The Handley Page Halifax played a significant role in WW2 with examples being flown by the RAF, RAAF, and RCAF. A Canadian group (Halifax 57 Rescue Canada) has dedicated itself to recovering and restoring the aircraft.
To their merit, the Canadian group set a record for a heavy bomber underwater recovery with the lift of submerged RAF Halifax NA337, which rested 240 meters deep in Lake Mjosa, Norway. The organization also recovered RCAF Halifax LW682 in Belgium with the remains of her missing crew still aboard. Efforts are ongoing to bring a second Halifax to Canada, which will be displayed at the affiliated Bomber Command Museum of Canada (BCMC).
Yet another initiative in process involves the effort to retrieve Halifax HR980 and her crew of Canadians and Australians from a swamp north of Berlin, Germany.
An article in the Military Aviation Chronicles claims that the Handley Page Halifax was arguably more significant to the war effort than the revered Avro Lancaster - “The Halifax . . . was to score over the Lancaster in its multi-role capability, for in addition to its deployment as a night-bomber, it was equally at home when employed as an ambulance, freighter, glider tug, personnel transport, and maritime reconnaissance aircraft.”
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Thank you to Bryan Wilcockson for referring this link.
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