyer

Concise Guide to British Aircraft of World War II, David Mondey

Fledgling Eagles; The Complete Account of Air Operations During the "Phoney War" and Norwegian Campaign, 1940, Christopher Shores

A Forgotten Offensive: RAF Coastal Command's Anti-Shipping Campaign, 1940-1945, Christina Goulter

Handley Page Hampden, Philip Moyes

RAF Bomber Command and Its Aircraft, 1936-1940, J Goulding

RAF Coastal Command in Action 1939-1945, Roy Conyers Nesbit