Halifax Squadrons of World War 2

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Halifax Squadrons of World War 2

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The second of Britain's four-engined bombers to enter frontline service during World War II (1939-1945), Handley Page's Halifax has forever lived in the shadow of Avro's superb Lancaster. However, it was a Halifax which became the first RAF 'heavy' to drop bombs on Germany when No 35 Sqn raided Hamburg on the night of 12/13 March 1941. Between 1941-45, the Halifax completed some 75,532 sorties [compared with the Lancaster's 156,000] with Bomber Command alone, not to mention its sterling work as both a glider tug and paratroop carrier with the Airborne Forces, maritime patrol mount with Coastal Command and covert intruder with the SOE.

Table of Contents

Introduction/Origins of the Halifax/Halifax Goes to War/Breaking the Back of the Reich/Pathfinder Force/SOE Halifaxes/No 100 Group/Airborne Forces and Transport/Coastal Command/The End/Appendices

Product details

Published Jul 15 1999
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 116
ISBN 9781855328921
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 100 b/w; 40 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Combat Aircraft
Short code COM 14
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Jon Lake

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Chris Davey

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