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Handley Page Halifax
Heavy bomber, less known than the Lancaster but almost as important. It was built both with Rolls-Royce Merlin liquid-cooled and Bristol Hercules radial engines. The Halifax was a mid-wing aircraft with twin fins and rudders and a fuselage of rectangular cross-section. Halifax's flew 75532 missions during W.W.II. They were also used as glider tug and transport. A nickname was "Halibag".

                               
Type: Heavy bomber

Power plant Four Bristol Hercules XVI 14 cylinder two radial engines

Wingspan 104 ft 31.75 m

Length 71.6 ft 21.82 m

Height 20.7 ft 6.32 m
Weight  65,000 LB 29,484 kg

Speed max. 311 mph 501 km/h

Ceiling 24,000 ft 7,315 m

Range 1,261 mi 2,030 km

Armament 9x 7.7mm machine gun; 5,890 kg bombs

Crew Seven