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Handley Page

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66-PAGE SPECIAL SECTION 35 Handley Page: 60 years of Aeronautical Achievement Harry Fraser-Mitchell introduces our Handley Page 100th Anniversary Special Section with a look at the company’s six decades between its launch in 1909 and its sad demise in 1969

42 The Last Flight of Horatius Johnny de Uphaugh tells the story of the elegant H.P.42 airliner Horatius and its rather undignifi ed demise on a Devon golf course

48 Handley Page Oddballs Not every type Handley Page built was a natural-born winner; Philip Jarrett takes a look at some of the company’s lesser-known types

54 To Hell and Back in a Hampden Wg Cdr Peter McDermott DFC DFM recalls an

ill-conceived sortie to bomb German battle-

ill-conceived sortie to bomb German battleships at Brest Harbour on Christmas Eve, 1941

63 Halibag Down! One of Bomber Command’s most valuable wartime assets was H.P.’s mighty Halifax. Alan Judd describes an ill-fated “Halibag” sortie by his uncle, Plt Off Sydney Judd, in June 1944

73 Victor Database The most futuristic of the V-bombers, the Victor symbolised the British Cold War bomber. This is the full story, as detailed at right

96 Mudlarking at Martlesham The end of the line: Harry Fraser-Mitchell explains how the politically-motivated rejection of a military variant of Handley Page’s Dart Herald ultimately put paid to the company

Other Features 14 Aztec Thunder

over the Pacifi c

over the Pacifi c Santiago A. Flores reveals the part played by the P-47s of the Mexican Air Force against Japan in the Pacifi c War

20 Night Reaper A typically dramatic photograph by Richard Paver of the BBMF’s Spitfi re VC and Hawker Hurricane IIC

22 A New Cape Dash Alex Henshaw Jr on the successful attempt to beat his father’s record

26 Mosquito Update: No 11 Jack Meadows reports on the rebuild of Mosquito B.35 VR796 in Canada

28 Archive Colour Peter R. Arnold presents a rare archive colour image of an Avro Anson