On 1943-04-18, Squadron Leader A. Ross Dawson, a Technical Officer with 1659 HCU at Topcliffe, wrote in his diary:
"Well we ran into more trouble today. Squadron Leader Hill, our 22 year old flight commander of B flight crashed this morning in L for London, our oldest kite, only 25 hours off its second major and everyone was killed, 8 of them. I had become great friends with Howie Hill and it really shook me to think of him going like that. He was always lively& ready for anything. He had gone his whole tour of ops, won the DFM & then ended like that. Only a couple of weeks ago I remember talking about what we were going to do after the war & he was saying he didn't really have much to go back to." Ross was asked if he would assist with the investigation but he declined: "I don't mind so much if it's fellows I don't know but when it comes to my best friends, I'd rather leave it to someone else." Ross does, however, provide a quite detailed description of what occurred "They took off at 9;45 & crashed just south of York at 10:12. He was suppose to be doing two-engine exercises with his pupil & crew but from eye-witness accounts, all four engines were going nicely when it happened. He was about feet just south of York when suddenly one elevator started to flap up & down as if the linkage controls had broken. Then, obviously out of control, the plane did two complete rolls & and dived straight down while one elevator came off and landed about 150 yds away from the debris. It ploughed straight into the ground & fortunately the boys would never know a thing after that first smash. There were three holes in the ground, one for each of the outboard engines & one large one for the fuselage and the two inner engines _ these engines were down almost out of sight in the earth so they really hit hard. The fuselage had folded up like an accordion & then when it caught fire it just melted all own into a molten mass at the bottom of the hole. . . The investigation showed that one of the torque brackets on the main elevator must have failed causing the plane to go out of control." He concludes with "that's just the way it goes & tomorrow it will be more or less forgotten & no one will speak of it again if they can help it. That's the way it has to be in war time."
Halifax (Total: 6,178, Canadian: 100, Group 100)
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 B.Mk.II serial R9363
s/n R9363
Handley Page Ltd
R 9363
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Struck off charge, 28.9.44Units 78/405 CF/408 CF/1659 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9364
s/n R9364
Handley Page Ltd
R 9364
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;78
Failed to Return, Essen, 2.6.42Units 35/76/78
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9365
s/n R9365
Handley Page Ltd
R 9365
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Failed to Return, Essen, 17.9.42Units 10/76 CF/76
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9366
s/n R9366
Handley Page Ltd
R 9366
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Tire burst on landing at Riccall, groundlooped and undecarriage collapsed, 18.10.42units 10/76 CF/76/1658 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9367
s/n R9367
Handley Page Ltd
R 9367
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Tire burst on landing at Riccall, groundlooped and undercarriage collapsed, 17.8.43Units 10/HCF/35/1652 Heavy Conversion Unit/1658 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9368
s/n R9368
Handley Page Ltd
R 9368
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Tire burst on take-off from Riccall, groundlooped and undercarriage collapsed, 23.3.44Units 10/1652 Heavy Conversion Unit/78/405 CF/1659 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9369
s/n R9369
Handley Page Ltd
R 9369
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: 10/78/405/1659 HCU
Undercarriage retracted on landing at Leeming, 15.1.43last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9370
s/n R9370
Handley Page Ltd
R 9370
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Undercarriage collapsed while taxiing at Riccall 23.2.44Units 10/35 CF/1658 heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9371
s/n R9371
Handley Page Ltd
R 9371
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Brakes failed on landing at Lossiemouth, overshot and hit hangar, 9.3.42Unit 10
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9372
s/n R9372
Handley Page Ltd
R 9372
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;1652
Failed to Return, Essen, 2.6.42Units 35/1652 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9373
s/n R9373
Handley Page Ltd
R 9373
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Undercarriage retracted on landing at Riccall, 4.2.43Units 10/76/78/1658 heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9374
s/n R9374
Handley Page Ltd
R 9374
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Ditched off Cornwall on return from Brest, 30.12.41, first successful ditch of a Halifaxunit 10
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9375
s/n R9375
Handley Page Ltd
R 9375
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Converted to 4751M in 3.44Units 76/78/Handley Page/Aeroplane and armament Experimental Establishment
