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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, 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 with Bomber Command alone [compared with the Lancaster's 156,000], 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 | 15 Jul 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 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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