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