By: Eddie - 16th June 2005 at 23:15
As far as I recall the Mk.V was similar to a Mk.II, but with Dowty undercarriage rather than the Messier set on the II.
By: Whitley_Project - 16th June 2005 at 22:30
Okay – i’m sure you’re correct PL.
By: Papa Lima - 16th June 2005 at 22:19
Also (“The British Bomber” again): “Mk III, VI and VII Hercules” all other Marks had the Merlin.
By: Papa Lima - 16th June 2005 at 22:17
Sorry, but there are several references and even photographs of Halifax Mk V aircraft with Merlin engines in pages 394-399 of “Handley Page Aircraft since 1907” by C H Barnes – I love my Putnams!
For example, and I quote “The total number of Merlin-engined Halifaxes (Mks, I, II and V) produced was 1,967 . . .”
By: Whitley_Project - 16th June 2005 at 22:02
Hehe – that said, there is a picture of this aircraft in the old edition of High Ground Wrecks – it is a Merlin engined aircraft! Mk Vs were equipped with Hercules engines…
Very strange!
The pleasure is mine – any excuse to go into my “aviation library”!
By: Papa Lima - 16th June 2005 at 22:00
The pleasure is mine – any excuse to go into my “aviation library”!
By: Whitley_Project - 16th June 2005 at 21:33
Thanks Papa Lima – that’s much appreciated.
By: Papa Lima - 16th June 2005 at 20:25
HP Type 658, Halifax Mk V built by Rootes Securities, serials between DG231 and DG424 according to “The British Bomber since 1914” By Francis K Mason.
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