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Type: Heavy Bomber, later ECM platform, special transport and
glider tug, cargo transport and paratroop carrier. Origin: Handley Page Models: Halifax I to IX Crew: Bomber: Seven First Flight: Prototype: October 25, 1939 Production Mk. I: October 1, 1940 Production Mk. III: July 1943 Service Delivery: November 23, 1940 Final Delivery From New: November 20, 1946 Final mission: GR. VI on March 1952 Number Produced: 6,176 Powerplant: Halifax Mk. I: Model: Rolls-Royce Merlin X Type: 12-Cylinder liquid cooled vee Number: Four Horsepower: 1,280 hp Halifax Mk. II: Model: Rolls-Royce Merlin XX Type: 12-Cylinder liquid cooled vee Number: Four Horsepower: 1,390 hp Halifax Mk. II Srs 1A: Model: Rolls-Royce Merlin XXII Type: 12-Cylinder liquid cooled vee Number: Four Horsepower: 1,390 hp Halifax Mk. III: Model: Bristol Hercules Type: 14-Cylinder Two-Row Sleeve-Valve Radial Number: Four Horsepower: 1,650 hp Halifax Mk. VI: Model: Bristol Hercules 100 Type: 14-Cylinder Two-Row Sleeve-Valve Radial Number: Four Horsepower: 1,800 hp Dimensions: Wing span: Mk. I to Early III: 98 ft. 10 in. (30.12m) Later III: 104 ft. 2 in. (31.75m) Length: Mk. I, II & II Srs 1: 70 ft. 1 in. (21.36m) II Srs 1A onwards: 71 ft. 7 in. (30.12m) Height: 20 ft. 9 in. (6.32m) Wing Surface Area: N/A |
Weights: Empty: Mk. I Srs 1: 33,860 lb. (15,359 kg) Mk. II Srs 1A: 35,270 lb. (16,000 kg) Mk. VI: 39,000 lb. (17,690 kg) Loaded: Mk. I: 55,000 lb. (24,948 kg) Mk. I Srs 1: 58,000 lb. (26,308 kg) Mk. I Srs 2: 60,000 lb. (27,216 kg) Mk. II: 60,000 lb. Mk. II Srs 1A: 63,000 lb. Mk. III: 65,000 lb. (29,484 kg.) Mk. V: 60,000 lb. Mk. VI: 68,000 lb. Mk. VII, VIII, IX: 65,000 lb. Performance: Maximum Speed: Mk. I: 265 mph (426 km/h) Mk. II: 270 mph (435 km/h) Mk. III & IV: 312 mph (501 km/h) Mk. V, VII, VIII, & IX: 285 mph (460 km/h) Initial Climb (Typical): 750 ft/min (229m/min) Service Ceiling: Merlin engined marks: 22,800 ft. (6950m) Hercules engined marks: 24,000 ft. (7315m) Range with maximum load: Mk. I: 980 miles (1577 km) Mk. II: 1,100 miles (1770 km) Mk. III, VI: 1,260 miles (2030 km) Armament: Halifax Mk. I: Two .303 in. Brownings in nose turret. Four .303 in. Brownings in tail turret. Two .303 in. Brownings manually aimed from beam positions. Halifax Mk. II: Two .303 in. Brownings in nose turret. Four .303 in. Brownings in tail turret. Two .303 in. Brownings in Hudson type dorsal turret. Halifax Mk. II Srs 1 Special: One .303 in. Vickers K manually in nose. Four .303 in. Brownings in tail turret. Four .303 in. Brownings in Defiant type dorsal turret. Halifax GR.II Srs 1A: One .50 in. Browning manually in nose. Four .303 in. Brownings in tail turret. Four .303 in. Brownings in Defiant type dorsal turret. Payload: N/A |
