Halifax (Total: 6,178, Canadian: 168, Group 167)
Handley Page Halifax
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
Halifax Heavy Bomber WWII
Wikipedia Halifax Bomber
National Air Force Museum of CanadaHalifax JP107, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP107
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 107
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP108, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP108
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 108
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP109, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP109
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 109
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP110, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP110
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 110
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP111, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP111
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 111
Merlin XX/22
Units 419/3 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/ 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/301 Ferry Transfer Unit/614
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP112, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP112
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 112
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP113, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP113
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 113
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP114, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP114
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 114
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP115, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP115
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 115
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP116, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP116
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 116
Merlin XX/22
1659 Heavy conversion Unit/1664 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP117, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP117
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 117
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP118, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP118
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 118
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP119, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP119
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 119
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-01-28 to 1944-01-29
419 (B) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Middleton St. George
Battle of Berlin
677 aircraft - 432 Lancasters, 241 Halifaxes, 4 Mosquitoes. Part of the German fighter force was drawn up by the early diversions and the bomber approach route over Northern Denmark proved too distant for some of the other German fighters. The German controller was, however, able to concentrate his fighters over the target and many aircraft were shot down there. 46 aircraft - 26 Halifaxes, 20 Lancasters - lost, 6·8 per cent of the force.
.The cloud over Berlin was broken and some ground-marking was possible but the Bomber Command claim that this was the most concentrated attack of this period is not quite fully confirmed by German records. The western and southern districts were hit but so too were 77 places outside the. city. The Berlin recording system was now showing an increasing deterioration. No overall figure for property damage was recorded; approximately 180,000 people were bombed out on this night. Although many industrial firms were again hit, the feature of this night is the unusually high proportion of administrative and public buildings appearing in the lists of buildings hit: the new Chancellery, 4 theatres, the 'French' cathedral, 6 hospitals, 5 embassies, the State Patent Office, etc. The report concludes with this entry: 'The casualties are still not known but they are bound to be considerable. It is reported that a vast amount of wreckage must still be cleared; rescue workers are among the mountains of it..
source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
419 Moose Squadron (Moosa aswayita) RAF Middleton St George. Halifax BII aircraft JP 119 VR-O was a attacked by a night fighter, possibly Oberfeldwebel Hans Berschwinger of the 4/NJG 2 before suffering a mid-air collision with 7 Squadron RAF Lancaster aircraft JA 718 during a raid on industrial targets in western and southern Berlin, Germany. Both aircraft crashed in the same area near Zuhlen, Rheinsberg, Brandenburg, Germany
The entire crew of Halifax JP 119 VR-O were lost. Two of seven crew on Lancaster III aircraft JA 718 MG-T were missing, presumed killed in action and three others killed in action. Two crew member from Lancaster JA 718 survived to become Prisoners of War
Pilot Officer F H Palmer (RCAF) and Pilot Officer E Milner (RCAF) on Halifax JP 119 were missing, presumed killed in action. The missing have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
The other crew members of Halifax JP 119: Flying Officer S J Gibson (RCAF), Flying Officer F Forrest (RCAF), Flying Officer G E Lemmerick (RCAF), Pilot Officer R Tarbet (RCAF), Sergeant J H Parrott (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant F P Reilly (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
1944-January-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Frederick Forrest 2024-04-13 1944-January-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Stanwill John Gibson 2024-04-13 1944-January-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Earl Lemmerick 2024-04-22 1944-January-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Evan Milner 2023-12-22
1944-January-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Freeman Henry Palmer 2023-12-22
1944-January-29 KIA RAFVR Sergeant James Harrison Parrott 2024-04-24 1944-January-29 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Francis Patrick Reilly 2024-05-01 1944-January-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Tarbet 2024-05-03 Halifax JP120, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP120
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 120
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP121, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP121
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 121
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP122, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP122
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 122
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP123, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP123
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 123
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP124, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP124
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 124
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP125, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP125
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 125
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP126, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP126
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 126
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP127, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP127
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 127
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP128, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP128
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 128
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP129, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP129
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 129
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP130, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP130
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 130
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP131, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP131
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 131
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP132, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP132
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 132
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP133, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP133
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 133
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP134, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP134
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 134
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP135, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP135
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 135
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP136, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP136
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 136
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP137, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP137
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 137
Merlin XX/22
Units 1 Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit/ 301 Ferry Transfer Unit/ 3 Overseas Aircraft Delivery unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP159, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP159
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 159
