Post your preserved Halifax photographs here

AFAIK it was a known wreck and recovered using dredging hooks, but correct me if I’m wrong. it would be nice if this story can be confirmed or laid to rest.

Cheers

Cees

the section used on the YAM Halifax came from Linton-om-Ouse and was trawled up from an underwater wreck.

Was the section trawled up by accident or was it already a known wreck cees?

Thanks Paul,

I believe we discussed this before, but I was told by 57Rescue that the section used on the YAM Halifax came from Linton-om-Ouse and was trawled up from an underwater wreck.
Wasn’t your covered waggon not scrapped recently?
Any confirmation in this?

Cheers

Cees

Hi all,

Me again,

I’ve just driven back through York and noticed that the huge hangers used to service the mighty Halifax bombers at Clifton airfield (The Halifax civilian repair depot) were being demolished…. Another piece of Handley Page Halifax History gets destroyed.

Clifton Moor is a depressing place (Now just an industrial & shopping complex) One small road is named “Halifax Way”…. Small regard for the many hundreds damaged Halifaxes repaired and put back into service there.

Paul.

which halibag is that from?

NA337 in canada…

Hi all,

I posted these pictures a few years ago on another Halifax forum…

These pictures are the covered wagon section which I believe ended up as part of the Halifax at Elvington.

The photo was taken in the mid 1970’s at a small aviation museam at Newby Hall near Ripon (I think).

The long haired youth standing in the escape hatch is me. There was also what looked like a fresh crated up Hercules…

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which halibag is that from?

NA337 – National Air Force Museum of Canada

which halibag is that from?

I don’t think I’ve posted this one before…..

Yes indeed,

But at least this unique nose-art was saved. Geoffrey Wikner was too late to safe her (see my earlier post).

Any more pics of Halifaxes to share?

Cees

Not the entire aircraft but an aircraft that should of been saved!!!!

Some nice photos on this site. link Probably quite interesting too if you can read German.

John

PS.
Some good Me262 photos too here Me262. Off thread, apologies :rolleyes:

Halibag tail stinger…..

Beautiful pic.

Cheers

Cees

Not sure whether this pic has ever seen light of day.
Mk VII at Samlesbury Jan 1945. The gent is George walker who was Airfield Superintendent at the time.
Sadly no details regarding the aircraft serial number

Yes, pop back in time, buy a dozen Halifaxes (some haggling required to get the price down even more), hide the airframes in a disused cave under a disused airfield (hey wait a minute we covered that one already) and then pop back to collect the airframes, inform flypast for the scoop and hey presto, the balance is redressed (perhaps scrap some more Lancs while back in time:eek:) Sorry Peter

Seriously, this and other threads prove that there are more interesting photographs around than the very familiar ones that are published in every new book.
Cheers

Cees

If you could only travel back in time eh Cees?

I recently re-read the book by Geoffrey Wikner and his trip back to Oz with “Waltzing Mathilda” , he went to High Ercall to see some Halifaxes, among the many present there was LV907 “Friday the Thirteenth”, Mr Wikner first thought of taking her but was too late as it had been processed already with only the nose art having been saved. Pity

Cheers

Cees

Oh if only that was taken yesterday.

Cheers

Cees

Well not preserved…as far as I know, but what the spotter could spot over the fence at High Ercall on 15 August 1949. RT765 & RT933 among several others.

Mark

Image: The late Peter Foote

RAF Elvington July 1943, from Bomber Airfields of WW2