Alan,

You are absolutely right, I checked the Halifax C Mk VIII AP and the seats shown herein are identical.:o
Typical Troop Seats they are described.
Cheers

Cees

Any pics of the Horsa sections?

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Cees

That is strange as PL965 was refurbished by the RAF in Germany in the late seventies and due to corrosion the engine could not be run. “Chalky” White did the work on the engine, he went later on to work for the Blenheim IIRC and passed away a few years ago.

Cheers

Cees

Looks similar to the seat recently discussed here, Stirling Mk V?

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Cees

Nice Halifax.

There used to be a large scale Halifax flying model that was flown during airshows some years ago in the UK IIRC. Elvington’s being one.

Cheers

Cees

It could carry 10,000lb of bombs – but not a 10,000lb bomb.

Max load was 13,000lb (over short ranges, seldom carried).

‘Norm’ was 4 X 2,000lb or 8 X 1,000lb or, occasionally 1 X 4,000lb HC + 6 500lb GP bombs

Ken

Correct, but there is a simple modification proposal by Handley Page whereby a Grand Slam could be carried by simply adding 9 small reinforcing plates in the bombbay. Bombbay doors would not be needed anyway. With modification I don’t see why a Upkeep couldn’t be carried as well. Although to be realistic in may 1943 the Hercules engined Halifax was still in the prototype stages. The Mk III had plenty of power and the Mk VI even more so.

The key to the Lancaster’s succes was the very large unobstructed bombbay, but the standard Lanc couldn’t carry a Tallboy/Grand Slam or Upkeep without drastic modification. The 494 provisional Lancaster (upkeep) had to use a crane to hoist the tail up so the upkeep could be fitted.

The Grand Slam Lanc B1 Specials had a large amount of equipment ripped out of the structure, fitting Merlin 24 engines and Lincoln undercarrige.

Just to put some more fuel into the fire:D

Cheers

Cees