Halifax Squadrons of World War 2

By Jon Lake

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855328925
• ISBN13: 9781855328921
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.8"