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HP61 Halifax B MK3



Type: Heavy bomber.
Power Plant: Four 1,675hp Bristol Hercules XVI engines.
Performance
Max. speed: 277mph @ 6,000ft.
Cruising speed: 225mph @ 20,000ft
Service ceiling: 20,000ft
Range: 1,770 miles
Armament:
Eight .303in Browning machine guns in mid-upper & tail turrets and provisions for one Vickers K gun in the nose. Some RCAF aircraft carried a 0.5in machine gun in place of the H2S.
Bomb Load: 13,000lb.
Weights:
Empty:38,332lb.
Loaded: 65,000lb
Dimensions:
Span:104ft 2in
Length: 71ft 7in
Height: 20ft 9in
                        Entry into Service  Jan-Jun 1944
No.Built   Type                                       Serial Block      Constructed
 225       Halifax B MK3                              LV771-LW195       Jan-Mar
  15       Halifax B MK7                              LW196-LW210       May-Jun
  43       Halifax B MK7                              NP681-NP723       Jun-Jul
 441       Rootes-built Halifax B/A/Met. MK5 srs 1a   LL167-LL542       May-June
  60       Rootes-builkt Halifax B MK3                LL543-LL615       May-Jun
  86       LAPG-built Halifax B/GR MK2 srs 1a         JP220-JP338       Feb-Jun
  86       LAPG-built Halifax B MK3                   MZ282-MZ378       Feb-Jun
 104       Fairey-built Halifax B MK3                 LK747-LK887       Jan-Jun
  85       Fairey-built Halifax B MK3                 NA492-NA587       Apr-Jun
  40       EE-built Halifax B MK3                     MZ500-MZ539       Mar-Aug
 185       EE-built Halifax B/A MK3                   LW459-LW724       May-Jun
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