Types you’ll see alongside
Avro Lancaster, English Electric Canberra, Bristol Beaufighter, Bristol Beaufort, de Havilland Canada Chipmunk.
Aircraft hub · 1936 · Second World War
‘The Flying Suitcase’ — a fuselage three feet wide, crews measured before boarding. The gazetteer currently lists it at 3 UK museums.
Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.
On charge
The gazetteer records 3 Handley Page Hampden airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 3 UK collections, in 3 regions: London & Around, Midlands & Lincolnshire, South East England.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage CentreChecked 2026-10-08 | Spilsby | Midlands & Lincolnshire | Handley Page Hampden I (under restoration) AE436 Under restoration |
| Royal Air Force Museum LondonChecked 2026-10-08 | London | London & Around | Handley Page Hampden TB.1 fuselage (with Hereford L6012 tail boom) P1344 Cockpit or section |
| Wings Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Haywards Heath | South East England | Handley Page Hampden B.1 wreckage P1273 Wreckage |
3D model
A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as P1344, a Handley Page Hampden built by Handley Page at Cricklewood in 1939 with two Bristol Pegasus radials, converted to a TB.I torpedo bomber and lost near Murmansk in September 1942 while flying out with No. 144 Squadron to protect the Arctic convoys, recovered in 1991, restored at Cosford and now displayed at RAF Museum London, shown complete as it was in service: Dark Earth and Dark Green upper surfaces over black sides and undersides, a yellow-ringed roundel where the narrow fuselage pod meets the tail boom, ‘PL-K’ codes in dull red, ‘P1344’ in red on the boom, fin flashes on the twin fins, the glazed nose, the pilot’s hood and the dorsal and ventral gun positions with their twin Vickers K guns, and black three-blade propellers with yellow tips; the museum’s airframe has no outer wings or engines, so those are built from drawings and wartime photographs. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1.4 MB) · Plate 75 in The Hangar
Computed from the survey
Avro Lancaster, English Electric Canberra, Bristol Beaufighter, Bristol Beaufort, de Havilland Canada Chipmunk.
London & Around has 1 collection recording the type.
Handley Page Hampden B.1 wreckage; Handley Page Hampden TB.1 fuselage (with Hereford L6012 tail boom).
Type notes
| Type | Handley Page Hampden (+ Hereford) |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 3 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 3 |
Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.
Aircraft questions
The Aviation Gazetteer records 3 Handley Page Hampden airframes in UK collections.
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.