Halifax (Total: 6,178, Canadian: 151, Group 150)

Handley Page Halifax

(RAF Photo, 1942)(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page) A Royal Air Force Handley Page Halifax Mk. II Series I (Serial No. W7676), coded TL-P, of No. 35 Squadron, RAF, based at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire in the UK, being piloted by Flight Lieutenant Reginald Lane, (later Lieutenant-General, RCAF), over the English countryside. Flt Lt Lane and his crew flew twelve operations in W7676, which failed to return from a raid on Nuremberg on the night of 28/29 August 1942, when it was being flown by Flt Sgt D. John and crew.

The Handley Page Halifax is a British Royal Air Force (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 HP56 proposal of the late 1930s, produced in response to the British Air Ministry's Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use." The HP56 was ordered as a backup to the Avro 679, both aircraft being designed to use the underperforming Rolls-Royce Vulture engine. The Handley Page design was altered at the Ministry to a four-engine arrangement powered by the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine; the rival Avro 679 was produced as the twin-engine Avro Manchester which, while regarded as unsuccessful mainly due to the Vulture engine, was a direct predecessor of the famed Avro Lancaster. Both the Lancaster and the Halifax would emerge as capable four-engined strategic bombers, thousands of which would be built and operated by the RAF and several other services during the War.

On 25 October 1939, the Halifax performed its maiden flight, and it entered service with the RAF on 13 November 1940. It quickly became a major component of Bomber Command, performing routine strategic bombing missions against the Axis Powers, many of them at night. Arthur Harris, the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Bomber Command, described the Halifax as inferior to the rival Lancaster (in part due to its smaller payload) though this opinion was not shared by many of the crews that flew it, particularly for the MkIII variant. Nevertheless, production of the Halifax continued until April 1945. During their service with Bomber Command, Halifaxes flew a total of 82,773 operations and dropped 224,207 tons of bombs, while 1,833 aircraft were lost. The Halifax was also flown in large numbers by other Allied and Commonwealth nations, such as the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Free French Air Force and Polish forces. Wikipedia

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Halifax DG219, B.Mk.II

s/n DG219

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DG 219

Merlin XX/22

Crashed and burnt in circuit at Broadway Stanforth, near Lindholme, probably after a stall 27.5.44
460 Conversion flight/1656 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-May-27 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer William Samuel Garland 2021-08-07

1944-May-27 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Gordon Long 2021-02-16

Halifax DG220, B.Mk.II

s/n DG220

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DG 220

Merlin XX/22

Converted to 3651M
Units 78/76/ 76 Conversion Flight/1658 Heavy Conversion Unit/1663HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG221, B.Mk.II

s/n DG221

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DG 221

Merlin XX/22

Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Riccall 30.11.43
78/ Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment/78/ 1658 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG222, B.Mk.II

s/n DG222

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DG 222

Merlin XX/22

Failed to Return, Torino, 12.12.42
Unit 10
last update: 2025-February-05

1942-December-11 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Leonard Dunlop 2024-10-29

1942-December-11 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Alfred Roger Juneau 2024-03-18

1942-December-11 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Clarence Arthur McRoberts 2024-03-18

Halifax DG223, B.Mk.II

s/n DG223

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DG 223

Merlin XX/22

Crashed and burned at Bilborough, near Lissett, due to undercarriage retraction failure, aircraft had just taken off for ops, Mannheim 6.12.42
Unit 158
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG224, B.Mk.II

s/n DG224

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DG 224

Merlin XX/22

Operated by No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, when lost on 8 June 1942. On mission to Essen, came down 11 kilometres north-west of centre of Cologne. 7 crew killed, one PoW.
last update: 2025-February-05

Bombing Essen Germany 1942-06-08 to 1942-06-09

405 (B) Sqn (RCAF) Pocklington

Operated by No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, when lost on 8 June 1942. Halifax aircraft DG 224 was carrying bombs, camera, and leaflets when it was shot down, on mission to Essen, came down 11 kilometres north-west of centre of Cologne. 7 crew killed, one PoW.

1942-June-09 KIA RAFVR Reginald Paul Healey 2022-05-31

1942-June-09 KIA RAF Leslie Heycock 2022-05-31

1942-June-09 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Lloyd George Higginson 2022-11-22

1942-June-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ernest Norman Jefferies 2022-07-07

1942-June-09 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Alan James McEwen 2022-07-07

1942-June-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Edmund Thomas McGill 2022-07-07

1942-June-09 KIA RCAF Sergeant William John Pethybridge 2022-07-07

1942-June-09 PoW RAF Derek Robert Riches 2022-05-31

Halifax DG225, B.Mk.II

s/n DG225

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DG 225

Merlin XX/22

Ditched in sea on return from ops Bremen, 1 mile off of Scarborough, Yorks, short of fuel 26.6.42
Unit 158
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG226, B.Mk.II

s/n DG226

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DG 226

Merlin XX/22

Port outer engine caught fire after takeoff from Marston Moor, Aircraft turned over and dived into the ground from 1000 feet near Wetherby golf course, Yorks and burnt 24.8.44
Units 35/10 Conversion flight/10/158/1658 Heavy Conversion flight/1652 Heavy Conversion flight
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-August-24 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Emerson Gordon Barrie 2024-12-25

1944-August-24 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Glenn David Welsh Burnie 2024-12-25

1944-August-24 KIFA RCAF Sergeant John Duncan Morrison 2024-12-25

1944-August-24 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Clyde Roswell Osborne 2024-12-25

Halifax DG227, B.Mk.II

s/n DG227

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DG 227

Merlin XX/22

Failed to Return, Duisberg 14.7.42
Unit 35/158
last update: 2025-February-05

1942-July-14 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class George Spence Robb 2021-08-08

Halifax DG228, B.Mk.II

s/n DG228

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DG 228

Merlin XX/22

Failed to Return, Krefeld 3.10.42
Unit 405
last update: 2025-February-05

Bombing Krefeld Germany 1942-10-02 to 1942-10-03

405 (B) Sqn (RCAF) Topcliffe

405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus) Halifax II aircraft DG 228 LQ-H shot down over Holland by flak of the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 813 (Hoek van Holland), 2/MAA 205 KÃ¼stenbatterie Brandenburg and the 1 & 2/Reserve, crashing on Vredebest Farm near Noordwijkerhout (Zuid Holland) 16 km SSW of Haarlem, Netherlands. (aviation-safety.net) The bomber crashed into a farmhouse, killing Alida Hogervorst and injuring her mother Adriana Hogervorst and her brother Wim Hogervorst, who later died of his injuries (www.basher82.nl).

