Handley Page Halifax I

Handley Page Halifax I

An aircraft recognition card with a side photograph of a flying Halifax I and on the reverse three silhouettes and technical details.

One double sided printed card

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VALENTINE'S "AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION" CARDS

VALENTINE & SONS, LTD.,
DUNDEE and LONDON,
Printed in Gt. Britain.

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"THE PROFICIENCY TEST" SERIES No. – 36

THE HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX I.

BRITISH HEAVY BOMBER

Four Rolls Royce Merlin motors. Had been on operational service for some time over Germany and Italy as well as daylight raids on France. Defensive armament include four-gun Boulton-Paul electrically operated turret in the tail and a two-gun B.P. turret in the nose.

Dimensions. – Span, 99 ft.; length, 70 ft.; height, 22 ft. No other figures published.

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THESE DRAWINGS, REPRODUCED FROM "AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION," ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF "THE AEROPLANE."

RECOGNITION POINTS. – Four-motor mid-wing monoplane with twin fins and rudder at tips of cantilever tail plane. Wings have straight taper at leading edge and slight taper at trailing edge. Rectangular centre section. Dihedral from inboard motors. Square cut tips. Deep slab sided fuselage with straight top line, under surface curved up behind the main plane. Transparent position for bomb aimer projects at under side of nose. Six fuel jettison pipes project beyond trailing edge of wing