Quote – “It was out of British service by the early 1950s, but nine ended up in Egyptian hands and struggled on for a few more years until they were grounded by parts shortages. The last Halifaxes were phased out of service in the mid-1950s.”
Did anything survive, or were they all scrapped?
Thanks in advance.
Regards Duggy.
By: Mark12 - 14th December 2015 at 11:16
Some interesting scruffy photos, including these three, are pinned to back of one of the cabinet displays at the El Alamein Museum.
Mark
By: Paul - 14th December 2015 at 09:56
I doubt if any of the Egyptian Halibags survived the Suez business.
If you are after bits then I would suggest looking in Pakistan.
Nice picture BTW, I’d guess at UK before delivery.
By: Alex Crawford - 13th December 2015 at 20:04
Not Halifax’s but Egyptian Stirlings. I wrote an article a few years ago on their Stirlings. It was meant to be part of a series of articles on Egypts four engined heavies but I never got around to finishing off the other two.
http://www.acig.info/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=204&Itemid=47
Alex
By: farnboroughrob - 13th December 2015 at 18:22
Nice shot, the Egyptians also had Lancasters and Stirlings, quite a collection. In a Air Britain magazine of the time are reports of the last RAF Halifax being retired . This was RT936 used for paradrop training at Henlow and retired 2/54.
Rob
By: Graham Boak - 13th December 2015 at 17:26
Any still around were destroyed by strafing in the Suez business.
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