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HP63 Halifax B/GR MK5


Type: Heavy bomber, met. and general reconnaisance.
Power Plant: Four 1,220hp Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines.
Performance
Max. speed: 254mph @ 12,750ft.
Cruising speed: 190mph @ 15,000ft
Service ceiling: 22,000ft
Range: 1,900 miles
Armament:Four .303in Browning machine guns mounted in a tail turret, later some had a further four in a mid-upper.
Bomb Load: 13,000lb.
Weights:
Empty:36, 000lb.
Loaded: 61,500lb
Dimensions:
Span:98ft 8in
Length: 70ft 7in
Height: 20ft 9in
                        Entry into Service Mar-Jul 1943
No.Built   Type                                       Serial Block      Constructed
 101       LAPG-built Halifax B MK 2 srs 1a           BB314-BB446       Mar-Jul
  45       LAPG-built Halifax B MK 2 srs 1a           JN882-JN926       Mar-Jul
 100       Rootes-built Halifax B MK 5 srs 1          EB127-EB276       Apr-Sep
  49       Fairey-built Halifax B/Met. MK 5           DK223-DK271       Mar-Jul
 152       Halifax B/GR MK 2 srs 1a                   HR711-HR952       Mar-Jul
 123       EE-built Halifax B/GR MK 2 srs 1           JB781-JB974       Feb-Mar
 223       EE-built Halifax B/GR MK 2 srs 1a          JD105-JD476       Apr-Jul
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