Handley Collection (page 5)

Handley Page HP 45 cabin interior of Imperial

Handley Page W10 Imperial
Handley Page W.10. First flown 2 December 1919, the HP Type W coprised of three variants, the W.8, W.9 and W.10. All carried 12 passengers with only 25 built Date: circa 1920

Handley Page Halifax B III -a night bomber like the Avro Lancaster, with which it shared the task

Handley Page 0 / 400 with wings folded
Handley Page 0/400 long range four-man heavy bomber with wings folded. It was first flown in September 1917, with deliveries beginning in March 1918

Ypres - The Dump - Hill 60, Zillebeke
Ypres - The Dump. Hill 60, Zillebeke. Map References - I 29c : 28NW4/NE3. Captain Edward Handley-Read, Rba - Machine Gun Corps (1869-1935)

The British Firing Line - a portfolio of 12 engravings in colour from drawings made on the Western Front 1914-1917. Printed by George Pullman & Sons Ltd

Royal wedding, 1923 - bridal gown & bridesmaid dress
The bridal gown of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon for her marriage to Prince Albert, Duke of York on 26 April 1923 at Westminster Abbey, designed by Madame Handley Seymour in a medieval style

Major James L Cordes, Chief Test Pilot, Handley Page
Major James L. Cordes, Chief Test Pilot, Handley Page (under the umbrella) at the 1939 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes, Middlesex

Handley Page slotted wing demonstration at Croydon, 15 April 1925, with, from left: Fyfe, Evening Standard; Geoffrey Dorman, Aeroplane; A.V

Tail turret of a Handley Page Halifax

Handley Page Halifax BVI

Handley Page HP38 Heyford I K3500 of No99 Squadron
Handley Page HP38 Heyford I, K3500, of No99 Squadron

Lady Maud Hoare, wife of the Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare
The Lady Maud Hoare, wife of the Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare, christening one of five Handley Page airliners, built to cope with the rapid growth of traffic on Imperial Airways

Handley Page Victor K2 XL191 refuels a Panavia Tornado
Handley Page Victor K2, XL191, refuels a Panavia Tornado, XX946

Handley Page Victor K1 XA918 refuels a Blackburn Buccaneer
Handley Page Victor K1, XA918, refuels a Blackburn Buccaneer S2, XN976, and a Hawker Siddeley Sea Vixen FAW2, XN685

The forward passenger cabin of a Handley Page HP42

Flt Lt Wood and FO Douglas in Handley Page Halifax VI Mercury. 1946. Date: 1946

Royal Wedding 1923 - the bridal gown
Photographs of the bridal gown and bridesmaids dress worn at the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey on 26 April 1923

Handley Page V / 1500 heavy bomber plane, WW1
A British Handley Page V/1500 night-flying heavy bomber plane, built towards the end of the First World War. It carried a crew of eight or nine, and had four Rolls Royce Eagle VIII engines. circa 1918

Handley Page V / 1500 heavy bomber plane, WW1
A British Handley Page V/1500 night-flying heavy bomber plane, built towards the end of the First World War. It carried a crew of eight or nine, and had four Rolls Royce Eagle VIII engines

Duke and Duchess of York on their wedding day
Colour tinted photograph of the marriage of Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI) to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) on 26th April 1923. Date: 1923

Types of British Aircraft -- Handley-Page Biplane
Types of British Aircraft -- Twin-Engined Handley-Page Biplane. 1914-1918

Imperial Airways Airliner Hannibal - passenger aircraft - Handley Page HP42E, G-aGX. Date: circa 1932

Handley Page heavy bomber, WW1
Handley Page heavy bomber, First World War. Date: 1916-1918

Handley Page Gugnunc
The HP.39 is specially designed to compete in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition in America : it is placed second, meeting almost all the stringent requirements Date: 1929

HANNIBAL OVER LONDON
A Handley Page Hannibal of Imperial Airways makes its first passenger flight over central London : it is the largest air liner in the world at this time Date: 1931

Handley Page Type W air liner
Passengers boarding a Handley Page Type W air liner. Image from Mrs Strangs Travel Play Book published c.1920.Date: circa 1915

Handley Page construction, Smalesbury, Lancashire, WW2
Handley Page Hampden Mk I construction by English Electric at Smalesbury, Lancashire. Date: circa 1940

Handley Page biplane, Imperial Airways, Croydon
Handley Page W.8B biplane, RMA Princess Mary, belonging to Imperial Airways. Seen here at Croydon Aerodrome. Date: circa 1925

Handley Page biplane, O / 400 bomber, WW1
Handley Page biplane, O/400 bomber, with a large group of men standing in front of it on an airfield. Date: circa 1916

Handley Page HPR 7 Dart Herald -Maritime Central

Handley Page V1500

Handley Page HP 45 Heracles Class of Imperial

Handley Page HP 70 Halifax CVIII (side view, on the ground)

Handley Page HP 42 Helena of Imperial

Handley Page HP 42 Hannibal Class of Imperial

Handley Page HP 45 Hengist of Imperial

Handley Page HP 42 (forward view, on the ground) -Croyd
A Handley Page HP 42E departed Croydon every Tuesday and Saturday for Calcutta for 108 and took 6.5 days. First flown 14th November 1930 they carried 24 passengers

Handley Page HP 30 or W10 -on 1st flight

Handley Page HP 12 or 0-10

Handley Page Hermes aloft-BOACs G-ALDM

Handley Page Hermes 4A (forward view, on the ground) -Britavias G-ALDP

Handley Page Harrow -relegated from bombing by late 1939, the Harrow was used as a transport

Handley Page Halifax II, Srs 1A of No76 Squadron seen from another Halifax

Handley Page Dart Herald-British Island

Handley Page Hampden I -along with the Vickers Wellington, Hampdens took the full weight of German fighter opposition in the early war years

Handley Page Halifax II of No301 Squadron in Italy, July 1944

Handley Page 0-400 about to depart

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