[Aknevelman]

Don't knew if this is true but it certainly makes an interesting story:


http://www.ma-squadron.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=966

28-11-40 P4321 Hampden,49 Sqdn.Force landed after getting lost on ops over Germany.
Crew thought they were in Holland.Out of fuel.Carpeted for not destroying their aircraft!


http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/airfields/xchres.html

P4321 Hampden forced landing 28-11-40. 49 Sq.
werke Nr 4477/GD+EG Bu131B. Stolen from Luftwaffe aerodrome at Caen on. 29-April 1941 by two ex-Armee de l'Air pilots, Heberd and Bergerac,It was flown across the Channel, intercepted by the RAF and landed at Christchurch.It was repainted in RAF camouflage and markings and flown ('unofficially') by pilots from the Special Duties Flight (TRE). Shortly after, orders came for the aircraft to be shown in London as an exhibit for 'War Weapons Week', so it was hastily repainted in Luftwaffe markings and sent to London on 22nd May, where it was vandalised by souvenir hunters. It was returned to TRE later and serial no. DR626 was allocated, but there were too many parts missing for it to be flown again. Struck off charge at TRE on 1.8.41 and presumed scrapped. (Additional info via BIA Yahoo group).

If this is true, it took the aircarft not 8 hours but 5 months to return to the UK.....