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Halifax - Aircraft Profile - Handley Page : Halifax

Halifax

Manufacturer : Handley Page
Number Built : 6177
Production Began : 1941
Retired : 1952
Type : Bomber

Royal Air Force heavy Bomber with a crew of six to eight. Maximum speed of 280mph (with MK.VI top speed of 312mph) service ceiling of 22,800feet maximum range of 3,000 miles. The Halifax carried four .303 browning machine guns in the tail turret, two .303 browning machines in the nose turret in the MK III there were four .303 brownings in the dorsal turret. The Handley Page Halifax, first joined the Royal Air Force in March 1941 with 35 squadron. The Halifax saw service in Europe and the Middle east with a variety of variants for use with Coastal Command, in anti Submarine warfare, special duties, glider-tugs, and troop transportation roles. A total of 6177 Halifax's were built and stayed in service with the Royal Air Force until 1952

Halifax


Latest Halifax Artwork Releases !
 On the night of  Friday 26th November 1943,  97 Squadron Bombers on there way to bomb targets in Stuttgart, Germany were intercepted by Night Fighters.  The painting shows Halifax Mk V   LK946 MP-F being attacked by the night fighter pilots Major Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Florennes airfield, Belgium) and Hauptmann Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the Stab II./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium).  6 of the crew managed to parachute from the stricken aircraft but the mid upper gunner Sgt. Berndt was killed while returning fire.

Tragedy by Moonlight by Ivan Berryman. (GS)
 Sadly, but two examples of the Handly Page Halifax exist today - the unrestored W1048 at the RAF Museum at Hendon, and the Yorkshire Air Museums pristine LV907 Friday the 13th, a rebuild from the remains of HR792. In this portrait of one of Bomber Command's oft-forgotten workhorses, the original Friday the 13th is set against a stunning evening cloudscape.

Friday the 13th by Ivan Berryman. (PC)
 Halifaxes of No.76 Squadron RAF en route to another night bombing raid over Germany.  The lead aircraft here has code MP-L.  Serial numbers for aircraft were unique, but codes like MP-L were transferred after an aircraft was lost.  A total of 10 aircraft carrying the codes MP-L were lost from No.76 Squadron.  <br>These aircraft were : <br><br>L9530 : Shot down 12th-13th August 1941. <br>R9452 : Crashed 12th-13th April 1942.<br>W7660 : Shot down 19th-20th August 1942. <br>W7678 : Lost 3rd-4th March 1943.<br>DK172 : Shot down 23rd-24th May 1943.<br>DK200 : Crashed 11th-12th June 1943.<br>LK922 : Shot down 21st-22nd January 1944.<br>LK789 : Shot down 24th-25th April 1944.<br>MZ622 : Crashed 24th-25th May 1944.<br>LL579 : Crashed 27th February 1945.

No.76 Squadron Halifax by Ivan Berryman. (PC)
 With the departure of No 1 Group in May 1943, No 4 Group's 78 Sqn Halifaxes arrived at Breighton in Yorkshire from where they would continue to operate until the end of the war.  Halifax III LW291 (EY-M) is depicted snowbound in the Winter of 1944, not long before it was lost over Grossmutz whilst taking part on a raid on Berlin on 20th January 1944. <br><br>Crew of EY-M : <br><br>Pilot : Flight Sergeant F Moffat RCAF (killed),<br>Navigator : Flying Officer W McGreggor RCAF (killed),<br>Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer R Selman RCAF (killed),<br>Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant H H Bennett (taken prisoner),<br>Flight Engineer : Sergeant N Legg (killed),<br>Rear Gunner : Sergeant W Ruelhoff (killed,<br>Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant J Stewart (killed).

White-out at Breighton - Tribute to No.78 Squadron by Ivan Berryman. (PC)

Halifax Artwork Collection



Handley Page Halifax LK797 LK-E. by M A Kinnear.


Friday the 13th by Ivan Berryman.


D-Day Invasion : Tribute to the Glider Troops by Ivan Berryman.


Operation Ebensburg by Ivan Berryman.


Unseen and Deadly by Ivan Berryman.


SOE Drop by Ivan Berryman.


Clipped Signature - George Chalmers.


Clipped Signature - Sir Hugh Constantine.


Halifax Mk.III NA337 by Ivan Berryman.


Operation Mallard by Ivan Berryman.


Out of the Night - The First To Go In by Robert Taylor.


Action This Day by Richard Taylor.


The Hard Way Home by Robert Taylor.


Halifax Legend by Robert Taylor


Mutual Support by Philip West.

Welcome Sight by Stephen Brown.


Leading the Way by Gerald Coulson.


Halifax - The Heavy Brigade by Keith Woodcock.


Top Cover by Robert Taylor.


Friday the 13th by John Young.


Dawn Breakers by Anthony Saunders.


White-out at Breighton - Tribute to No.78 Squadron by Ivan Berryman.


Handley Page Halifax Mk.III LV907 of No.158 Sqn - 'Friday the 13th' by G Henderson.


Tragedy by Moonlight by Ivan Berryman.


No.76 Squadron Halifax by Ivan Berryman.

Yorkshire Warrior by Keith Aspinall.


Halifaxes by Keith Woodcock.


Yorkshire Relish by Keith Woodcock.


A Friday in Winter by Keith Woodcock.


Pathfinder Halifax by Nicolas Trudgian.


Halifax Bombers by Barry Price.


Handley Page Halifax by Gleed.

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