Halifax Squadrons of World War 2 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781855328921)

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.

Author: Jon Lake
ISBN-10: 1855328925
ISBN-13: 9781855328921
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Language: English
Published: 07/15/1999
Pages: 116
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.84h x 7.20w x 0.37d