Good to see the Halifax is not being forgotten, on behalf of a former client of mine who trained in Canada for the Halifax and myself, thank you. I already knew a bit about the Halifax in part because I was asked by the only survivor to paint 'The Loss of Halifax DK 170. DK 170 Halifax heavy bomber aircraft was lost on it's first mission being shot down by a German night fighter that had been radar directed to the interception point. My Painting was commissioned by the late Mr. John Loban eye witness, formerly Flight Sergeant and navigator of that aircraft. I built two models, rearched and John provided me with detailed information even down to the number of rounds the attacking Me 110 fired. You can if you wish to, read more about DK 170 on one of my two websites under 'aviation-aircraft/halifax-heavy-bomber ... The DK 170 Halifax wreck was identified in Belgium in 2017 . You may also like to know, this year 2022 I've been approached a limited licence to reproduce my painting for a Belgium book about RAF & USAF aircraft that crashed in Belgium.
This is absolutely brilliant to see, well done on the salvage and restoration as well as the story acknowledging those brave men, lots of love and respect from the home country of the Halifax 🇬🇧🇨🇦❤️
We have a Halifax which came down locally in Liss Hampshire England, Reg No: 9492, ZAG, Canadian pilot officer Richard Pryce Hughes killed 14th April 1942 But there is at least a memorial to him and his crew who bailed out, RIP Pilot Officer Pryce Hughes.
My uncle died in one flying over Holland after a bomb run. 1944. He is buried in Nijmegen. Story is that he appeared to his mother as a ghost and told her not to worry, he was OK. He left behind a little girl and wife.
I'm just reading Paul Daneman's autobiographical novel, 'If Only I Had Wings' in which he describes riding his bicycle around the perimeter track of a Yorkshire airbase whilst 22 Halifaxes took off ! The sound of 88 engines at full throttle must have been something to behold and an experience never to be repeated !
Dear Sir. My grandad was a tail gunner in a Halifax bomber during WW2. He has passed away. He had a Canadian pilot. We have his RAF training documents which we only found at his funeral. I would be very interested and grateful if we could piece together the men he flew dozens of mission with and the plane(s) he flew in. These men were the real heroes. He never talked about the war until near his death. He always credited his Canadian pilot and navigator as the reason they made it through so many missions over Nazi Germany.
2:01 theres actually a complete Halifax bomber at yorkshire air museum so that isnt really the only one surviving living local to the museum located in elvington a few mins from york UK ive seen there halifax
What would it take to get one airworthy? Canada and England both have flying Lancasters. It would be the most amazing thing to see a Halifax and a Lancaster flying together
Friday the 13th is a composite aircraft using Hastings and Halifax parts plus newly built components. RAF Hendon have a rare Mk 1 Halifax but in unrestored condition.
Friday the 13th was an aircraft flown from raf elvington during ww2, it is not a bits and pieces restoration, there's pictures next to the plane of it on the base with its original crew sat around it, if i remember rightly where canadian too. I guess its not a "restoration" but it has been maintained for a very long time.
@@TroggyPK it's a replica of Friday the 13 the orginal was scrapped, and it's a composite aircraft as mentioned before with hastings wings the nose section is fabricated out of wood and metal, a family friend flew it many times , including its 100th mission , and he was from Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
only recently found out my late father built Halifax in Liverpool during war and his brother joined Canadian Air Force (dont know why not RAF) and was lost in action. So this meant a lot to me.
In the 1950s I used to cycle out to the north end of Handley Page's Radlett (England) factory where a nearly complete Halifax remained, its twin tails having been replaced by a single one for radar research and it was engineless - PN323, built by Fairey, in Manchester Years later, before the factory closed, I saw the nose section in their yard and it ended up as a walk-through exhibit. A pity that the remainder was scrapped c.1965.
Not forgetting that The Yorkshire Aircraft Museum located in Yorkshire UK, who have test run their Halifax 111 engines, all 4, in their quest to return the aircraft to flying condition.
