Handley Page
Halifax Mk III
HD*T
AvHistory - Version-4.00.164

This Halifax is a C-grade plane. Cockpits are rudimentary, fully functional, but not final. The Bombadier posistion is also a limited graphic representation but like the cockpit is fully function & all bomb loads can be delivered. 

Gunstations are are limited graphic representation, but are fully functional & in compliance with Version 4 requirements. 

The flight & damage package, Version 4.00.164 is fully implementated.

This aircrafts M3D was devloped by Ted "NachtPiloten" Kaniuka based on the original work of StarryNites.  The livery is of Halifax MkIII Tail Number NR169 HD-T, No.38 Sqn RAF, Greece 1944.

Nigel 'ndicki' Dickinson Created this Skin for AvHistory



No.38 Sqn operated Halifax B.MkIII and GR.MkIII aircraft in the Mediterranean area, especially in Greece and the Balkans.

Further to maritime reconnaissance, anti-submarine patrolling and minelaying, the Squadron also carried out supply drop to Yugoslav Partisan Forces.

This aircraft was bought after the War by G.N. Wickner, and registered on the civil list as G-AGXA. It was
flown out to Australia, registered by Air Carriers Ltd as VH-BDT. By 1947, it was a derelict at Mascot
airfield, New South Wales.

Handley Page produced the H.P.56, a twin Vulture-engined design to meet Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 but performance was found to be lacking. Modifications resulted in the definitive H.P.57 "Halifax" (following the practice of naming heavy bombers after major towns, in this case, Halifax, West Yorkshire); the aircraft was enlarged and powered by four 1,280 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin X engines.

Such was the promise of the new model that the RAF had placed their first order for 100 Mk I Halifaxes "off the drawing board" before the first prototype even flew. The maiden flight of the Halifax took place on 24 September 1939, shortly after the start of the war.

The most numerous Halifax variant was the B Mk III of which 2,091 were built. First appearing in 1943, the Mk III featured the Perspex nose and modified tail of the Mk II Series IA but replaced the Merlin with the more powerful 1,650 hp Bristol Hercules XVI radial engine. Other changes included De Havilland Hydromatic propellers and rounded wing-tips.

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