Halifax (Total: 6,178, Canadian: 168, Group 167)

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

YouTube Halifax Heavy Bomber WWII

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Wikipedia Halifax Bomber

Museum National Air Force Museum of Canada

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP107

s/n JP107

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 107

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP108

s/n JP108

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 108

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP109

s/n JP109

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 109

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP110

s/n JP110

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 110

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP111

s/n JP111

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 111

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 419

Failed to Return, Bucharest, 8.5.44
Units 419/3 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/ 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/301 Ferry Transfer Unit/614
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP112

s/n JP112

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 112

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 419

Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*R".
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP113

s/n JP113

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 113

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 428

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded NA*A. Named "Git Up Them Stairs". Shot up by a night-fighter on 20 / 21 April 1944 and crashed at Attlebridge.
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-April-21 Accident Crash Shot up by a night-fighter and crashed at Attlebridge. 2019-08-20

1944-April-21 Evader RCAF Flying Officer N R McGregor 2021-04-17

1944-April-21 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Arthur Hugh Murphy 2023-09-19

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP114

s/n JP114

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 114

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 3 OAPU/1 OAPU/301 FTU/3OADU/614

SOC 4.45
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP115

s/n JP115

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 115

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 1659;1664

Struck off charge, 1.11.45
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP116

s/n JP116

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 116

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 1659;1664

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

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP117

s/n JP117

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 117

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP118

s/n JP118

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 118

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP119

s/n JP119

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 119

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 419

Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF. Mining operation to Brest and St. Nazaire 6/7 January 1944, while coded "VR*O". Coded VR*X" when lost. Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 28 / 29 January 1944. All were killed.
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-January-29 Failed to Return Failed to return from attack on Berlin. All were killed. 2019-08-20

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, 6Â·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

unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

unvetted Source 419 Squadron RCAF 1941 to 1945 Crew of Halifax JP119

unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

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 B/GR.Mk.II serial JP120

s/n JP120

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 120

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP121

s/n JP121

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 121

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 419;35

Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*S".
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-February-20 PoW RCAF Flying Officer James Gray Leslie 2023-07-14

1944-February-20 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Francis Norman Paisley 2021-08-31

1944-February-20 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Frederick Iredale Stephens 2023-10-02

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP122

s/n JP122

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 122

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 428;1664

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*J".
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP123

s/n JP123

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 123

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP124

s/n JP124

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 124

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 428

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*N".
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP125

s/n JP125

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 125

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 419

Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*L". Crashed at Ford on return from raid on rail yards at Aulnoye on 25/26 March 1943, crew OK.
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-March-26 Accident Crash Crashed at Ford on return from raid on rail yards at Aulnoye, crew OK. 2019-08-20

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP126

s/n JP126

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 126

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP127

s/n JP127

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 127

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 428;1659;1666

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*T". Bombed Berlin 28/29 March 1944.
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP128

s/n JP128

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 128

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP129

s/n JP129

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 129

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP130

s/n JP130

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 130

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 419;428;1664

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*Y".
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP131

s/n JP131

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 131

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 419;419;1666

Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*S".
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP132

s/n JP132

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 132

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 428;1659;1666

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*D".
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP133

s/n JP133

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 133

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP134

s/n JP134

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 134

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP135

s/n JP135

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 135

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP136

s/n JP136

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 136

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;614

last update: 2025-June-12

1944-August-22 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Douglas James Heath 2022-11-02

1944-August-22 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Samuel Noah Kwinter 2023-07-16

1944-August-22 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Thomas Bernard Sparrow 2021-07-23

1944-August-22 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Norman Stuart Yates 2021-07-17

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP137

s/n JP137

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 137

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;1658

Crashed and burned behind Meadow Court flat, moordown, Bournemouth, after take-off from Hurn for Middle East 21.3.44
Units 1 Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit/ 301 Ferry Transfer Unit/ 3 Overseas Aircraft Delivery unit
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-March-21 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Reginald Roth Well McGregor 2021-04-17

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP159

s/n JP159

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 159

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP160

s/n JP160

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 160

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP161

s/n JP161

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 161

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP162

s/n JP162

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 162

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

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

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unvetted Source 148 Squadron Halifax II JP162 FS-S Fl/Lt McCall Wojnarowa Poland...

