"Sergeant J Hannah" Artist unknown, 1943

Catalogue ref: INF 3/419

John Hannah was only a young man when he attempted to fight a fire inside his Handley Page Hampden. Such was the restricted space in the Hampden; it was nick- named the “Flying Suitcase”! Note the section of Hannah's recommendation, which describes the heat of the fire as ‘completely roasting the aircraft's two carrier pigeons'.