1942-October-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Maxwell Ben-Hertz 2025-01-13

1942-October-03 KIA RCAF Sergeant David George Hackett 2025-01-13

1942-October-03 KIA RAF Sergeant Sidney Messham 2025-01-13

1942-October-03 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1 Edward Warren Murphy 2025-01-13

1942-October-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Joseph Neubert 2025-01-13

1942-October-03 KIA RAAF Sergeant George Henry Shannon 2025-01-13

1942-October-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Lionel Harry Williams 2025-01-13

Halifax DG229, B.Mk.II

s/n DG229

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DG 229

Merlin XX/22

Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Carnaby, 5.7.44
103/103 conversion flight/1656 Heavy conversion unit/1662HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG230, B.Mk.II

s/n DG230

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DG 230

Merlin XX/22

Crashed into a pond in the grounds of Green Hammerton Hotel, near york, after taking off from Marston moor 14.11.43
Unit 10/ 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG231, B.Mk.V

s/n DG231

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DG 231

Merlin XX/22

Operated by No. 408 (B) Squadron, RCAF, late 1942. Crash at Fention Farm near Haverfordwest, Pembs and burnt after catching fire while on cross country 20.5.44
408/1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG232, B.Mk.V

s/n DG232

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DG 232

Merlin XX/22

Written off after following heavy landing while on circuits and landings 4.5.44
1664 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG233, B.Mk.V

s/n DG233

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DG 233

Merlin XX/22

Operated by No. 408 (B) Squadron, RCAF, late 1942. Struck off Record 15.6.45
Units 408/1659 Heavy Conversion Unit/408/518/517
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG234, B.Mk.V

s/n DG234

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DG 234

Merlin XX/22

Landed off runway at Holme-On-Spalding Moor in poor visibility and hit Halifax DK205, 20.11.43
Unit 408/1659 Heavy Conversion Unit/1663HCU/76/1663HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG235, B.Mk.V

s/n DG235

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DG 235

Merlin XX/22

Struck of Charge 1.11.45
Unit 408/1659 Heavy Conversion Unit/408/Rolls Royce/1667 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG236, B.Mk.V

s/n DG236

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DG 236

Merlin XX/22

Abandonned after engine fire, aircraft crashed at Holton, Lincs 29.5.44
Units 408/1663 Heavy conversion unit/1667 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG237, B.Mk.V

s/n DG237

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DG 237

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 5.10.44
Units 408/518/1674 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG238, B.Mk.V

s/n DG238

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DG 238

Merlin XX/22

Stalled, spun into ground and burnt, 5 miles east of Croft during fighter affiliation 9.11.42
Unit 408
last update: 2025-February-05

1942-November-09 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Ronald George Bell DFM 2024-11-11

1942-November-09 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Philip Malcolm Matthews 2025-01-13

Halifax DG239, B.Mk.V

s/n DG239

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DG 239

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 1.11.45
408/1659 Heavy conversion Unit/1664 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG240, B.Mk.V

s/n DG240

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DG 240

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge (possibly after accident?) 31.5.45
408/518/517
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG241, B.Mk.V

s/n DG241

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DG 241

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 1.11.45
408/1668 Heavy conversion Unit/1660HCU/1666HCU/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG242, B.Mk.V

s/n DG242

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DG 242

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 28.4.45
Unit 408
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG243, B.Mk.V

s/n DG243

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DG 243

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 1.11.45
408/1668 Heavy Conversion Unit/1654HCU/1662HCU/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG244, B.Mk.V

s/n DG244

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DG 244

Merlin XX/22

Failed to Return, Special Operation Executive Vega 111, 20.3.43
Unit 161
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG245, B.Mk.V

s/n DG245

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DG 245

Merlin XX/22

Failed to Return, Special Operation Executive, Iridium, 15.3.43
Unit 161
last update: 2025-February-05

1943-March-14 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Richard Winter Taylor DFC & Bar 2024-07-09

Halifax DG246, B.Mk.V

s/n DG246

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DG 246

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 17.10.45
408/1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG247, B.Mk.V

s/n DG247

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DG 247

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on landing at Dishforth 8.2.44
Unit 408/ 1664 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG248, B.Mk.V

s/n DG248

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DG 248

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on take-off from Rufforth and undercarriage collapsed 29.12.43
Unit 408/1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG249, B.Mk.V

s/n DG249

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DG 249

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 22.10.46
Unit 408/Rotol/1652 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG250, B.Mk.V

s/n DG250

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DG 250

Merlin XX/22

SOC 20.7.45
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG251, B.Mk.V

s/n DG251

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DG 251

Merlin XX/22

Converted to 5204M
Unit 77/518/517/1674 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG252, B.Mk.V

s/n DG252

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DG 252

Merlin XX/22

Missing on Operations 20.9.43
Unit 138
last update: 2025-February-05

1943-September-20 KIA RCAF Squadron Leader Richard Pennington Wilkin MC, DFC, MiD 2021-07-27

Halifax DG253, B.Mk.V

s/n DG253

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DG 253

Merlin XX/22

Operated by No. 408 (B) Squadron, RCAF, late 1942. Approached Tempsford too fast after ops and overshot into bushes. 18.8.43
Unit 408/138
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG270, B.Mk.V

s/n DG270

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DG 270

Merlin XX/22

Undercarriage collapsed on heavy landing at Blyton, 18.3.44
Units 77/1662
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG271, B.Mk.V

s/n DG271

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DG 271

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on take-off at Tangmere and wingtip caught the ground 4.2.43
Unit 408/138
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG272, B.Mk.V

s/n DG272

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DG 272

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 30.1.44
Unit 138/161
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG273, B.Mk.V

s/n DG273

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DG 273

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 18.12.44
Unit 77
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG274, B.Mk.V

s/n DG274

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DG 274

Merlin XX/22

Struck of Charge 22.12.44
Unit 77/518
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG275, B.Mk.V

s/n DG275

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DG 275

Merlin XX/22

Disintegrated in air near Bardney 1.10.43
77/1660 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