unvetted Source McCall

unvetted Source Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf

unvetted Source 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 B/GR.Mk.II serial JP163

s/n JP163

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 163

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP164

s/n JP164

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 164

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;502

Failed to Return, "Ranger" patrol, 30.8.44
Unit 502
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-August-30 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Roland Bartle Motz 2023-10-22

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP165

s/n JP165

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 165

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP166

s/n JP166

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 166

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP167

s/n JP167

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 167

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP168

s/n JP168

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 168

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;502

Failed to Return, A/U patrol 23.6.44
Unit 502
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-June-23 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Elliott Adams Armstrong 2024-11-03

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP169

s/n JP169

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 169

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP170

s/n JP170

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 170

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP171

s/n JP171

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 171

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP172

s/n JP172

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 172

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP173

s/n JP173

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 173

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP174

s/n JP174

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 174

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP175

s/n JP175

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 175

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP176

s/n JP176

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 176

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP177

s/n JP177

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 177

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP178

s/n JP178

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 178

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP179

s/n JP179

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 179

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP180

s/n JP180

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 180

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP181

s/n JP181

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 181

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;148

Failed to Return, Special operations Executive, Poland, 5.8.44
Units 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/301 Ferry Transfer Unit/ 1586 Flt
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-August-05 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Alec Beanland 2024-11-09

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP182

s/n JP182

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 182

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP183

s/n JP183

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 183

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP184

s/n JP184

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 184

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP185

s/n JP185

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 185

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP186

s/n JP186

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 186

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP187

s/n JP187

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 187

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP188

s/n JP188

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 188

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP189

s/n JP189

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 189

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP190

s/n JP190

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 190

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP191

s/n JP191

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 191

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 428;1664

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*B". Fired on by another Halifax during raid on Berlin 20/21 January 1944, much damage. Mined St. Peter Port, Guernsey the night of 21/22 June 1944, trying to trap U-boats based there to interfere with landings in Normandy.
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP192

s/n JP192

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 192

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 428

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP193

s/n JP193

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 193

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP194

s/n JP194

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 194

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP195

s/n JP195

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 195

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 428

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*F".
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP196

s/n JP196

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 196

Merlin XX/22

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last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP197

s/n JP197

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 197

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 428;1664

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*Q".
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP198

s/n JP198

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 198

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 428;1664

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*G". Mined St. Peter Port, Guernsey the night of 21/22 June 1944, trying to trap U-boats based there to interfere with landings in Normandy.
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP199

s/n JP199

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 199

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 428

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*O". Engine fire during mining operation to Le Havre on 20 / 21 April 1944, spread to the wing. 6 bailed out, crashed near Didcot, Berkshire. 5 crew safe, 2 killed.
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-April-21 Accident Crash Engine fire during mining operation to Le Havre, spread to the wing. 6 bailed out, crashed near Didcot, Berkshire. 5 safe, 2 killed. 2019-08-20

1944-April-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Albert England 2021-08-06

1944-April-21 KIA RCAF Squadron Leader Francis Richard McGugan 2021-09-17

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP200

s/n JP200

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 200

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 419

Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*G". Bombed Leipzig on 19/20 February 1944. Failed to return from mine laying in Bay Of Kiel 25 / 26 February 1944, no survivors.
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-February-26 Failed to Return Failed to return from attack on Augsburg, no survivors. 2019-08-20

Minelaying Bay of Kiel Germany 1944-02-25 to 1944-02-26

419 (B) Sqn (RCAF) Middleton St. George

Battle of Berlin

Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*G". Failed to return from mine laying in Bay Of Kiel 25 / 26 February 1944, no survivors.

1944-February-26 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Emil Dan Kent 2022-12-12

1944-February-26 KIA RCAF Sergeant Mike Minett 2022-12-12

1944-February-26 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Harold Maxwell Sherman 2022-12-12

1944-February-26 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Arthur Louis Warren 2022-12-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP201

s/n JP201

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 201

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 419;428;1666

With No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*P". Served with No. 428 Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*S" when it mined St. Peter Port, Guernsey the night of 21/22 June 1944, trying to trap U-boats based there to interfere with landings in Normandy. With No. 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit, 6 Group, when it crashed on 15 November 1944.
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP202

s/n JP202

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 202

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 419

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.
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-April-19 Failed to Return Failed to return from mining operation to Rostock, Fakse Bay, and Kiel Bay. All were killed. 2019-08-20

