
Handley Page Halifax | |
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Zemlja | Velike britanije |
Ulogu | Težak bombaš |
Prvi let | 25 Oktobar 1939 |
Izgradio | 6176 |
Čaj Rukovana stranica Halifax was a 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.
Izvor: Handley Page Halifax on Wikipedia
Handley Page Halifax Bomber Walk Around | |
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Photographer | Bill Maloney |
Localisation | RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force Museum |
Photos | 45 |

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Čaj Rukovana stranica Halifax was a four-engined heavy bomber of the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It was developed by Handley Page to meet the same specification as the Avro Manchester, a twin-engine bomber that proved to be unreliable and underpowered. The Halifax used the more successful Rolls-Royce Merlin engines and had a larger wingspan and payload capacity than the Manchester. The Halifax made its first flight on 25 October 1939 and entered service with the RAF on 13 November 1940.
Halifaks je bio jedan od glavnih bombardera Bomber Command, zajedno sa Lancaster i Stirling. Sproveo je strateške misije bombardovanja protiv Nemačke i okupirane Evrope, kao i druge ciljeve kao što su podmornice, lokacije V-oružja i rafinerije nafte. Halifaks je imao posadu od sedam, koja se sastojala od pilota, inženjera leta, navigatora, nišana bombe, bežičnog operatera i dva topnika. Halifaks je bio naoružan sa šest ili osam .303 Brauning mitraljeza u različitim kupolama, i mogao je da nosi do 5.897 kg bombi u svom unutrašnjem zalivu za bombe.
Halifaks je pretrpeo nekoliko poboljšanja i modifikacija tokom svog radnog veka, kao što su snažniji motori, bolje odbrambeno naoružanje, povećan kapacitet goriva i poboljšana aerodinamika. Halifaks je takođe obavljao i druge uloge osim bombardovanja, kao što su pomorska patrola, vuča jedrilice, transport padobranaca i ispuštanje snabdevanja. Halifaks je takođe korišćen od strane drugih savezničkih vazduhoplovnih snaga, kao što su Kraljevskog kanadskog vazduhoplovstva, Kraljevskog australijskog vazduhoplovstva, Slobodnog francuskog vazduhoplovstva, i poljskog vazduhoplovstva. Halifaks je penzionisan iz RAF službe na kraju rata, nakon što je zamenjen Avro Lincoln kao strateški bombarder. Ukupno 6.176 Halifaksa izgrađeno je između 1940. i 1946. godine.
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