Strange to read this thread again, I mentioned in 2007 that my prized possessions were original Halifax manuals, documents and a control column. All manuals and documents were sold on and I have two cockpits now. How things change.
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Can’t help thinking that with a spare set of Halifax (Ok Hastings) mainplanes available in Canada a static Halifax could be reconstructed at Eeast Kirkby in memory of Christopher Panton.:D
Wishful thinking? Yes but why not.
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If only they would have bought that Halifax for 100 pounds when they got the chance. Other than that I think they have done very well with the whole lot.
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Sorry, don’t know him personally but have seen some of his Typhoon bits on display in various museums in the Netherlands, among which a tailfin and a Sabre carburettor.
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Don’t think many Hercules engined Halifaxes were used in Algeria during the war, so my bet is a Merlin Mk II (special) perhaps.
The lengthened doors are an attempt at streamlining in my humble opinion and not to carry a load. I would think the Spitfire fuselage would
be fastned to the bombstations.
The open panels in the wing centre section are bombdoors. The Merlin Halifaxes carried part of the bomb load in the wings similar to the Stirling.
With the Hercules marks these were used for additional fueltanks.
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