HALIFAX SQUADRONS OF WORLD WAR II by Jon Lake ( 9781855328921 )

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Title:

HALIFAX SQUADRONS OF WORLD WAR II

By:

Jon Lake

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1855328925

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9781855328921

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Publisher:

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Pub. date:

15 July, 1999

Series:

Osprey Combat Aircraft No. 14

Pages:

112

Description:

Handley Page's Halifax was the first RAF "heavy" bomber to drop bombs on Germany in 1941. The detailed text explains tactics used by the crews for their raids over Europe, North Africa and maritime patrol and paratrooping work. There are scale drawings of all the major Halifax bomber variants.

Synopsis:

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.

Illustrations:

110 b&w and 40 colour illustrations

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Imprint:

Osprey Publishing

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Non-returnable

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