1943-October-01 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frank Haviland Roe 2021-08-08

Halifax DG276, B.Mk.V

s/n DG276

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DG 276

Merlin XX/22

Overshot Rufforth, groundlooped, undercarriage collapsed and aircraft caught fire 29.5.44
Unit 77/ 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG277, B.Mk.V

s/n DG277

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DG 277

Merlin XX/22

Crashed in bad visibility nearLong Marston, Yorks on approach to rufforth after night bombing exercise 15.8.44
408/1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG278, B.Mk.V

s/n DG278

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DG 278

Merlin XX/22

Force-landed at Gale Farm 3 miles southwest of Pocklington, non ops, 23.2.44
77/1664 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG279, B.Mk.V

s/n DG279

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DG 279

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 20.7.45
Unit 77/518/1674 Heavy conversion unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG280, B.Mk.V

s/n DG280

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DG 280

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 2.6.45
Units 1664 Heavy conversion unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG281, B.Mk.V

s/n DG281

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DG 281

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 26.7.44
Unit Controller of Research and Development West Freugh
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG282, B.Mk.V

s/n DG282

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DG 282

Merlin XX/22

Crashed in circuit 1/2 mile south of runway #3, Dishforth due to reduced visibility caused by smoke from train. 2.12.43
295/1664 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Conversion 1943-12-01 to 1943-12-02

1664 (B) HCU (RCAF) Croft

1943-December-02 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Henry Benedict Bellew 2024-11-11

1943-December-02 KIFA RCAF Sergeant John Harrison Catto 2024-01-20

1943-December-02 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer James Arthur Foulston 2021-08-06

1943-December-02 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Peter Ritchie Gray 2021-08-07

Halifax DG283, B.Mk.V

s/n DG283

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DG 283

Merlin XX/22

Crashed at Fawley, Henley-On-Thames non-ops 15.3.43
Unit 161
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG284, B.Mk.V

s/n DG284

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DG 284

Merlin XX/22

Crashed out of control after spiral dive at Thorne, Yorks 14.5.44
161/1660 Heavy conversion Unit/1656 Heavy Conversion Unit/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG285, B.Mk.V

s/n DG285

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DG 285

Merlin XX/22

Crashed and burnt, 6 miles south of Rennes, France while on ops 16.1.43 units 138/161.
From aviation Safety Network:
Further information: Operation Ker was an SIS Op. and according to the Provisional Operation Report prepared for the aircraft's return, it was to drop a parcel on at 47 42 05N, 01 49 25W, which is just south of a village called Sion-les-Mines (Loire-Atlantique), some 16 km W of Chateaubriant in Northern France. There were no co-ordinates given for CRAB 6, a container drop. The French underground found the aircraft burned out, south of Rennes. Seven bodies were found in the wreckage, all were interred in the Eastern Communal Cemetery, Rennes on 17th January 1943.
last update: 2025-February-05

1943-January-16 KIA RAFVR Pilot Officer Harry Sanford Readhead 2023-09-12

1943-January-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer William Wallace Roy 2024-02-07

Halifax DG286, B.Mk.V

s/n DG286

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DG 286

Merlin XX/22

Tire burst on take-off from Tempsford causing groundloop and undercarriage to collapse. 23.5.44
Units 138/161/138
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG287, B.Mk.V

s/n DG287

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DG 287

Merlin XX/22

Diverted in bad weather but abandonned due to fuel shortage, aircraft crashed at Swallow, Lincs, and burnt 8.1.44
Units 138/1660 Heavy conversion Unit/1654HCU/1656HCU/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG288, B.Mk.V

s/n DG288

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DG 288

Merlin XX/22

Stalled and crashed, undercarriage collapsing on landing at Tiree, pilot had short legs and therefor not full rudder control 17.11.43
Unit 518
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG289, B.Mk.V

s/n DG289

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DG 289

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 22.12.44
Unit 518
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG290, B.Mk.V

s/n DG290

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DG 290

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped and undercarriage collapsed on landing at Blyton 7.1.44
Unit 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG291, B.Mk.V

s/n DG291

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DG 291

Merlin XX/22

Overshot at Radlett after delivery flight 9.6.44
Unit 518/517
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG292, B.Mk.V

s/n DG292

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DG 292

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 9.6.45
Unit 1664 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG293, B.Mk.V

s/n DG293

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DG 293

Merlin XX/22

Overshot at landing at Sandtoftand hit dispersal 25.3.44
Units 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG294, B.Mk.V

s/n DG294

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DG 294

Merlin XX/22

Struck of Charge 31.8.43 (Given Cat.E. on 24.8.43 possibly related to accident suffered by DG394) Cat E is a damage category known as a write-off.
Unit 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG295, B.Mk.V

s/n DG295

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DG 295

Merlin XX/22

Crashed on bombing range east of Strensall, York, while on exercise 16.3.44
1664 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-March-16 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Joseph Louis Philippe Denis Carrier 2024-10-21

1944-March-16 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Joseph Jacques Omer Cournoyer 2025-03-01

1944-March-16 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Francis Roger Dionne 2024-10-21

1944-March-16 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 1 Alphonse Jean-Paul Normandeau 2024-10-21

1944-March-16 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Romeo Arthur Pelletier 2024-10-21

1944-March-16 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Robert Albin Walld 2024-10-21

