| Manufacturer: |
Handley-Page, English Electric |
| Type: |
Halifax Mk III (seven seat heavy bomber) |
| Powerplant: |
four 1615hp (1204kW) Bristol Hercules VI or XVI 14-cylinder two-row radial engines. |
| Performance: |
maximum speed 454km/h (282mph); climb to 6095m (20,000ft) in 37 min 30 seconds; service ceiling 7315m (24,000ft); range 3194km (1985 miles) with a 3175kg (7000lb) bomb load |
| Weights: |
empty 19,278kg (42,500lb); maximum take-off 29,484kg (65,000lb) |
| Dimensions: |
span 30.07m (98ft 8in) or in later aircraft 31.59m (103ft 8in); length 21.74m (71ft 4in); height 6.12m (20ft 1in) |
| Armament: |
one 0.303in trainable forward-firing maching gun in the nose position, four 0.303in trainable machine guns in the dorsal turret, and four 0.303in trainable machine guns in the tail turret, plus and internal bomb load of 6577kg (14,5000lb) |
| Manufacturer: |
Handley-Page, English Electric |
| Type: |
Halifax B.Mk VI (seven seat heavy bomber) |
| Powerplant: |
four 1657hp (1249kW) Bristol Hercules 100 14-cylinder two-row radila engines |
| Performance: |
maximum speed 502km/h (312mph); climb to 6095m (20,000ft) in 50 minutes; service ceiling 6705m (22,000ft); range 1260 miles (2028km) with maximum bomb load |
| Weights: |
empty 17,690kg (39,000lb); maximum take-off 30,845kg (68,000lb) |
| Dimensions: |
span 31.75m (104ft 2in); length 21.82m (71ft 7in); height 6.32m (20ft 9in) |
| Armament: |
one 0.303in trainable forward-firing maching gun in the nose position, four 0.303in trainable machine guns in the dorsal turret, and four 0.303in trainable machine guns in the tail turret, plus an internal and external bomb load of 6577kg (14,500lb) |
