Handley Page Halifax
Second World War Strategic Bomber
$71.05
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
14 April 2026
Summary
While not as famous as the Avro Lancaster, the Handley Page Halifax was developed to the same specification as the Lancaster’s predecessor, the Avro Manchester, and suffered similar engine-related issues. However, once the early Rolls-Royce Merlins had been replaced with Bristol Hercules air-cooled radial engines, the bomber’s performance and reliability were transformed.
The Halifax accounted for around 40 per cent of the RAF’s total heavy bomber fleet throughout the war, with produc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781781559277 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1781559279 |
| Author: | Philip Birtles |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Fonthill Media Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 1.03kg |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 172mm x 246mm |
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Philip Birtles
Philip Birtles joined the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School in 1957 as an engineering apprentice and worked as PA to John Cunningham, the Second World War night fighter ace and chief test pilot. He went into marketing for aircraft and, later, weapons systems, before being appointed senior contracts executive on BAe.146 customer deliveries, a post he held until Hatfield aerodrome closed in 1993. Birtles wrote the first of some fifty books on aerospace subjects in 1980, and has been involved with the de Havilland Aircraft Museum as a volunteer for around fifty years.
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