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Re: RAFM Hampden P1344
Posted by peterA on Sun Jun 30, 2002 03:10:41 AM
In reply top RAFM Hampden P1344 posted by Dave on Sat Jun 29, 2002 02:58:23 AM
: Anyone hear if this aircraft was modified from a Hartford
: bomber. ?
:
: Dave,
It had the rear fuselage section of of "Hereford" L6012 bolted on presumably because it had sufferd damage prior to despatch to Russia. The rear fuse was notoriously weak. This fooled us all in the original Russian pix at the crash site, as the Hereford serial was visible but the engines were clearly radial Pegasus. In fact the paint had eroded away in the intervening period to expose this original serial of the component part. P1344 was just visible in the top layers of paint on the rear fuse and liberally inside the detachable panels.