Handley Page Halifax
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| History | |
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| Type | four engine |
| Role | strategic heavy bomber |
| Manufacturer | Handley Page |
| Produced | 1940 - 46 |
| Number built | 6,176 |
| Primary users | RAF, RCAF, RAAF, Free French AF |
| In service | 13 Nov 1940 |
| Out of service | 1961 (Pakistan Air Force) |
Remarks
General characteristics
- Crew: 7 (pilot, co-pilot/flight engineer, navigator, bomb aimer, radio operator/gunner, two gunners
- Length: 21.82 m
- Wingspan: 31.75 m
- Height: 6.32 m
- Empty weight: 17,178 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 29, 484 kg
- Powerplant: 4 x Bristol Hercules XVI
- Maximum speed: 454 km/h at 4,100 m
- Range: 2,990 km
- Service ceiling: 7,300 m
- Armament
- Guns: 8 x .303 in Browning machine guns ( 4 in dorsal and 4 in tail turrets) and 1 x .303 in Vickers K machine gun (nose)
- Bombs: 5,897 kg of bombs
Crew members
No. 462 Squadron RAF
- † Ernest Ronald William Oliver KIA 24 Feb 1945 aerial battle Germany