Handley Page Halifax Early Merlin Engined Variants — the twenty-seventh volume of the Wingleader Photo Archive series, devoted to the early Halifaxes with Merlin engines.
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This is a photographic publication for modelers and aviation historians, not a kit. The twenty-seventh volume of the numbered Photo Archive series of the British publisher Wingleader was written by Peter Allam. The distinguishing mark is in the title: the volume keeps to the early versions with Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, whereas a separate title in the same series, Handley Page Halifax Part 2 - Late Merlin Engined Variants, is devoted to the late Merlin versions.
After the Lancaster the Halifax was the second most important British four-engine bomber, and it reached combat as early as the beginning of 1941, that is before the Lancaster. The early machines were powered by Merlin engines and could be told by the nose with a gun turret, which later batches replaced with a glazed aerodynamic nose; the vertical tail surfaces were also reworked after experience with handling. The altitude performance of the Merlin Halifaxes was a weak point and led in the end to the change to Hercules radial engines on the Mk.III version. Besides night raids over Germany the Halifaxes also flew patrols over the sea and drops for resistance organizations.
For modelers who build an early version of the Halifax and need to tell apart the form of the nose, the turrets and the tail surfaces. It will appeal to readers interested in RAF Bomber Command as well.
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