This Handley Page Halifax III at Elvington is a re-creation using parts from at least three different aircraft. The front section is a totally new build by the very skilled staff at the museum. On the side nearest the camera it carries the name "“Friday 13th” - a 158 Squadron aircraft which completed 128 missions while based at RAF Lissett, Yorkshire in World War II, which was scrapped after the war. The other side is painted as "NP763" of 346 ‘Guyenne’ Squadron of the RAF, which was based at Elvington during 1944. I just couldn't believe just how large this aircraft was and I was amazed to be in its presence, although I knew that it was at Elvington.
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