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP160, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP160
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 160
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP161, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP161
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 161
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP162, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP162
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 162
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
SOE 1944-08-04 to 1944-08-05
148 (SD) Sqn (RAF) Campo Casale, Brindisi, Italy
148 Squadron (Trusty) RAF, Campo Casale, Brindisi, Italy. Halifax II aircraft JP 162 FS-S was returning from a successful operation to drop supplies for the Polish Home Army at Miechoiwa near Krakow, Poland when it was attacked and shot down by a ME-110 night fighter flown by Fw Helmut Konter of INJG 100. The Halifax crashed near the village of Wojnarowa, Poland with the loss of three air crew
Sergeant C Aspinall (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant JG McCall (RAFVR) and Sergeant JFC Rae (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Flying Officer PJ Anderson (RCAF), Sergeant RO Peterson (RCAF), Sergeant WC Underwood (RAFVR) and Sergeant A Jolly (RAFVR) survived and all evaded capture and joined the Partisans until liberated and returned to the UK in March of 1945
Flights of the Forgotten, Special Duties Operations in World War Two by KA Merrick, page 208 [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
148 Squadron Halifax II JP162 FS-S Fl/Lt McCall Wojnarowa Poland...
Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf
75 rocznica zesterzelenia samolotu Halifax JP 162 Korzenna - YouTube
1944-August-05 Evader RCAF Flying Officer Phillip James Anderson 2024-11-02 1944-August-05 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Clifford Aspinall 2024-11-03 1944-August-05 Evader RAFVR Sergeant Alan Jolly 2023-06-12 1944-August-05 KIA RAFVR Flight Lieutenant James Girvan McCall 2023-06-12 1944-August-05 Evader RCAF Sergeant Robert Orlando Peterson 2023-06-12 1944-August-05 KIA RAFVR Sergeant John Frederick Cairney Rae 2023-06-12 1944-August-05 Evader RAFVR Sergeant Walter Charles Underwood 2023-06-12 Halifax JP163, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP163
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 163
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP164, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP164
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 164
Merlin XX/22
Unit 502
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP165, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP165
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 165
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP166, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP166
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 166
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP167, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP167
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 167
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP168, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP168
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 168
Merlin XX/22
Unit 502
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP169, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP169
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 169
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP170, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP170
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 170
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP171, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP171
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 171
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP172, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP172
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 172
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP173, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP173
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 173
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP174, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP174
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 174
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP175, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP175
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 175
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP176, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP176
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 176
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP177, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP177
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 177
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP178, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP178
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 178
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP179, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP179
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 179
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP180, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP180
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 180
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP181, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP181
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 181
Merlin XX/22
Units 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/301 Ferry Transfer Unit/ 1586 Flt
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP182, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP182
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 182
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP183, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP183
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 183
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP184, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP184
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 184
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP185, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP185
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 185
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP186, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP186
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 186
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP187, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP187
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 187
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP188, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP188
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 188
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP189, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP189
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 189
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP190, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP190
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 190
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP191, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP191
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 191
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP192, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP192
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 192
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP193, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP193
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 193
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP194, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP194
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 194
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP195, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP195
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 195
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP196, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP196
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 196
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP197, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP197
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 197
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP198, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP198
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 198
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP199, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP199
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 199
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP200, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP200
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 200
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP201, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP201
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 201
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP202, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP202
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 202
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Minelaying Fakse Bugt Denmark 1944-04-18 to 1944-04-19
419 (B) Sqn (RCAF) Middleton St. George
Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded VR*T. Failed to return from mining operation to Rostock, Fakse Bay, and Kiel Bay on 18 / 19 April 1944. All 7 crew were killed. Crashed near Nymindegab, Denmark.
