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Handley Page Halifax Mk II W1176 of 462 Sqn RAAF Z-ZA

Quite a history on this plane
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These two pictures make an interesting comparison between Halifax variants, both being Mk.IIs, the top being a Series I and the bottom being a Series IA. The Halifax II Series I was based on the Halifax I with minor changes, but increased production with other firms, thus increasing available numbers to make up for the Halifax Is that had been lost on operations - it had an inauspicious debut in its initial variant. The differences between the Mk.II Series I and Series IA were considerable and included structural changes that affected the production line, although visually the quite obvious difference was in their differing armament. The Series IA was the basis behind the B.III, which was originally an interim variant but became the most mass-produced Halifax variant. In the lower photo can be seen the origins of the Mk.III the only difference being the Hercules engines and in this one the original smaller fin shape, the larger "D" shaped fins were initially fitted to B.II Series IAs as a retrofit before the B.III entered service. This was the cure to the rudder over-balance that had affected the type from the outset, placing the aircraft into a spiral dive, from which there was no recovery. At the time, Halifaxes with the triangular fins had a restriction on rudder deflection as a rather desperate and wholly inadequate means of preventing the over-balance.
 
Handley Page Halifax V DK172, MP-L

24-03-1943 Shot down by Leutnant Werner Rapp & Unteroffizier Hans Ortmann of the 7./NJG 1, who had taken off at 00:24 hrs from Twente airfield, the Netherlands, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+CR.
The Halifax was on a bombing raid to Dortmund, Germany. Four occupants died in the crash, the other four occupants became prisoner of war. Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk V DK172, 24 May 1943

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TL-P W7676 NO. 35 SQUADRON

Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot Sgt. D.A.V. John 26 1385838 RAF KIA Vlissingen C 23 Washed up near Domburg 6 Sep 42
Flight Engineer Sgt. M.W. Booth 22 953553 RAF KIA Bergen op Zoom RCAF 6 H 8 Washed up near Katwijk aan Zee 10 Sep 42
Navigator P/O. A.F. Birley 27 118723 RAF KIA Middelkerke Communal Cem B 18
Bomb Aimer P/O. K.A. Higgs 111787 RAF KIA Oostvoorne 219
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner Sgt. A.E. Grounsell 1262641 RAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 4 D 4 Washed up near Scharrendijke 9 Sep 42
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. A. Priestley 1064083 RAF KIA Middelkerke Communal Cem B 19
Rear Gunner Sgt. G.A. Doman 778666 RAF KIA Middelkerke Communal Cem B 20

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TL-F W7699 NO. 35 SQUADRON
Pilot P/O. A.C. Mackenzie 29 NZ404491 RNZAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 116
Flight Engineer Sgt. E.E.C. Evans 29 653677 RAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 4 D 5 Washed up Haamstede 6 Aug 42
Navigator Sgt. J.E. Bottomley 34 1181181 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 78
Bomb Aimer Sgt. A.C. Schofield 26 AUS406153 RAAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 113
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner Sgt. H.R.G. Elliott 22 925929 RAF KIA Den Haag 2 27 Washed up Dutch coast 16 Jul 42
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. G.J. Sharman 23 639164 RAF KIA Den Burg K 5 103 Washed up De Mok Texel 12 Aug 42

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photographs from 3 SITE, 18 M U, OCT 18 1944

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