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9376
s/n R9376
Handley Page Ltd
R 9376
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Lost propellor and crashed in forced landing near Melbourne, 14.11.42units 10/138/10 CF/10
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9377
s/n R9377
Handley Page Ltd
R 9377
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Groundlooped on landing at Marston Moor, and undercarriage collapsed, 24.6.42Units 35/1652 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9378
s/n R9378
Handley Page Ltd
R 9378
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Caught fire at dispersal, Middleton St George, while being bombed up, 25.6.42Units 102/78/ 76 CF
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9379
s/n R9379
Handley Page Ltd
R 9379
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Stalled at 400 feet on approach to Elsham Wolds and spun into fields, 1.8.42Unit 76/103 CF
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9380
s/n R9380
Handley Page Ltd
R 9380
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Tire burst on take-off from Lindholme, groundlooped and undercarriage collapsed, 2.8.43Units 102/103 CF/1656 heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9381
s/n R9381
Handley Page Ltd
R 9381
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Crashed on landing at Riccall, 13.8.43Units 1652 Heavy conversion Unit/35/1652 HCU/1658 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9382
s/n R9382
Handley Page Ltd
R 9382
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: 10/76/408/1659 HCU
Crashed on landing at Topcliffe, 3.3.44last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9383
s/n R9383
Handley Page Ltd
R 9383
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Hit tree at 1500 feet and abandonned probably at Thruscross, near Blubberhouses, Yorks, 20.9.42Units 102/10
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9384
s/n R9384
Handley Page Ltd
R 9384
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: 1659
With No. 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit when it crashed on 23 April 1944.Units 102/76/10/1659 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9385
s/n R9385
Handley Page Ltd
R 9385
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Struck off charge, 1.8.44Units 76/Royal Aircraft Establishment
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9386
s/n R9386
Handley Page Ltd
R 9386
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: 405;1659
Crashed into trees 3/4 mile southeast of Topcliffe, during overshoot, 18.1.44Units 35/76/78/405 Conversion Flight / 1659 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9387
s/n R9387
Handley Page Ltd
R 9387
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Tire burst on landing at Riccall and undercarriage collapsed, 13.8.43units Aeroplane and Armaments Experimental Establishment/10/76 CF/1658 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9388
s/n R9388
Handley Page Ltd
R 9388
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Stalled after overshoot and crashed into Cawood Village, near Riccall, 2.1.43Units 102/158 CF/1658 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9389
s/n R9389
Handley Page Ltd
R 9389
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Struck off charge, 1.11.45units 102/1427 Flight/1652 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9390
s/n R9390
Handley Page Ltd
R 9390
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Struck off charge, 1.2.45Units 102/460 CF/103 CF/1656 Heavy conversion Unit/1662 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9391
s/n R9391
Handley Page Ltd
R 9391
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;78
Failed to Return, Hamburg, 4.5.42Unit 102/76/78
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9392
s/n R9392
Handley Page Ltd
R 9392
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Groundlooped on landing at Melbourne and undercarriage collapsed, 5.3.43units 35/10/10 CF/`1658 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9418
s/n R9418
Handley Page Ltd
R 9418
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Struck off charge, 1.11.45Units 102/1658 Heavy Conversion Unit/1669 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9419
s/n R9419
Handley Page Ltd
R 9419
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Crashed near Thirsk, yorks, after overshooting Topcliffe, 11.7.42Units 102/1427 Flight/102 CF
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9420
s/n R9420
Handley Page Ltd
R 9420
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: 405;1659
Spun into the ground at Linton Woods,Millbridge, Surrey, and burnt. 25.7.43Unit 76/78/ 405 Conversion Unit/ 1659 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05





Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9421
s/n R9421
Handley Page Ltd
R 9421
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Belly landed at Linton-On-Ouse, 17.11.42Units 102/10/10 CF
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9422
s/n R9422
Handley Page Ltd
R 9422
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Struck off charge, 26.11.43Units 35/1652 heavy Conversion Unit/35/103/1656 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9423
s/n R9423
Handley Page Ltd
R 9423
