Handley Page Halifax
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The Handley Page Halifax is a British Royal Air Force four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War. It was developed by Handley Page to the same specification as the contemporary twin-engine Avro
Handley Page Halifax B.III
Personnel in the Handley Page drawing office working on the Halifax bomber
Halifax bombers being built at the Handley Page factory at Cricklewood, 1942
Aerodynamic model of the Halifax undergoing wind tunnel testing, 1942
Avro Manchester
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The Avro 679 Manchester was a British twin-engine heavy bomber developed and manufactured by the Avro aircraft company in the United Kingdom. While not being built in great numbers, it was the forerun
Handley Page Halifax
…RAF) four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War. It was developed by Handley Page to the same specification as the contemporary twin-engine Avro Manchester. The Halifax has its origins in the twin-engine H.P.56 proposal of the late 1930s, produced in response to the British Air Ministry's Specification…
Avro Manchester Mk.1A 'L7486' (with extended tail fins)
Avro Manchester Mk I (note additional central tail fin)
The forward section of a Manchester Mark I at Waddington, Lincolnshire, showing the nose with the bomb-aimer's window, the forward gun-turret and the cockpit, September 1941
Avro Manchester Mk IA