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Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax
Heavy bomber, less known than the Lancaster but almost as important. It was built both with Rolls-Royce Merlin liquid-cooled and Bristol Hercules radial engines. The Halifax was a mid-wing aircraft with twin fins and rudders and a fuselage of rectangular cross-section. Halifaxes flew 75532 missions during WWII. They were also used as glider tug and transport. A nickname was "Halibag".
| General characteristics Halifax B Mk. III | |||
| Primary function | Heavy bomber | ||
| Power plant | Four Bristol Hercules XVI 14cylinder tworadial engines | ||
| Thrust | 4x 1,650 HP | 4x 1,230 kW | |
| Wingspan | 104 ft | 31.75 m | |
| Length | 71.6 ft | 21.82 m | |
| Height | 20.7 ft | 6.32 m | |
| Wingarea | 1,275 sq ft | 118.45 sq m | |
| Weight | empty | 38,240 lb | 17,345 kg |
| max. | 65,000 lb | 29,484 kg | |
| Speed max. | 311 mph | 501 km/h | |
| Initial climb rate | 751 ft/min | 229 m/min | |
| Ceiling | 24,000 ft | 7,315 m | |
| Range | 1,261 mi | 2,030 km | |
| Armament | 9x 7.7mm machine gun; 5,890 kg bombs | ||
| Crew | Seven | ||
| First flight | Prototype 25.3.1939 | ||
| Date deployed | Halifax I | 11.10.1940 | |
| Halifax III | July 1943 | ||
| Number built | 6,176 | ||
| Users | GB, Australia, France (FFL), Canada, New Zealand | ||
Jirka Wagner
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