1944-April-19 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Roy Orson Dwyer 2024-10-31 1944-April-19 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Ernest Joseph Gares 2022-12-12 1944-April-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Desmond Loftus Lewis-Watts 2022-12-12 1944-April-19 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Michael Joseph Petrina 2023-08-30 1944-April-19 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Denis Quinn 2023-08-28 1944-April-19 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Douglas Francis Christian Weeks 2022-12-12 Halifax JP203, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP203
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 203
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP204, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP204
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 204
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
1944-October-02 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Gordon Farrell Cumming 2024-05-26 1944-October-02 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Maurice Jack Hamblin 2022-10-05 1944-October-02 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Clyde John Hogan 2021-08-10 1944-October-02 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Earl William Reid 2021-08-10 1944-October-02 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Roy Smith 2021-07-20 Halifax JP205, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP205
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 205
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP206, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP206
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 206
Merlin XX/22
units 1 Overseas aircraft Preparation Unit/ 301 Ferry Transfer Unit/ 624
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP207, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP207
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 207
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP220, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP220
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 220
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP221, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP221
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 221
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP222, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP222
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 222
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP223, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP223
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 223
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP224, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP224
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 224
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP225, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP225
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 225
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP226, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP226
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 226
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP227, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP227
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 227
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP228, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP228
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 228
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP229, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP229
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 229
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP230, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP230
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 230
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP231, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP231
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 231
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP232, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP232
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 232
Merlin XX/22
Units 1 Overseas aircraft Preparation Unit/ 614/ 1586 Flt/614
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP233, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP233
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 233
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP234, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP234
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 234
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP235, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP235
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 235
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP236, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP236
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 236
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP237, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP237
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 237
Merlin XX/22
units 1 Overseas aircraft Preparation Unit/ 301 Ferry Transfer unit/ 148
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP238, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP238
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 238
Merlin XX/22
Units 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/ 301 Ferry Transfer unit/ 3 Overseas aircraft Delivery Unit/ 624
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP239, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP239
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 239
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP240, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP240
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 240
Merlin XX/22
1 overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/ 301 Ferry Transfer Unit/ 3 Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit/ 624
last update: 2025-February-05
1944-June-25 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Lloyd Weldon Burnside 2024-08-08 1944-June-25 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Francis Anthony Coady 2025-03-27 1944-June-25 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Dalton Morgan Corbett 2024-04-15 1944-June-25 KIA Army Captain Brian George Dalziel 2024-08-08 1944-June-25 KIA RCAF Sergeant William Charles Ellis 2024-08-08 1944-June-25 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Earl Duncan McDermid 2024-08-08 1944-June-25 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Robert Howard Sneath 2024-08-08 1944-June-25 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Robert William Whitelam 2024-08-08 Halifax JP241, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP241
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 241
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP242, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP242
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 242
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP243, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP243
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 243
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP244, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP244
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 244
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP245, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP245
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 245
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP246, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP246
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 246
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP247, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP247
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 247
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
SOE 1944-07-04 to 1944-07-04
148 (SD) Sqn (RAF) Brindisi, Italy
148 Special Duties Squadron RAF (Trusty) Brindisi, Italy. Halifax aircraft JP 247 FS-E failed to return from Operation 106A, a supply-drop mission to partisans. The Halifax was shot down by a night fighter, crashing near Sombor, Yugoslavia
The pilot, Flight Lieutenant GR Wood (RAFVR) and Rear Air Gunner Flight Sergeant JW Hern (RAF) were killed in actionFlight Lieutenant NC MacPherson (RCAF), Warrant Officer 1st Class MD McDowell (RCAF), Flight Sergeant PH Hodgson (RAF), Flight sergeant JE Taylor (RAF) and Sergeant WB Urwin (RAF) all survived to be taken as Prisoners of War
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
1944-July-04 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant James William Hern 2023-10-02 1944-July-04 PoW RAF Flight Sergeant Percival Hesketh Hodgson 2023-10-02 1944-July-04 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Neil Copeland MacPherson 2023-10-02 1944-July-04 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Manson Donald McDowell 2023-10-02 1944-July-04 PoW RAF Flight Sergeant John Ernest Taylor 2025-01-14 1944-July-04 PoW RAF Sergeant William Brady Urwin 2023-09-26 1944-July-04 KIA RAFVR Flight Lieutenant George Raymond Wood 2023-10-02 Halifax JP248, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP248
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 248
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last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP249, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP249
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 249
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP250, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP250
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 250
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP251, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP251
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 251
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP252, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP252
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 252
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP253, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP253
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 253
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP254, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP254
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 254
