Hampden aircraft and crews
Title
Hampden aircraft and crews
Description
Left page.
Top left - head and shoulders portrait of Sergeant Stephen Dawson wearing tunic with pilot brevet and side cap. Captioned 'Brand new wings, June 40'. Top right - looking down on aircrew wearing flying helmet in the rear gunners position on a Hampden. Captioned 'Monkey Phipps and twin VGOs'. On the reverse 'Sgt Phipps, 1st W/Op and A/G after Sgt Campbell'.
Bottom left - looking down on aircrew wearing flying helmet in the rear gunners position of a Hampden. Captioned 'Paddy Campbell in the cupola'. On the reverse 'Sgt Campbell, 1st wireless operator and air gunner'. Bottom right - half length portrait of a sergeant sitting wearing tunic with pilots brevet. Captioned 'Laurie Hinde'. On the reverse 'Laurie Hinde, 2nd pilot and navigator'.
Right page.
Top - a Hampden with squadron letters 'VN' standing on dispersal with hedge and building in the background. Captioned 'F for Freddie, the kite'.
Middle - four aircrew wearing flying jackets standing by the wing root of a Hampden with aircraft letter 'F'. Captioned 'The crew, Sgt Campbell - lower gunner and second W/Op, Sgt Phipps - W/Op and upper gunner, Sgt Dawson - captain and pilot, Sgt Hinde - navigator bomb aimer and second pilot'. On the reverse 'L-R, Sgt Campbell W/Op, Sgt Phipps, lower gunner (now W/Op), Self, pilot, Sgt Hinde, navigator'.
Bottom - four airmen sitting on top of a Hampden parked on dispersal. Captioned 'The ground crew'.
Top left - head and shoulders portrait of Sergeant Stephen Dawson wearing tunic with pilot brevet and side cap. Captioned 'Brand new wings, June 40'. Top right - looking down on aircrew wearing flying helmet in the rear gunners position on a Hampden. Captioned 'Monkey Phipps and twin VGOs'. On the reverse 'Sgt Phipps, 1st W/Op and A/G after Sgt Campbell'.
Bottom left - looking down on aircrew wearing flying helmet in the rear gunners position of a Hampden. Captioned 'Paddy Campbell in the cupola'. On the reverse 'Sgt Campbell, 1st wireless operator and air gunner'. Bottom right - half length portrait of a sergeant sitting wearing tunic with pilots brevet. Captioned 'Laurie Hinde'. On the reverse 'Laurie Hinde, 2nd pilot and navigator'.
Right page.
Top - a Hampden with squadron letters 'VN' standing on dispersal with hedge and building in the background. Captioned 'F for Freddie, the kite'.
Middle - four aircrew wearing flying jackets standing by the wing root of a Hampden with aircraft letter 'F'. Captioned 'The crew, Sgt Campbell - lower gunner and second W/Op, Sgt Phipps - W/Op and upper gunner, Sgt Dawson - captain and pilot, Sgt Hinde - navigator bomb aimer and second pilot'. On the reverse 'L-R, Sgt Campbell W/Op, Sgt Phipps, lower gunner (now W/Op), Self, pilot, Sgt Hinde, navigator'.
Bottom - four airmen sitting on top of a Hampden parked on dispersal. Captioned 'The ground crew'.
Date
1940-06
Temporal Coverage
Type
Format
Seven b/w photographs mounted on two album pages
Publisher
Rights
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Identifier
PDawsonSR16010417, PDawsonSR16010418, PDawsonSR16010419, PDawsonSR16010420, PDawsonSR16010421, PDawsonSR16010422, PDawsonSR16010423, PDawsonSR16010424, PDawsonSR16010425, PDawsonSR16010426, PDawsonSR16010427, PDawsonSR16010428
Citation
“Hampden aircraft and crews,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 23, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6806.
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