Postcard
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
148 mm (width); 106 mm (height)
Place of origin
New Plaistow Road, 3
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666469
Summary
A colour printed postcard of a Handley Page Hampden I aircraft. The reverse of the postcard has not been written upon.
Marks and inscriptions
On the reverse of the postcard: 'HANDLEY PAGE HAMPDEN I, AT137, twin-/ engine, medium bomber powered by 1,000 hp/ Pegasus XVIIIs. Crew of four. This aircraft was/ constructed by English Electric Company and/ allocated on November 23, 1941. Served with/ No 455 Squadron, it was withdrawn from/ service on July 16, 1942. Copyright Charles/ E. Brown, F.R.P.S., F.I.I.P./ After the Battle is a quarterly publication which presents/ WWII through comparison 'then and now' photographs.'