Halifax DG296, B.Mk.V

s/n DG296

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DG 296

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 1.11.45
1664 Heavy Conversion Unit/431/1664HCU/1666HCU/
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG297, B.Mk.V

s/n DG297

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DG 297

Merlin XX/22

Collided with Halifax BB374 and force-landed at Broadwell 29.4.44
1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG298, B.Mk.V

s/n DG298

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DG 298

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 1.11.45
1667 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG299, B.Mk.V

s/n DG299

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DG 299

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 14.5.45
48 Maintenance Unit/ 33 Maintenance Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG300, B.Mk.V

s/n DG300

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DG 300

Merlin XX/22

Crash-landed at Springfield Farm, 1 mile northwest of Pocklington in bad approach 2.6.43
Unit 295/1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG301, B.Mk.V

s/n DG301

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DG 301

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 1.11.45
Units 1664 Heavy Conversion Unit/1662HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG302, B.Mk.V

s/n DG302

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DG 302

Merlin XX/22

Struck of charge 10.12.46
Unit 518/517
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG303, B.Mk.V

s/n DG303

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DG 303

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 1.11.45
Units 295/298/1665 heavy Conversion Unit/296
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG304, B.Mk.V

s/n DG304

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DG 304

Merlin XX/22

Propellor blade disintegrated in flight damging fuselage. circuits and landings at Aldergrove 19.4.45 Struck off charge 30.8.45
Units 460/518/1674 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG305, B.Mk.V

s/n DG305

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DG 305

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped at Sandtoft and undercarriage collapsed 27.3.44
Units 1661 Heavy conversion Unit/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG306, B.Mk.V

s/n DG306

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DG 306

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 18.11.46
Units 518/517
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG307, B.Mk.V

s/n DG307

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DG 307

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on landing at Sandtoft and undercarriage collapsed 31.3.44
1668 Heavy conversion Unit/1654HCU/1656HCU/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG308, B.Mk.V

s/n DG308

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DG 308

Merlin XX/22

Overshot on landing at Dishforth and undercarriage collapsed 30.1.44
1659 Heavy Conversion Unit/1664HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-January-30 Survived RCAF Squadron Leader Jack Montgomery Bissett DFM, MiD 2024-06-27

Halifax DG309, B.Mk.V

s/n DG309

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DG 309

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on take-off at Sandtoft and undercarriage collapsed
1667 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG310, B.Mk.V

s/n DG310

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DG 310

Merlin XX/22

Struck of Charge 1.11.45
1667 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG311, B.Mk.V

s/n DG311

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 311

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge after accident 16.3.44
Units 518/517
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG312, B.Mk.V

s/n DG312

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 312

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on landing at Rufforth and undercarriage collapsed 7.11.43
Units 295/1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG313, B.Mk.V

s/n DG313

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 313

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 1.11.45
Units 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit/1667 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG314, B.Mk.V

s/n DG314

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 314

Merlin XX/22

Port tire burst on take-off from Sandtoft, groundlooped and undercarriage collapsed 19.2.44
1652 Heavy Conversion Unit/1660HCU/1654HCU/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG315, B.Mk.V

s/n DG315

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 315

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 1.11.45
Units 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit/1660HCU/ 1662HCU/ 1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG316, B.Mk.V

s/n DG316

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 316

Merlin XX/22

Crashed into the sea 1/2 mile from the end of the North/South runway at Tiree after take-off 4.12.43
Units 138/518
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG317, B.Mk.V

s/n DG317

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 317

Merlin XX/22

Hit by Halifax DG347 while taxiing at Sandtoft 28.4.44
Units 1660 Heavy conversion Unit/1654 Heavy conversion Unit/1662 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG333, B. Mk. V

s/n DG333

Rootes Securities

DG 333

With No. 1664 Heavy Conversion Unit, 6 Group, when it crashed on 20 October 1943.
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG338, B.Mk.V

s/n DG338

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 338

Merlin XX/22

Tire burst on take-off from Sandtoft, groundlooped and undercarriage collapsed 30.6.44
Units 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit/1654HCU/1656HCU/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG339, B.Mk.V

s/n DG339

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 339

Merlin XX/22

On 1943-09-09, Squadron Leader A. Ross Dawson, a Technical Officer at Croft, wrote in his diary:
On September 9, during a party celebrating W/C Clark's DFC award, "About 10:30pm the phone rang & it was another prang off the runway Ã¢â‚¬" a bad one this time . . . The W/C & I jumped in his car right away and raced down to the Aerodrome in the pitch black. It was B for Bear (DG339). According to the pilot's story . . . the S.O (starboard outside) engine started to vibrate . . . and shake the whole aircraft. He was about 100 [feet] at the time . . . made a low circuit, got sort of panicky & brought her in for a belly landing . . . he headed for the grass and just missed a couple of parked aircraft. . . At the first smack he busted up all four props & tore off a few engine cowlings & radiators, then the stbd outer engine fell out on the ground bashing big hole in the wing in passing. This threw the nose up which promptly tore off the tail wheel . . . & incidentally broke the kite's back just aft of the T.E. of the wings. The nose came down again & the port outer engine fell out and she finally came to rest with debris strewn all over the field for about two hundred yards behind it. What a mess. Cat E definitely & fortunately no one was badly hurt."

last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG340, B.Mk.V

s/n DG340

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 340

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 26.7.45
Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/1664 Heavy Conversion Unit/1667 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG341, B.Mk.V

s/n DG341

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 341

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on landing at Croft and undercarriage collapsed 27.6.43
1664 Heavy Conversion Unit

On 1943-06-27, Squadron Leader A. Ross Dawson, a Technical Officer with 1664 HCU at Croft, wrote in his diary:
"Well we had our first prang today. Nobody hurt but it sure made a mess of the kite. It was a beautiful warm day and at 11:00 hrs this morning, P for Peter was making a regular landing. He started to swerve a little & in correcting for it the pupil and instructor were sort of fighting the controls and they ran off the runway, did a big sweep back across the runway & into a very violent ground loop. Both undercarriages were folded up sideways & were pushed into the wings when it came down on its belly the port wing & port tail fin scraped the ground, the port outer engine fell out of its mounting head-first on to the ground & the tail gave such a swing when she turned so sharply that it broke its back just aft of the L.E. & major spar. A Cat E with a vengeance. One wing was still overlapping the runway so we had to start getting it cleared right away. A lot of our crash equipment isn't here yet so we borrowed some lifting bags from Middleton & some pipe lines from Leeming, came back after lunch and started in. First we picked up the loose engine & carted it off to workshops, then with a little lift under each wing with lifting bags we hooked a bowser . . . to each u/c in turn & pulled them away from the wreckage. Then with a bowser to anchor the tail we started the slow process of small lifts, building up supports & then more lifts until about 10 o'clock at night we got one 4 wheel bogey under the stbd. wing root. It has it laid down [in standard procedures] that they are to go under the engine nacelle but I got the brilliant idea to put them in the new locations & it worked very well. We got the other side up by 10:30 & had her wheeled away to a dispersal by 11:00 o'clock at night after 12 hrs. solid work. We had our meals carted out by truck & were quite satisfied with the job. Now we should be able to get a few spares anyway."