Yikes! The number of errors in this video makes it truly embarrassing. McCurdy and the Silver Dart did not make the first powered flight in the British Empire. Samuel F. Cody did on Oct. 16, 1908. Bell's organization was the Aerial Experimental Association, not the Aircraft Experiment Association. You left out the highest paid member of the AEA, their engine man, Glenn Curtiss. Thomas Selfridge was not a member of the AEA, he was an observer on behalf of the US Army. The first flight was not made on Baddeck Lake as there is no such body of water. It was on Baddeck Bay of Bras d'Or Lake. There are in fact two fully restored Halifax aircraft; this one and Friday the 13th in Yorkshire. You fail to mention the man who headed the project to recover this airplane, Karl Kjarsgaard. And just to complete my pedantic review, 3 metres is 9.8 feet, not 12 or 14.
Credit to the brave Canadians during World War 2 and ever since, and your Halifax is a superb tribute to them. What a pity you could not save your own 'TSR2', the truly startling Avro Arrow, a truly mythical aeroplane like so many others, a piece of true Canadian genius but killed by politics.
![Inside a Halifax Heavy Bomber: Crew, Turrets and Guns [HP Halifax 2/2]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2zypfAVMRJc/mqdefault.jpg)
Good to see the Halifax is not being forgotten, on behalf of a former client of mine who trained in Canada for the Halifax and myself, thank you.
I already knew a bit about the Halifax in part because I was asked by the only survivor to paint 'The Loss of Halifax DK 170.
DK 170 Halifax heavy bomber aircraft was lost on it's first mission being shot down by a German night fighter that had been radar directed to the interception point.
My Painting was commissioned by the late Mr. John Loban eye witness, formerly Flight Sergeant and navigator of that aircraft.
I built two models, rearched and John provided me with detailed information even down to the number of rounds the attacking Me 110 fired.
You can if you wish to, read more about DK 170 on one of my two websites under 'aviation-aircraft/halifax-heavy-bomber ...
The DK 170 Halifax wreck was identified in Belgium in 2017 .
You may also like to know, this year 2022 I've been approached a limited licence to reproduce my painting for a Belgium book about RAF & USAF aircraft that crashed in Belgium.
Great presentation, blessings to the Airmen… had a fabulous visit…
The Silver Dart flew off of the Bras D,or lake in Baddeck
This is absolutely brilliant to see, well done on the salvage and restoration as well as the story acknowledging those brave men, lots of love and respect from the home country of the Halifax 🇬🇧🇨🇦❤️
Great idea to put this on youtube!
What a great explanation! Actually each aircraft has a story to tell and is wonderful can to hear it through this way. Congratulations!! 👏👏👏
very well done from wigan , lancashire
We have a Halifax which came down locally in Liss Hampshire England, Reg No: 9492, ZAG, Canadian pilot officer Richard Pryce Hughes killed 14th April 1942 But there is at least a memorial to him and his crew who bailed out, RIP Pilot Officer Pryce Hughes.
My uncle died in one flying over Holland after a bomb run. 1944. He is buried in Nijmegen. Story is that he appeared to his mother as a ghost and told her not to worry, he was OK. He left behind a little girl and wife.
I'm just reading Paul Daneman's autobiographical novel, 'If Only I Had Wings' in which he describes riding his bicycle around the perimeter track of a Yorkshire airbase whilst 22 Halifaxes took off ! The sound of 88 engines at full throttle must have been something to behold and an experience never to be repeated !
Dear Sir. My grandad was a tail gunner in a Halifax bomber during WW2. He has passed away. He had a Canadian pilot. We have his RAF training documents which we only found at his funeral. I would be very interested and grateful if we could piece together the men he flew dozens of mission with and the plane(s) he flew in. These men were the real heroes. He never talked about the war until near his death. He always credited his Canadian pilot and navigator as the reason they made it through so many missions over Nazi Germany.
