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Halifax Squadrons of World War 2

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Combat Aircraft - Bombers

MSRP old price: $22.95


Product Info

Title
Halifax Squadrons of World War 2
Publisher
Category
Author
Jon Lake
Dimensions
9x11x.75"
NKG Part #
2095063468
MFG. Part #
OSPCOM014
Type
Softcover
Series
COM14

Description

The second of Britain's four-engine 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 [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.