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP255, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP255
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 255
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP256, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP256
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 256
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP257, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP257
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 257
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP258, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP258
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 258
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP259, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP259
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 259
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP275, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP275
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 275
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP276, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP276
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 276
Merlin XX/22
Units 1 Overseas aircraft Preparation Unit/ Mediterranean Allied Air Forces/ 148
last update: 2025-February-05
1944-August-05 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Arnold Raymond Blynn 2025-01-26 1944-August-05 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown 2025-03-13 1944-August-05 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer George Alfred Chapman 2024-01-31 1944-August-05 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Arthur George William Liddell 2025-01-26 1944-August-05 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Burton Wylie 2025-01-26 Halifax JP277, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP277
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 277
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP278, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP278
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 278
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP279, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP279
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 279
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP280, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP280
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 280
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP281, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP281
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 281
Merlin XX/22
Halifax JP282, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP282
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 282
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP283, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP283
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 283
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP284, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP284
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 284
Merlin XX/22
Units 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/ 1 Ferry Unit/ 148
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP285, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP285
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 285
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP286, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP286
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 286
Merlin XX/22
Units 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/ 1 Ferry Unit/ 148
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP287, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP287
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 287
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP288, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP288
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 288
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP289, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP289
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 289
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP290, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP290
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 290
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP291, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP291
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 291
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP292, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP292
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 292
Merlin XX/22
Units 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/ 1 Ferry Unit/ 148
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP293, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP293
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 293
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP294, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP294
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 294
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP295, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP295
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 295
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP296, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP296
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 296
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP297, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP297
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 297
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP298, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP298
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 298
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP299, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP299
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 299
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP300, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP300
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 300
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP301, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP301
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 301
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP319, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP319
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 319
Merlin XX/22
Halifax JP320, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP320
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 320
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP321, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP321
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 321
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP322, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP322
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 322
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP323, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP323
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 323
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP324, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP324
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 324
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP325, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP325
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 325
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP326, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP326
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 326
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP327, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP327
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 327
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP328, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP328
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 328
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP329, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP329
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 329
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP330, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP330
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 330
Merlin XX/22
Unit 58
last update: 2025-February-05
1945-April-26 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Alan Burkitt 2024-11-24 1945-April-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Kenneth George William Henderson 2025-03-26 1945-April-26 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Holden 2025-03-26 1945-April-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Allan Francis Juby 2025-03-26 1945-April-26 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Meyrick Larkin 2025-03-26 1945-April-26 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Raymond Liddell 2025-03-26 1945-April-26 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Thomas Claude Robson 2025-03-26 Halifax JP331, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP331
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 331
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP332, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP332
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 332
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP333, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP333
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 333
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP334, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP334
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 334
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP335, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP335
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 335
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP336, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP336
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 336
Merlin XX/22
Units 502/58
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax JP337, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP337
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 337
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP338, B/GR.Mk.II
s/n JP338
London Passenger Transport Board
JP 338
Merlin XX/22
last update: 2025-April-18
Halifax JP532, B. Mk. II
s/n JP532
JP 532
last update: 2025-February-05