Our Illustrious Leader

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Pre-war there were types such as the Harrow, then the Hampden/Hereford (my uncle was killed on an anti-shipping strike flying a Hampden), and the Halifax, one of the mainstays of Bomber Command.
Post-war was the Victor, one of the famous V Force bombers.

And of course their biplane bombers were the mainstay in WW1, from which the HP42 airliner draws lineage. I think you had an Airfix O/400 when we were kids Keith, or was it a Vickers Vimy? I'm pretty sure you had a Halifax too, and I know I had a Hampden, which I always thought was a very attractive streamlined aircraft, although I believe it was disliked for it's flimsy rear fuselage which could not sustain damage. Certainly the Wimpy was much loved for this ability and became the mainstay RAF bomber, until the heavies were introduced.

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