Halifax Squadrons of World War 2 Paperback / softback
by Jon Lake
Illustrated by Chris (Illustrator) Davey
Part of the Combat Aircraft series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:116 pages, 100 b/w; 40 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:15/07/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9781855328921
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:116 pages, 100 b/w; 40 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:15/07/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9781855328921