last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG342, B.Mk.V

s/n DG342

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 342

Merlin XX/22

On 1943-09-08, Squadron Leader A. Ross Dawson, a Technical Officer with 1664 HCU at Croft, wrote in his diary:
"Q for Queenie DG 342 swerved on landing & tore out the stbd u/c [under carriage] on the ground loop. That seems to be the favourite method around here. It's a cat AC with stbd u/c wing, stbd outer engine, 2 stbd props & the stbd tail fin & rudder all bashed up".

last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG343, B.Mk.V

s/n DG343

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 343

Merlin XX/22

Crashed 3 miles south of Middleton, Sandberge, Co. Durham and burnt 20.10.43
Units 295/Croft/1664 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

1943-October-20 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Kenneth Fraser 2022-08-24

1943-October-20 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Albert McGurty 2021-08-17

1943-October-20 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Ellwood Smillie 2022-01-03

Halifax DG344, B.Mk.V

s/n DG344

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 344

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 20.7.45
1667 heavy conversion unit/518/517/520/1674HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG345, B.Mk.V

s/n DG345

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 345

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on landing at Sandtoft, hit halifax EB194 and undercarriage collapsed 6.6.44
1667 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG346, B.Mk.V

s/n DG346

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 346

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 1.11.45
1664 Heavy Conversion Unit/1 Ferry Unit/48 Maintenance Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG347, B.Mk.V

s/n DG347

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 347

Merlin XX/22

Hit by Halifax DG 317 which was taxiing at Sandtoft 28.4.44
1667 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG348, B.Mk.V

s/n DG348

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 348

Merlin XX/22

Swung and Groundlooped on landing at Dishforth and undercarriage collapsed 20.7.44
1664 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG349, B.Mk.V

s/n DG349

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 349

Merlin XX/22

Missing on cross country training flight 28.1.44
518/Meteorological Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG350, B.Mk.V

s/n DG350

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 350

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped at Holmesley South and undercarriage collapsed 11.5.43
Unit 295
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG351, B.Mk.V

s/n DG351

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 351

Merlin XX/22

Overshot Belton on three engines and force landed 13.4.44
1660 Heavy conversion Unit/1654HCU/1656HCU/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG352, B.Mk.V

s/n DG352

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 352

Merlin XX/22

swung on approach to Rufforth and struck a tree 19.4.43
1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG353, B.Mk.V

s/n DG353

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 353

Merlin XX/22

Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Rufforth 13.4.44
Units 76/1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG354, B.Mk.V

s/n DG354

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 354

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on take-off from Blida for ops and undercarriage collapsed 21.9.43
Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/ 301 Ferry Transfer Unit/1 Oversea Aircraft Delivery Unit/ Mediterranean Air Command
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG355, B.Mk.V

s/n DG355

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 355

Merlin XX/22

Undercarriage collapsed on take-off from Sandtoft 13.4.44
Units 76/1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG356, B.Mk.V

s/n DG356

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 356

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on landing at rufforth and undercarriage collapsed 25.4.43
1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG357, B.Mk.V

s/n DG357

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 357

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 28.9.44
Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/301 Ferry Transfer Unit/ 1575 flight/ 624/148
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG358, B.Mk.V

s/n DG358

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 358

Merlin XX/22

Control lost in storm; aircraft crashed at Bwich-y-ssundel, Wales, 23.1.44
Units 1660 Heavy conversion Unit/1654HCU/1656HCU/1677HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG359, B.Mk.V

s/n DG359

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 359

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 1.11.45
Units 1660 Heavy conversion Unit/1654hcu/1656HCU/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG360, B.Mk.V

s/n DG360

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 360

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on take-off at rufforth, braked and undercarriage collapsed 10.8.44
Unit 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG361, B.Mk.V

s/n DG361

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 361

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 1.11.45
Units 434/1664 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG362, B.Mk.V

s/n DG362

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 362

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on take-off in crosswind at Swinderbyand undercarriage torn off. 24.3.43
1660 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG363, B.Mk.V

s/n DG363

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 363

Merlin XX/22

Operated by No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*R". Caught fire at 1500 fee, stalled off steep turn and crashed into the sea 1/2 mile off Scarborough, Yorks, 7.8.44
Unit 427/1664Heavy conversion Unit/428/1664HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-August-07 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Vernon Edward Clark 2024-02-25

1944-August-07 KIFA RCAF Sergeant John William Ellis 2022-01-31

1944-August-07 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Alexander Thomas Gorman 2021-08-07

1944-August-07 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Leslie Arthur Green 2021-08-07

1944-August-07 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Archibald Stewart McTavish 2021-08-17

1944-August-07 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Gwynfryn Morgan 2021-09-23

1944-August-07 KIFA RCAF Sergeant William Lewis Southwick 2021-07-23

Halifax DG384, B.Mk.V

s/n DG384

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 384

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 1.11.45
Units 295/298/1665 Heavy conversion Unit/297
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG385, B.Mk.V

s/n DG385

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 385

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped during three engined landing at Dishforth and undercarriage collapsed 19.2.44
Unit 434/1664 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG386, B.Mk.V

s/n DG386

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 386

Merlin XX/22

Crash-landed at Epworth, Lincs, after engine failure 8.4.44
1660 Heavy Conversion Unit/1654HCU/1656HCU/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG387, B.Mk.V

s/n DG387

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 387

Merlin XX/22

Struck off chage 23.2.45
Units 295/298/644
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG388, B.Mk.V

s/n DG388

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 388

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 1.11.45
295/298/1664 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG389, B.Mk.V

s/n DG389

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 389

Merlin XX/22

Power lost on take-off from Rufforth, crashed landed near base and burnt. 19.7.43
1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG390, B.Mk.V

s/n DG390

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 390

Merlin XX/22

Crashed and burned 2 miles northeast of Sopley, Hants, due to engine failure. 16.5.43
Unit 295
last update: 2025-February-05

