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Halifax Squadrons of World War 2 Jon Lake

Halifax Squadrons of World War 2 By Jon Lake

Halifax Squadrons of World War 2 by Jon Lake


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Summary

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.

Halifax Squadrons of World War 2 Summary

Halifax Squadrons of World War 2 by Jon Lake

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.

About Jon Lake

Jon Lakes most recent work for Osprey was the well-received Combat Aircraft volume on the Blenheim. Jon Lake is one of Britains leading journalists and historians, and secretary of the Freelance Aviation Journalists Association. An airbrush artist with years of experience, Chris has become Osprey's principal illustrator of RAF aircraft, having produced the profiles for over a dozen books since 1994. His most recent work includeds Aces 27 and 30, and Combat AIrcraft 14 and 19. He is particularly adept at 'big' aircraft like the Halifax and Sunderland.

Table of Contents

Introduction/Origins of the Halifax/Halifax Goes to War/Breaking the Back of the Reich/Pathfinder Force/SOE Halifaxes/No 100 Group/Airborne Forces and Transport/Coastal Command/The End/Appendices

Additional information

GOR003688160
9781855328921
1855328925
Halifax Squadrons of World War 2 by Jon Lake
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
1999-07-15
116
N/A
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