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HP59/63 Halifax B/A/MET/GR MK2/5




Type: Heavy bomber, met. and general reconnaisance.
Power Plant: Four 1,480hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 22 engines.
Performance
Max. speed: 250mph @ 13,000ft.
Cruising speed: 205mph @t 20,000ft
Service ceiling: 21,000ft
Range: 1,660 miles
Armament:Eight .303in Browning machine guns mounted in mid-upper & tail turret.
A Vickers K gun was sometimes fitted in the nose.
Bomb Load: 13,000lb.
Weights:
Empty: MK 2 srs 1a :- 35,577lb ; MK 5 - srs :- 36,177lb
Loaded: MK 2 srs 1a :- 60,000lb ; MK 5 - srs :- 61,500lb
Dimensions:
Span:98ft 8in
Length: 71ft 7in
Height: 20ft 9in
                        Entry into Service Aug-Dec 1943
No.Built   Type                                       Serial Block      Constructed
 33        EE-built Halifax B MK 2 srs 1a             LW223-LW345       Aug-Oct
 75        EE-built Halifax B MK 2 srs 1a             LW346-LW446       Oct-Dec
 38        LAPG-built Halifax B/GR MK 2 srs 1a        JN941-JN978       Sept-Nov
 80        LAPG-built Halifax B/GR MK 2 srs 1a        JP107-JP207       Nov-Dec
 96        Fairey-built Halifax B/Met MK 5 srs 1a     LK626-LK746       Aug-Dec
 87        Rootes-built Halifax B/Met MK 5 srs 1a     LK890-LK999       Oct-Dec
 42        Rootes-built Halifax B/A/Met MK 5 srs 1a   LL112-LL153       Nov-Dec
 12        Halifax B/GR MK 2 srs 1a                   HR977-HR988       Aug
 49        Halifax B/GR MK 2 srs 1a                   HX147-HX225       Aug-Oct
101        Halifax B MK 3                             HX226-HX357       Sept 43-Jan 44
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