1943-May-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Melvin Wilson Collins 2024-04-29

1943-May-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Donald James Smith 2021-07-28

Halifax DG391, B.Mk.V

s/n DG391

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 391

Merlin XX/22

Missing in transit from UK to Gibralter 21.7.43
Unit 295
last update: 2025-February-05

1943-July-21 KIA RAFVR Wing Commander Wallace Stanley Barton DFC 2024-11-09

Halifax DG392, B.Mk.V

s/n DG392

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 392

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 21.2.45
Unit 295/298/644
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG393, B.Mk.V

s/n DG393

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 393

Merlin XX/22

Crashed on approach to Rabat-Sale after ferry flight. 22.8.43
Unit 295
last update: 2025-February-05

1943-August-22 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Irwin James Clark 2024-02-25

Halifax DG394, B.Mk.V

s/n DG394

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 394

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on take-off from Rufforth, spun around and underacrriage collapsed. 24.8.43
1663 Heavy conversion Unit/76/1663 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG395, B.Mk.V

s/n DG395

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 395

Merlin XX/22

Crashed and burned 2 miles east of Thorne, Yorks, after take-off from Sandtoft 26.6.44
1662 Heavy Conversion Unit/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG396, B.Mk.V

s/n DG396

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 396

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 1.4.45
Units 295/148
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG397, B.Mk.V

s/n DG397

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 397

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 1.11.46
1662 Heavy conversion Unit/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG398, B.Mk.V

s/n DG398

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 398

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 1.11.45
1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG399, B.Mk.V

s/n DG399

m/d H.P.57

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 399

Merlin XX/22

Delivered to Canada as production model by No. 1 Ferry Unit, RAF. Used as teaching aid at the Flight Engineers School at St. Thomas, Ontario. Scrapped at nearby Aylmer, Ontario in 1947, scrap metal shipped to the US by railway.
Units 1663 Heavy conversion Unit/1 Oversea aircraft Preparation Unit/1 Ferry Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

   1944-July-17 Classified Instructional A 424 2020-06-13
   1944-July-17 Taken on Strength CA not flown, Instructional only. 2020-06-13
   1947-March-28 Struck off Strength CA 2020-06-13

📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 487 | 1968 531

Halifax DG400, B.Mk.V

s/n DG400

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 400

Merlin XX/22

Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Holme-On-Spalding Moor, 18.9.43
Unit 1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG401, B.Mk.V

s/n DG401

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 401

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on three-engined landing at Pocklington and undercarriage collapsed 8.2.44
1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG402, B.Mk.V

s/n DG402

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 402

Merlin XX/22

Crashed and burnt on high ground at Keys Beck, 1.5 miles west of Low Hill, North York Moors while on training flight 5.9.43
Unit 1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

1943-September-05 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Wallace John Robert Blakeley 2025-01-25

1943-September-05 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Mercer Todd 2025-01-24

Halifax DG403, B.Mk.V

s/n DG403

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 403

Merlin XX/22

Force landed near Butterwick, Lincs, after engine failure and burnt 24.5.44
Units 1660 Heavy conversion Unit/1662HCU/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG404, B.Mk.V

s/n DG404

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 404

Merlin XX/22

Crashed on high ground at Heathfield Moor, near Pately Bridge, Yorks, while on training flight 12.7.43
1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG405, B.Mk.V

s/n DG405

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 405

Merlin XX/22

Failed to Return, Special Operations Executive operations, Catarrh (Holland) 23.6.43
Unit 161
last update: 2025-February-05

1943-June-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Maynard Hazlett Moore 2021-08-16

Halifax Dg406, B.Mk.V

s/n Dg406

Rootes Securities Ltd

Dg 406

Merlin XX/22

Failed To Return, Special Operations Executive operations, charlotte 12.6.43
Unit 161
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG407, B.Mk.V

s/n DG407

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 407

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on take-off from rufforth and undercarriage collapsed, burnt 2.9.44
1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG408, B.Mk.V

s/n DG408

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 408

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 29.6.43
1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG409, B.Mk.V

s/n DG409

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 409

Merlin XX/22

Port inside engine cut on take-off from Tempsford, groundlooped, struck object and undercarriage collapsed 13.4.43
Unit 161
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG410, B.Mk.V

s/n DG410

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 410

Merlin XX/22

Struck off Charge 2.6.45
Unit 1663 Heavy conversion Unit/1667HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG411, B.Mk.V

s/n DG411

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 411

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on landing at rufforth and undercarriage collapsed 5.8.44
1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG412, B.Mk.V

s/n DG412

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 412

Merlin XX/22

Broke up after being hit by flak on opsand crashed and burnt at Langtree 4 miles southwest of Gt. Torrington, Devon 27.8.43
Unit 1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG413, B.Mk.V

s/n DG413

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 413

Merlin XX/22

Starboard wing broke off at 6,000 feet during fighter affiliation sortie, crashed three miles south of Driffield, Yorks and burnt 6.4.43
1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG414, B.Mk.V

s/n DG414

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 414

Merlin XX/22

Crashed and burnt at Ackborough, Yorks, during low flying on three engines 5.7.44
Units 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit/1667 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG415, B.Mk.V

s/n DG415

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 415

Merlin XX/22

Starboard inner propellor and cowling flew off in flight, aircraft crashed and burnt at Bempton near Bridlington, Yorks 7.9.43
1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG416, B.Mk.V

s/n DG416

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 416

Merlin XX/22

Overshot on landing at Rufforth, groundlooped and undercarriage collapsed 25.5.44
1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG417, B.Mk.V

s/n DG417

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 417

Merlin XX/22

Crashed during cross-country on Caernarvon Mountain 3.9.44
1663 Heavy Conversion Unit/1656HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG418, B.Mk.V

s/n DG418

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 418

Merlin XX/22

Struck off charge 1.11.45
Unit 1663 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG419, B.Mk.V

s/n DG419

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 419

Merlin XX/22

Control lost during feathering training, aircraft crashed and burnt at Fridaythorpe 5.5.43
1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG420, B.Mk.V

s/n DG420

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 420

Merlin XX/22

collided with Halifax R9497 in midaircrashed and burnt at Copmanthorpe, Yorks 19.8.43
1663 Heavy Conversion Unit/76/1663HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