That’s great to see this on UA-cam. Kudos 🍺
Canadian pride 🇨🇦💪🏼
2:01 theres actually a complete Halifax bomber at yorkshire air museum so that isnt really the only one surviving living local to the museum located in elvington a few mins from york UK ive seen there halifax
It's a composite aircraft with wings from a hastings and the nose section is wooden formers with metal applied over it.
Thanks for this 👍✈️🇳🇿
Not the only fully restored Halifax in the world. See Friday the 13th in Yorkshire England. A precious aircraft never the less beautifully restored.
What would it take to get one airworthy? Canada and England both have flying Lancasters. It would be the most amazing thing to see a Halifax and a Lancaster flying together
I don't think that particular aircraft is a proper restoration as it uses the wings from another aircraft, I think HP Hastings
Friday the 13th is a composite aircraft using Hastings and Halifax parts plus newly built components. RAF Hendon have a rare Mk 1 Halifax but in unrestored condition.
Friday the 13th was an aircraft flown from raf elvington during ww2, it is not a bits and pieces restoration, there's pictures next to the plane of it on the base with its original crew sat around it, if i remember rightly where canadian too. I guess its not a "restoration" but it has been maintained for a very long time.
@@TroggyPK it's a replica of Friday the 13 the orginal was scrapped, and it's a composite aircraft as mentioned before with hastings wings the nose section is fabricated out of wood and metal, a family friend flew it many times , including its 100th mission , and he was from Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
What makes that particular Halifax unique is that it never went near the RCAF during its life.
only recently found out my late father built Halifax in Liverpool during war and his brother joined Canadian Air Force (dont know why not RAF) and was lost in action. So this meant a lot to me.
I'm guessing he did training out in Canada and was issued RCAF log books etc. even though he was RAF?
@@Oligodendrocyte139 that might make sense, thank you
In the 1950s I used to cycle out to the north end of Handley Page's Radlett (England) factory where a nearly complete Halifax remained, its twin tails having been replaced by a single one for radar research and it was engineless - PN323, built by Fairey, in Manchester Years later, before the factory closed, I saw the nose section in their yard and it ended up as a walk-through exhibit. A pity that the remainder was scrapped c.1965.
Great presentation. Thank you.
Great video. Amazing history.
Its good one is preserved..the Lancaster gets the credit...like the Spitfire over the Hurricane
Amazing restoration ,i wish they could find a Stirling in this condition
Fabulous story.
What an amazing treasure Karl Kjarsgaard brought to the CAF Museum.
Not forgetting that The Yorkshire Aircraft Museum located in Yorkshire UK, who have test run their Halifax 111 engines, all 4, in their quest to return the aircraft to flying condition.
I went to this air force museum
Yikes! The number of errors in this video makes it truly embarrassing. McCurdy and the Silver Dart did not make the first powered flight in the British Empire. Samuel F. Cody did on Oct. 16, 1908. Bell's organization was the Aerial Experimental Association, not the Aircraft Experiment Association. You left out the highest paid member of the AEA, their engine man, Glenn Curtiss. Thomas Selfridge was not a member of the AEA, he was an observer on behalf of the US Army. The first flight was not made on Baddeck Lake as there is no such body of water. It was on Baddeck Bay of Bras d'Or Lake. There are in fact two fully restored Halifax aircraft; this one and Friday the 13th in Yorkshire. You fail to mention the man who headed the project to recover this airplane, Karl Kjarsgaard. And just to complete my pedantic review, 3 metres is 9.8 feet, not 12 or 14.
Knew an old boy who managed to survive a crash in one in France. I can't begin to imagine.
Everybody lived when they crash landed in the water, but they had no life boats, so they died... Next on....
Credit to the brave Canadians during World War 2 and ever since, and your Halifax is a superb tribute to them. What a pity you could not save your own 'TSR2', the truly startling Avro Arrow, a truly mythical aeroplane like so many others, a piece of true Canadian genius but killed by politics.