Minelaying Fakse Bugt Denmark 1944-04-18 to 1944-04-19

419 (B) Sqn (RCAF) Middleton St. George

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 B/GR.Mk.II serial JP203

s/n JP203

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 203

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 419;428;1664

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded NA*U. Mined St. Peter Port, Guernsey the night of 21/22 June 1944, trying to trap U-boats based there to interfere with landings in Normandy. Also with No. 419 Squadron, RCAF, coded VR*M, dates not known.
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP204

s/n JP204

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 204

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 419;428;1664

Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*E". Bombed Berlin on 15/16 February 1944. Bombed Leipzig on 19/20 February 1944. Also with No. 428 Squadron, RCAF, dates unknown.
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 B/GR.Mk.II serial JP205

s/n JP205

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 205

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP206

s/n JP206

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 206

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;624

Failed to Return, Cabriolet, France, 27.6.44
units 1 Overseas aircraft Preparation Unit/ 301 Ferry Transfer Unit/ 624
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-June-26 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Frederick Nelson Hack 2023-11-17

1944-June-26 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Walter St Xavier Jamieson 2023-11-17

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP207

s/n JP207

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 207

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP220

s/n JP220

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 220

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP221

s/n JP221

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 221

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP222

s/n JP222

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 222

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP223

s/n JP223

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 223

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP224

s/n JP224

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 224

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP225

s/n JP225

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 225

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP226

s/n JP226

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 226

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP227

s/n JP227

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 227

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP228

s/n JP228

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 228

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP229

s/n JP229

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 229

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP230

s/n JP230

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 230

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP231

s/n JP231

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 231

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP232

s/n JP232

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 232

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;614

Failed to Return, Szombathely, 21.10.44
Units 1 Overseas aircraft Preparation Unit/ 614/ 1586 Flt/614
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-October-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Earl 2023-07-21

1944-October-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John McCormack 2023-07-16

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP233

s/n JP233

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 233

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP234

s/n JP234

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 234

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP235

s/n JP235

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 235

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP236

s/n JP236

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 236

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP237

s/n JP237

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 237

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;148

Failed to Return, Special Operations Executive, 24.6.44
units 1 Overseas aircraft Preparation Unit/ 301 Ferry Transfer unit/ 148
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-June-24 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Donald Ernest Hillman 2021-08-11

1944-June-24 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Holyk 2022-12-05

1944-June-24 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Ross Robertson 2021-08-11

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP238

s/n JP238

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 238

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;624

Crashed and burnt on take-off for ops, after hitting parked Wellington, 16.6.44
Units 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/ 301 Ferry Transfer unit/ 3 Overseas aircraft Delivery Unit/ 624
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-June-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Loren Small 2023-07-14

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP239

s/n JP239

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 239

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP240

s/n JP240

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 240

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;624

Failed to Return, Cabriolet, France, 25.6.44
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 B/GR.Mk.II serial JP241

s/n JP241

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 241

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP242

s/n JP242

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 242

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP243

s/n JP243

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 243

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP244

s/n JP244

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 244

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP245

s/n JP245

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 245

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP246

s/n JP246

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 246

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP247

s/n JP247

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 247

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 148

last update: 2025-June-12

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 action

Flight 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

unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

unvetted Source Tracing a lost aircraft I World War II - WW2Aircraft.net...

unvetted Source Missing - Believed Killed

unvetted Source Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf

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 B/GR.Mk.II serial JP248

s/n JP248

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 248

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP249

s/n JP249

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 249

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP250

s/n JP250

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 250

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP251

s/n JP251

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 251

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP252

s/n JP252

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 252

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP253

s/n JP253

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 253

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP254

s/n JP254

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 254

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP255

s/n JP255

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 255

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP256

s/n JP256

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 256

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP257

s/n JP257

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 257

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP258

s/n JP258

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 258

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP259

s/n JP259

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 259

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP275

s/n JP275

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 275

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP276

s/n JP276

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 276

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;148

Failed to Return, Special Operations Executive, Poland, 5.8.44
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 2025-05-24

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 B/GR.Mk.II serial JP277

s/n JP277

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 277

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP278

s/n JP278

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 278

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP279

s/n JP279

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 279

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: 428

Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded NA*P.
last update: 2025-February-05