1943-August-19 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Murray Wallace Bonner 2024-11-14

1943-August-19 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Albert Edward Gilverson 2025-01-27

Halifax DG421, B.Mk.V

s/n DG421

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 421

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on landing at Pocklington and undercarriage collapsed 18.6.43
1663 Heavy Conversion Unit/76/1663HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG422, B.Mk.V

s/n DG422

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 422

Merlin XX/22

Undershot runway at Rufforth, hit ditch and undercarriage retracted 26.9.44
1663 Heavy Conversion Unit/76/1663 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax DG423, B.Mk.V

s/n DG423

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 423

Merlin XX/22

Failed to Return, Duisberg, 27.4.43 Crashed in Amsterdam
1663 Heavy conversion Unit/76
last update: 2025-February-05

1943-April-27 KIA RCAF Sergeant Clifford Clarence Strain 2021-07-27

Halifax DG424, B.Mk.V

s/n DG424

Rootes Securities Ltd

DG 424

Merlin XX/22

Groundlooped on landing and undercarriage collapsed 14.7.44
1656 Heavy conversion Unit/1662HCU
last update: 2025-February-05

Serial Range (clickable)	Count	Manufacturer
L7244-L9624	102	Handley Page Ltd
R9363-R9540	100	Handley Page Ltd
V9976-V9994	19	English Electric Co Ltd
W1002-W7939	381	Handley Page Ltd
BB189-BB446	200	London Passenger Transport Board
DG219-DG424	150	Rootes Securities Ltd
DJ980-DJ999	20	Fairey Aviation Co Ltd
DK114-DK271	130	Fairey Aviation Co Ltd
DT476-DT808	250	English Electric Co Ltd
EB127-EB276	100	Rootes Securities Ltd
HR654-HR988	250	Handley Page Ltd
HX147-HX357	150	Handley Page Ltd
JB363-JB974	127	English Electric Co Ltd
JD105-JD476	223	English Electric Co Ltd
JN882-JN978	83	London Passenger Transport Board
JP107-JP532	167	London Passenger Transport Board
LK626-LK999	287	Fairey Aviation Co Ltd
LL112-LL615	393	Rootes Securities Ltd
LV771-LV999	166	Handley Page Ltd
LW113-LW724	434	English Electric Co Ltd
MZ282-MZ989	585	London Passenger Transport Board
NA102-NA704	475	Fairey Aviation Co Ltd
NP681-NP999	259	Handley Page Ltd
NR113-NR290	141	English Electric Co Ltd
PN167-PN460	211	Fairey Aviation Co Ltd
PP165-PP389	177	Handley Page Ltd
RG345-RG879	400	English Electric Co Ltd
RT753-RT938	150	Handley Page Ltd
ST794-ST818	25	English Electric Co Ltd
TW774-TW796	23	Handley Page Ltd
Total ....	6,178

Killed in action, Killed in Flying Accident	3,500	+
Prisoner of War, Interned in a neutral country	1,200	+
Shot Down, Evaded Capture	200	+
Survived Catasrophic events	200
total	5,100	+

	Prototype	2
	Mark I	84
	Mark II	1,977
	Mark III	2,090
	Mark IV	0
	Mark V	904
	Mark VI	468
	Mark VII	408
	Mark VIII	100
	Mark IX	145
	total aircraft	6,178

	Merlin X, XX/22 (86 and 2,881)	2,967
	Hercules XVI, 100 (2,643 and 568)	3,211
	total (4 per aircraft)	6,178

General characteristics:
Crew:	7 (typical)
Length:	69 ft 9 in (21.25 m)
Wingspan:	98 ft 10 in (30.12 m)
Wing area:	1,250 sq ft (116.12 m2)
Height:	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Airfoil:	Root: NACA 23021, Tip: NACA 23007
Empty weight:	Mk. I Series 1: 33,860 lb. (15,359 kg)
Max takeoff weight:	Mk.I Series 1 (early): 55,000 lb (24,970 kg) Mk.I Series 1 (late): 58,000 lb (kg) Mk.I Series 2 & 3: 60,000 lb (27,240 kg)
Fuel capacity:	Mk.I Series 1 & 2: 1,392 Imp gal (6,328 L) Mk.I Series 3: 1,636 Imp gal (7,437 L)
Powerplants:	4 x Rolls-Royce or Ford UK built Merlin X liquid-cooled V-12 piston engines with power output of 1,130 hp (840 kW) each
Propellers:	3-bladed Rotol hydraulic constant-speed fully feathering metal or wooden bladed propellers with diameters between 12 and 13 ft (3.65 and 3.96 m)
Performance:
Maximum speed:	255 mph (410 km/h)
Cruising speed:	195 mph (313 km/h)
Range:	1,860 mi (2,993 km)
Service ceiling:	18,000 ft (5,486 m)
Armament
Primary	two 0.303-inch (7.7 mm) Browning Mark II machine guns in Boulton Paul Type C nose turret, two twin beam mounted .303-inch (7.7 mm) Vickers Gas Operated "K" machine guns and four 0.303-inch (7.7 mm) Browning Mark II machine guns in Boulton Paul Type E rear turret
Alternative/additional:	Boulton Paul Type K ventral turret with two 0.303-inch (7.7 mm) Browning Mark II machine guns (briefly fitted in small numbers to some early Halifax Mk.I aircraft)
Bomb load:	7,500 lb (3,401) consisting of combinations of 2,000 lb AP, 2,000 lb HC, 1,000 lb GP, 500 lb GP or 250 lb GP bombs, or various quantities of 4 lb incendiaries installed in Small Bomb Containers 3 x 1,500 lb (839 kg) Parachute Anti-Shipping Mines
Electronics
Communication and navigation equipment:	TR9F: HF R/T radio transceiver T1083: High frequency W/T transmitter R1082: High frequency W/T & direction finding receiver ARI 5033/5083 GEE Mk.I/II: Radio navigation system Lorenz Standard Beam Approach: Runway blind approach system
Radio Countermeasures:	ARI 5000 Mk.II: IFF Friend or Foe radar identification system

