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The Halifax was a four engine long range heavy bomber developed by the Handley Page Aircraft Company. The Halifax first took to the skies on 25 October 1939 and the aircraft entered service with the RAF in November of 1940. By the end of 1943 every squadron of Number 4 Bomber Group, including 158 squadron, had been equipped with Halifax bombers.
Handley Page Halifax. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Halifax . Le Halifax est un bombardier lourd quadrimoteur britannique utilisé par la Royal Air Force durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale .
4 de sept. de 2013 · Le Handley Page Halifax, bombardier lourd quadrimoteur a été le héros méconnu du Bomber Command de la RAF durant la seconde guerre mondiale.Il a effectué 390...
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Transcription. The Handley Page Halifax was the predecessor of the famous Avro Lancaster bomber. These two four-engined bombers composed the majority of the Main Force of Bomber Command over the last three years of the war. Just as the Manchester became the Lancaster so HP56 a twin-engined bomber to be fitted with Rolls Royce Vulture engines ...
But at its peak the Handley Page Halifax equipped 34 squadrons of RAF Bomber Command, and in 75,532 sorties over Europe between 1940 and 1945 the type dropped 231,263 tonnes (227,609 tons) of bombs. It was in some respects the best aircraft in its class, gifted with great bomb-carrying capacity, toughness and the strength to survive when hit.
13 de jul. de 2022 · Often overshadowed by the Avro Lancaster, the Handley Page Halifax was an extremely important asset to RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. Design...
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Handley Page Halifax. T he Halifax was the second of the four-engined heavy bombers to enter service with the Royal Air Force. The huge Stirling was already operational, but the prototype Lancaster had yet to fly in November 1940, when No. 35 squadron began operations with what became affectionately known as the "Halibag." D esigner George ...
