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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...
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Lancasters and 12
Halifaxes minelaying off
Heligoland and in the
River Elbe. No
minelaying aircraft lost. 16–17
March 1945 12
Halifaxes and 12 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...
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Essen 442
aircraft (131 Wellingtons, 94
Halifaxes, 52 Stirlings, 157 Lancasters, 8 Mosquitos).
First wave
Halifaxes,
Wellingtons and
Stirlings second, Lancasters...
- 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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Squadron was
later ****igned Avro Lancasters, 301
Squadron Handley Page
Halifaxes and
Consolidated Liberators and 305 Squadron, de
Havilland Mosquitoes...
- 332
Halifaxes and 20
Mosquitos of all
groups bombed the
naval base,
airfield and town "almost into crater-pitted moonscapes".
Three Halifaxes were lost;...
