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Aircraft · United Kingdom · 1940-1945

Handley Page Halifax

heavy bomber

Second only to the Lancaster in numbers over Bomber Command's target cities, the four-engined Halifax suffered heavier losses per sortie early in the war until aerodynamic fixes to its tail improved handling. Later marks also flew glider-towing, special-duties and Coastal Command anti-submarine roles.

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crew7
top speed454 km/h
max bomb load5,897 kg
produced6,176

Western Europe

Halifax Mark 3 bomber
Halifax Mark 3 bomberBritish official photographer · Public domain · source
Image from the Charles Daniels Photo Collection album "British Aircraft." SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Image from the Charles Daniels Photo Collection album "British Aircraft." SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum ArchiveSan Diego Air & Space Museum Archives · Public domain · source
A Royal Air Force Handley Page Halifax B.V Series 1 (Special) (s/n EB151, "OO-R") of No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit based at Rufforth, Yorkshire (UK), getting airborne from RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, during a
A Royal Air Force Handley Page Halifax B.V Series 1 (Special) (s/n EB151, "OO-R") of No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit based at Rufforth, Yorkshire (UK), getting airborne from RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, during aFlying Officer W. Bellamy, Royal Air Force official photographer · Public domain · source

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