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Marston moor, 12.7.43Units 102/102 CF/1652 heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9424
s/n R9424
Handley Page Ltd
R 9424
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Struck off charge, 2.12.43Units 102/1652 heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9425
s/n R9425
Handley Page Ltd
R 9425
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Overshot after hydraulic failure and crashed at Newton-On-Ouse, Yorks, 16.4.42Units 35/35 CF
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9426
s/n R9426
Handley Page Ltd
R 9426
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Groundlooped on heavy landing at Pocklington and undercarriage collapsed, 2.3.43Units 102/102 CF/1652 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9427
s/n R9427
Handley Page Ltd
R 9427
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Crashed on landing at Pocklington, 23.4.42Unit 76/78
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9428
s/n R9428
Handley Page Ltd
R 9428
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Converted to 4867MUnits 35/10/10 CF/1661 Heavy Conversion Unit/1662 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9429
s/n R9429
Handley Page Ltd
R 9429
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Groundlooped on take-off at Riccall and hit gun emplacement, 9.12.43Unit 102 CF/460/1658 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9430
s/n R9430
Handley Page Ltd
R 9430
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
converted to 4126MUnits 10 CF/76 CF/78 CF/1658 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9431
s/n R9431
Handley Page Ltd
R 9431
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Crash landed at marston Moor after engine fire during training flight 16.4.42Units 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9432
s/n R9432
Handley Page Ltd
R 9432
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Converted to 3956M in 7.43Units 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9433
s/n R9433
Handley Page Ltd
R 9433
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Crashed near Castle Howard School, 5 miles southwest of Malton Yorks, due to rudder imbalanceUnit 1652 heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9434
s/n R9434
Handley Page Ltd
R 9434
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Struck off Charge, 21.6.44Unit 76/78/1652 Heavy Conversion Unit/ 158 CF/1674 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9435
s/n R9435
Handley Page Ltd
R 9435
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Lindholme, 31.3.44Units Handley Page/1656 Heavy Conversion Unit/1652 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9436
s/n R9436
Handley Page Ltd
R 9436
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Converted to 4204M in 10.43Units Handley Page/Aeropalne and armaments Experimental Establishment
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9437
s/n R9437
Handley Page Ltd
R 9437
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: 78/405/1659 HCU/1668 HCU
Starboard outer engine failedon take-off from Lindholme, 29.4.44last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9438
s/n R9438
Handley Page Ltd
R 9438
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;35
Failed to Return, Tirpitz, Aasenfjord, 31,3,42Unit 35
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9439
s/n R9439
Handley Page Ltd
R 9439
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;35
Failed to Return, Emden, 7.6.42unit 35
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9440
s/n R9440
Handley Page Ltd
R 9440
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Overshot on landing at Linton-On-Ouse 13.3.42Units 35
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9441
s/n R9441
Handley Page Ltd
R 9441
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Crash landed between Officer's Messand Moorside farm after losing power on take-off from Marston moor, 4.4.43Units 35/102/1652 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9442
s/n R9442
Handley Page Ltd
R 9442
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;102
Failed to Return, Saarbrucken, 30.7.42Unit 35/102
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9443
s/n R9443
Handley Page Ltd
R 9443
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Converted to 4167M in 9.43Units Handley Page/Aeroplanes and armaments Experimental Establishment/Airborne Forces experimental Establishment
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9444
s/n R9444
Handley Page Ltd
R 9444
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Failed to Essen, 2.6.42Units 35
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9445
s/n R9445
Handley Page Ltd
R 9445
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Crash landed at Oakingtonafter sustaining flak damage on ops, Billancourt, 3.3.42Units 35
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9446
s/n R9446
Handley Page Ltd
R 9446
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Failed to return, Bremen, 25.6.42Units 35/102
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9447
s/n R9447
Handley Page Ltd
R 9447
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Failed to return, Flensburg24.9.42Units 76/78
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9448