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP280

s/n JP280

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 280

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP281

s/n JP281

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 281

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;148

last update: 2025-June-12

1945-January-26 KIA RAF Sergeant John Wardman Holmes 2023-07-28

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP282

s/n JP282

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 282

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP283

s/n JP283

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 283

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP284

s/n JP284

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 284

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;148

Failed to Return, Special Operations Executive, 16.7.44
Units 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/ 1 Ferry Unit/ 148
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-June-29 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Archibald Arnold McCaig 2021-08-17

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP285

s/n JP285

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 285

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP286

s/n JP286

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 286

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;148

Failed to Return, Special Operations Executive, 4.7.44
Units 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/ 1 Ferry Unit/ 148
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-July-04 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Donal David Charles Stewart 2023-07-16

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP287

s/n JP287

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 287

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP288

s/n JP288

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 288

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP289

s/n JP289

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 289

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP290

s/n JP290

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 290

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP291

s/n JP291

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 291

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP292

s/n JP292

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 292

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;148

Failed to Return, special operations Executive, Poland, 4.7.44
Units 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit/ 1 Ferry Unit/ 148
last update: 2025-February-05

1944-July-03 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Stanley Brown 2024-11-21

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP293

s/n JP293

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 293

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP294

s/n JP294

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 294

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP295

s/n JP295

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 295

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP296

s/n JP296

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 296

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP297

s/n JP297

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 297

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP298

s/n JP298

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 298

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP299

s/n JP299

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 299

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP300

s/n JP300

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 300

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP301

s/n JP301

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 301

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP319

s/n JP319

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 319

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;502

last update: 2025-June-12

1944-November-26 KIA RAF Wing Commander Kenneth Bruce Corbould DFC, MiD 2024-04-16

1944-November-26 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Frederick Sydney Leech 2021-08-14

1944-November-26 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant Carl Robert Tibbo 2021-08-14

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP320

s/n JP320

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 320

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP321

s/n JP321

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 321

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP322

s/n JP322

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 322

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP323

s/n JP323

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 323

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP324

s/n JP324

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 324

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP325

s/n JP325

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 325

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP326

s/n JP326

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 326

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP327

s/n JP327

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 327

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP328

s/n JP328

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 328

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP329

s/n JP329

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 329

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP330

s/n JP330

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 330

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;58

Failed to Return, A/S patrol, Kattegat, 13.1.45, crashed at Skallered, Sweden
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 2025-05-25

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 B/GR.Mk.II serial JP331

s/n JP331

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 331

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP332

s/n JP332

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 332

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP333

s/n JP333

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 333

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP334

s/n JP334

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 334

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP335

s/n JP335

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 335

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP336

s/n JP336

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 336

Merlin XX/22

Known Units: ;58

Failed to Return, A/S patrol, 23.3.45, crashed northwest of Anholt, Denmark
Units 502/58
last update: 2025-February-05

1945-April-24 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Edgar Ivan Ford 2023-08-30

1945-April-24 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Maynard Annand Parker 2023-08-30

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP337

s/n JP337

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 337

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP338

s/n JP338

London Passenger Transport Board

JP 338

Merlin XX/22

Known Units:

last update: 2025-June-12

Halifax B. Mk. II serial JP532

s/n JP532

JP 532

Known Units: 406

Served with No. 406 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "SA*T".
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 Wï¿½rzburg 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

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Handley Page Halifax Serial Groups Specifications

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP107

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP108

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP109

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP110

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP111

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP112

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP113

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP114

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP115

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP116

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP117

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP118

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP119

Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-01-28 to 1944-01-29

419 (B) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Middleton St. George

Battle of Berlin

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP120

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP121

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP122

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP123

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP124

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP125

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP126

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP127

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP128

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP129

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP130

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP131

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP132

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP133

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP134

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP135

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP136

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP137

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP159

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP160

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP161

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP162

SOE 1944-08-04 to 1944-08-05

148 (SD) Sqn (RAF) Campo Casale, Brindisi, Italy

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP163

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP164

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP165

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP166

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP167

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP168

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP169

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP170

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP171

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP172

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP173

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP174

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP175

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP176

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP177

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP178

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP179

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP180

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP181

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP182

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP183

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP184

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP185

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP186

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP187

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP188

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP189

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP190

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP191

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP192

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP193

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP194

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP195

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP196

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP197

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP198

Halifax B/GR.Mk.II serial JP199

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