General characteristics:
Crew:	7 (typical)
Length:	Pre-Mod.452 (Perspex nose): 69 ft 9 in (21.25 m) Post-Mod.452: 71 ft 7 in (21.82 m)
Wingspan:	98 ft 10 in (30.12 m)
Wing area:	1,250 sq ft (116.12 m2)
Height:	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Airfoil:	Root: NACA 23021 Tip: NACA 23007
Empty weight:	Mk. II Srs 1A: 35,270 lb. (16,000 kg)
Max takeoff weight:	60,000 lb (27,240 kg) Series 1A: 63,000 lb (kg)
Fuel capacity:	1,882 Imp gal (8,555 L)
Powerplants:	4 x Rolls-Royce or Ford UK built Merlin XX or 22 liquid-cooled V-12 piston engines with power output between 1,280 hp (831 kW) and 1,435 hp (897 kW) each
Propellers:	3 or 4-bladed Rotol hydraulic constant-speed fully feathering wooden bladed propellers with diameters between 12 and 13 ft (3.65 and 3.96 m)
Performance:
Maximum speed:	254 mph (408 km/h)
Cruising speed:	190 mph (305 km/h)
Range:	1,900 mi (3,057 km)
Service ceiling:	22,000 ft (6,705 m)
Armament
Primary	(earlier aircraft only): Two 0.303-inch (7.7 mm) Browning Mark II machine guns in Boulton Paul Type C nose and mid-upper turrets, and four 0.303-inch (7.7 mm) Browning Mark II machine guns in Boulton Paul Type E rear turret (later aircraft only): Four 0.303-inch (7.7 mm) Browning Mark II machine guns in Boulton Paul Type A mid-upper turret, and four 0.303-inch (7.7 mm) Browning Mark II machine guns in Boulton Paul Type E rear turret
Alternative/additional:	One 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Browning AN/M2 machine gun in nose (Coastal Command aircraft (GR variant) only)
Bomb load:	Varying between 7,500 and 13,000 lb (3,401 and 5,903 kg) and consisting of combinations of 2,000 lb AP, 2,000 lb HC, 4,000 lb HC, 250 lb, 500 lb, 1,000 lb bombs, or various sizes of incendiary bombs installed in Small Bomb Containers or Cluster Projectiles 8 x 250lb (113 kg) depth charges 3 x 1,500 lb (839 kg) Parachute Anti-Shipping Mines
Electronics
Communication and navigation equipment:	TR9F: HF R/T radio transceiver TR1196: HF R/T radio transceiver TR1143/SCR522: VHF R/T radio transceiver T1083: High frequency W/T transmitter R1082: High frequency W/T & direction finding receiver T1154: Medium and High frequency W/T transmitter R1155: Medium and High frequency W/T & direction finding receiver ARI 5033/5083 GEE Mk.I/II: Radio navigation system ARI 5560/5564 H2S Mk.II/III: Radar navigation/target finding system TR3190/3160 Lucero Mk.I & II: H2S adapter to permit interrogation of/homing onto radar navigation beacons, Eureka beacons & IFF AN/APN-4 LORAN: Long range radio navigation system AN/AP1 (AYD): Low range radar altimeter SCR-718-C: High range radar altimeter Lorenz Standard Beam Approach: Runway blind approach system ARI 5506/5162/5787 Rebecca Mk.II: Radar interrogator to permit homing onto radar navigation beacons, Eureka beacons & IFF ARI 5119 ASV Mk.III: Centimetric radar ship/submarine target finding system
Radio Countermeasures:	ARI 5000/5025/5640 IFF Mk.II & III: Friend or Foe radar identification system ARI 5171/5625/5672/5769 Mandrel: Freya and Würzburg radar jamming system ARI 5538/5557 Boozer Mk.I & II: Passive radar warning receiver ARI 5122 Monica Mk.I: Active tail warning radar Fishpond: Fighter warning radar add-on to H2S

	English Electric Co Ltd	2,145
	Handley Page Ltd	1,592
	Rootes Securities Ltd	1,070
	London Passenger Transport Board	710
	Fairey Aviation Co Ltd	661
	total	6,178

CASPIR Resources

External Resources

Handley Page Halifax Serial Groups Specifications

Halifax DG219, B.Mk.II

Halifax DG220, B.Mk.II

Halifax DG221, B.Mk.II

Halifax DG222, B.Mk.II

Halifax DG223, B.Mk.II

Halifax DG224, B.Mk.II

Bombing Essen Germany 1942-06-08 to 1942-06-09

405 (B) Sqn (RCAF) Pocklington

Halifax DG225, B.Mk.II

Halifax DG226, B.Mk.II

Halifax DG227, B.Mk.II

Halifax DG228, B.Mk.II

Bombing Krefeld Germany 1942-10-02 to 1942-10-03

405 (B) Sqn (RCAF) Topcliffe

Halifax DG229, B.Mk.II

Halifax DG230, B.Mk.II

Halifax DG231, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG232, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG233, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG234, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG235, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG236, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG237, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG238, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG239, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG240, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG241, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG242, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG243, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG244, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG245, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG246, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG247, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG248, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG249, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG250, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG251, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG252, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG253, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG270, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG271, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG272, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG273, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG274, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG275, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG276, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG277, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG278, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG279, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG280, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG281, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG282, B.Mk.V

Conversion 1943-12-01 to 1943-12-02

1664 (B) HCU (RCAF) Croft

Halifax DG283, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG284, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG285, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG286, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG287, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG288, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG289, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG290, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG291, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG292, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG293, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG294, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG295, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG296, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG297, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG298, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG299, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG300, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG301, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG302, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG303, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG304, B.Mk.V

Halifax DG305, B.Mk.V

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