s/n R9448
Handley Page Ltd
R 9448
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;1659;405
last update: 2025-June-12
Operational 1943-04-18 to 1943-04-18
1659 (OT) HCU (RCAF) Topcliffe
Crashed at Crockey Hill, Escrick, York during two engine training 18.4.43 Unit 35/405 Conversion Flight/ 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit








Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9449
s/n R9449
Handley Page Ltd
R 9449
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Groundlooped on landing at Pocklington and hit Halifax, W1239, 9.9.42Units 35/102
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9450
s/n R9450
Handley Page Ltd
R 9450
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
crashed in sea 30 miles off Mablethorpe, Lincs, ex ops, Essen, 10.3.42Units 35
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9451
s/n R9451
Handley Page Ltd
R 9451
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;76
Failed to Return, Hamburg, 4.5.42, crashed at Offensen, near Buxtehude, GermanyUnit 76
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9452
s/n R9452
Handley Page Ltd
R 9452
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Abandonned on return from ops Essen, aircraft crashed at Wold Newton, near Hunmanby, Yorks, 13.4.42Unit 76
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9453
s/n R9453
Handley Page Ltd
R 9453
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;76
Presumed crashed into sea 16 miles south of Sumberg, shetlands ex ops Tirpitz, 31.3.42Unit 76
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9454
s/n R9454
Handley Page Ltd
R 9454
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Struck off Charge, 31.5.44Units 76/78/78 CF/1658 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9455
s/n R9455
Handley Page Ltd
R 9455
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Forced landing between Selby and Winston, Yorks, due to engine overheating, 3.2.43Units 76/78/78 CF/1658 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9456
s/n R9456
Handley Page Ltd
R 9456
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Failed to return, Warnemunde, 9.5.42, shot down near Rostock, Germany.Unit 76
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9457
s/n R9457
Handley Page Ltd
R 9457
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Failed to Return, Berlin, 4.6.42 shot down near St. Maartenvlotbrug, HollandUnit 76
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9482
s/n R9482
Handley Page Ltd
R 9482
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Dived into ground from 100 feet after taking off from Middleton St George, 25.6.42last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9483
s/n R9483
Handley Page Ltd
R 9483
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: 34/405/1659 HCU
Struck off charge, 30.8.44last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9484
s/n R9484
Handley Page Ltd
R 9484
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Failed to Return, essen, 11.4.42 shot down 6 kilometres north of Recklinghausen, GermanyUnit 76
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9485
s/n R9485
Handley Page Ltd
R 9485
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Failed to return, Hamburg 27.7.42Unit 76/76 CF
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9486
s/n R9486
Handley Page Ltd
R 9486
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Struck off charge, 16.6.44Units 76/1652 Heavy conversion Unit/76/78/78 CF/502/1 OTU/518/517
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9487
s/n R9487
Handley Page Ltd
R 9487
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;76
Failed to Return, Essen, 12.4.42, shot down near Buer, GermanyUnit 76
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9488
s/n R9488
Handley Page Ltd
R 9488
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Stalled and crashed at Balderssby, yorks 14.4.42, probably stalled after losing height from 1200 feet due to engine fire; crashed at Catterton, near Tadcaster Yorks, 21.7.42Unit 35
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9489
s/n R9489
Handley Page Ltd
R 9489
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;35
Probably stalled after losing height from 1200 feet due to engine fire, crashed at Catterton, near Tadcaster, Yorks, 21.7.42Unit 35
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9490
s/n R9490
Handley Page Ltd
R 9490
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
converted to 4455M in 2.44Units Handley Page/ Telecommunications Flying Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9491
s/n R9491
Handley Page Ltd
R 9491
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;102
Presumed ditched off of Harwich, ex ops, Essen, 2.6.42Unit 10/102
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9492
s/n R9492
Handley Page Ltd
R 9492
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;10
Crashed three miles south of Whitehall, Hindhead, Surrey, from 7,000', 15.4.42Unit 10
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Dortmund Germany 1942-04-14 to 1942-04-15
10 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Leeming
