Corgi AA37204 Handley Page Halifax B.Mk.III Royal Air Force LV607/NP-F Named Friday the 13th No158 Squadron, RAF Lisset, Yorkshire, 1944-45

This item has a limited edition certificate included.

(As preserved by the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, Yorkshire) First flown from RAF Bicester on 25th October 1939, the Handley Page Halifax entered service with 35 Squadron in November 1940. The Halifax I and II aircraft were powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin engines and the Halifax III was powered by Bristol Hercules engines. Apart from its role as a heave bomber, the Halifax III and also later versions also served in Costal Command and in paratrooping and glider towing roles. Yorkshire was the home of 4 and 6 Groups Bomber Command and the three Halifax Squadrons were based at Elvington, 77 Squadron, and two French Air Force Squadrons, 346 (Guyenne) and 347 (Tunisie). The Yorkshire Air Museum's Halifax reconstruction is based on a section of the fuselage of Halifax II, HR792, which carried out an emergency landing on the Isle of Lewis in 1945. The wings came from Hastings, TG536, at RAF Catterick. The reconstruction is named 'Friday the 13th' in honour of Halifax, LV907, which survived 128 operations with 158 Squadron. It is the only surviving Halifax in the world.