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heavy bombers produced in
Britain between 1940 and 1944 were
Halifaxes. In all, 6,178
Halifaxes were built, the last
delivered in
April 1945. At the peak...
- was
carried out by 395
bombers (248
Halifaxes, 114
Stirlings and 33 Lancasters); 23
aircraft lost,
twelve Halifaxes, nine
Stirlings and two Lancasters...
- specially-equipped
aircraft flown by No. 100
Group RAF,
which operated modified Halifaxes,
Liberators and
Fortresses carrying various jammers such as ****, Airborne...
- Lancasters, 264
Halifaxes, 10
Mosquitos (769 aircraft)
despatched to Berlin.
Night fighter attacks were
pressed home successfully; 22
Halifaxes and 13 Lancasters...
- Grove, to
catch night fighters taking-off and landing.
Eight Handley Page
Halifaxes exploited the full moon to fly
supply sorties to Europe, some to the Danish...
- and
Kaltental were hit,
resulting in the
destruction of 118 houses. Six
Halifaxes,
three Stirlings, and two Lancasters, 3.5% of the
total force, were lost...
- 332
Halifaxes and 20
Mosquitos of all
groups bombed the
naval base,
airfield and town "almost into crater-pitted moonscapes".
Three Halifaxes were lost;...
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bombing raids of 12
March 1945 with 1,108
aircraft (748 Lancasters, 292
Halifaxes, 68 Mosquitos) destro**** 98% of
buildings in the
inner city centre, and...
- thirty-one
Halifaxes and
twelve Lancasters attacked; five of the
bombers were shot down.
Another raid,
composed of twenty-three
Halifaxes and
eleven Lancasters...
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Halifaxes and 5
Mosquitos from No. 4
Group and 2
Lancasters of the
Pathfinder Force attacked Wizernes without loss. 17 July 1944 72
Halifaxes, 28...