10 Blackburn's Own Squadron (Rem acu tangere) RAF Leeming. Halifax II aircraft R 9492 ZA-R was returning from operations over Dortmund, Germany, low on fuel. The pilot, Pilot Officer Hughes ordered his crew to bail once back over England and stayed at the controls allowing them to safely exit the aircraft. The Halifax stalled, crashed and burned attempting an emergency landing at Greatham Moor 3m south of Hindhead Surrey, UK
Pilot Officer RP Hughes (RCAF) was killed in action
Six crew members bailed and survived: Sergeant A Atkinson (RAF), Sergeant L Trembath (RAF), Pilot Officer JRF Ganderton (RNZAF), Sergeant EA Stubbley (RAF), Sergeant JSAS Triggle (RAF) and Sergeant JW Tyson (RAF) were all safe. No further information on these surviving aircrew has been found to date







Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9493
s/n R9493
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R 9493
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Overshot on takeoff from Marston Moor, 2.12.42Units 10/35 CF/1651 heavy conversion Unit/1652 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9494
s/n R9494
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R 9494
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Groundlooped on landing at Marston Moor and undercarriage collapsed, 22.6.44Units 35/102/1652 Heavy conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9495
s/n R9495
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R 9495
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;102
Failed to Return, Bochum, 6.8.42Unit 10/102
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9496
s/n R9496
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R 9496
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Failed to return, tirpitz, Aasenfjord, 31.3.42Unit 35
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9497
s/n R9497
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R 9497
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
collided with Halifax, DG420 near Copmanthorpe, Yorks in mid-air, 5.12.42Units 10/102/1658 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9498
s/n R9498
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R 9498
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Struck off charge, 13.7.44Units 10/102/102 CF/1652 Heavy Conversion Unit/1662 HCU
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9528
s/n R9528
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R 9528
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Failed to Return, Dunkerque, 29.4.42Units 10/102
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9529
s/n R9529
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R 9529
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Struck off charge, 30.6.42Units 10/102
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9530
s/n R9530
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R 9530
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;102
Failed to Return, Bonn, 16.6.42unit 102
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9531
s/n R9531
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R 9531
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: ;1658
Stalled and crashed at Scunthorpe, Lincs, 5.12.42Unit 102/ 1658 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05







Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9532
s/n R9532
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R 9532
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Failed to return, 3.6.42unit 102
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9533
s/n R9533
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R 9533
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Struck off charge, 18.9.44Units 102/102 CF/1652 Heavy Conversion Unit
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9534
s/n R9534
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R 9534
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Converted to 4813M in 6.44Units Aeroplaneand Armaments Experimental establishment/Royal aircraft Establishment
last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9535
s/n R9535
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R 9535
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
Converted to 4813M in 6.44 To English electric as pattern aircraftlast update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9536
s/n R9536
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R 9536
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
To English electric as pattern aircraftlast update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9537
s/n R9537
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R 9537
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
To London Passenger Transport Board as pattern aircraftlast update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9538
s/n R9538
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R 9538
Merlin XX/22
Known Units:
To London Passenger Transport Board as pattern aircraftlast update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9539
s/n R9539
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R 9539
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: 405;408;1659
Supplied as component parts 13.12.40last update: 2025-February-05
Halifax B.Mk.II serial R9540
s/n R9540
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R 9540
Merlin XX/22
Known Units: 405;1659
Supplied as component parts, 13.12.40last update: 2025-February-05