Halifax Squadrons of World War 2
by
Jon Lake
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Combat Aircraft
ISBN-10
1855328925
ISBN-13
9781855328921
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Osprey Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 15th, 1999
Print length
116 Pages
Weight
402 grams
Dimensions
24.80 x 18.30 x 0.90 cms
Product Classification:
European historySecond World WarAir forces & warfareWar & defence operationsWeapons & equipment
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Handley Page's Halifax was the first RAF "heavy" bomber to drop bombs on Germany in 1941. The detailed text explains tactics used by the crews for their raids over Europe, North Africa and maritime patrol and paratrooping work. There are scale drawings of all the major Halifax bomber variants.
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.
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