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This shows LL543 as a Mk III and initially assigned,
640 Sqdn, June 6, 1944 - No. 640 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia
44 Maint. Unit Nov. 8, 1944
296 Sqdn March 6, 1945 - No. 296 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia
Scrap Dec. 12, 1946
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Additionally .. it looks like it is the Mk.III according to the A.M form 78. But the LL 543 serial belonged to the Mk.V according to a couple of books for the bomber.
Anyway IMHO the pic is a post-war shot because the serials on the underwings were applied at the very end of the war and later. Because the Halifax was scrapped at the end of the 1946 so the image should be taken somewhere between the end of 1945 and 1946.
The no.296 RAF Squadron used the Halifax : September 1944-March 1945 ... HP Halifax Mk.V and February 1945-January 1946 ... HP Halifax Mk.III
Many thanks for your help. Much appreciated.
The serial number in the form above looks like LW543. LW542 was lost Mar 1944 and was a Mk.lll.... Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk III LW542, Wednesday 15 March 1944
I initially copied/pastied the wrong link (LW543), then deleted it and installed the correct link. Somehow during the time I was editing that post Yeomans Replied or Quoted that link.The serial number in the form above looks like LW543. LW542 was lost Mar 1944 and was a Mk.lll.... Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk III LW542, Wednesday 15 March 1944
I initially copied/pastied the wrong link (LW543), then deleted it and installed the correct link. Somehow during the time I was editing that post Yeomans Replied or Quoted that link.
Perhaps Yeomans or a Moderator could edit Post #4 and delete the incorrect link/Quote.
Sorry for all of the confusion. I initially installed the incorrect link to LW543 (which fubar57 mentions above) and then corrected it and did some re-editing. As I was doing this editing Yeomans was Quoting my posts, but apparently he Quoted both correct links to LL543. Based on what fubar57 had said I assumed the first quote in Yeomans response was the incorrect link for LW543.Humm.... both links in the post #4 are correct also the attached images. So it may be left as it is. However if you wish I may edit the post with the quotation of your post #3.
I think this is a Halifax III and the underwing coding looks to be LL543 (?) I would appreciate if any of the experts on this forum could confirm or correct this. Could I also ask if the underwing coding was normal and if so does that help date the image perhaps?
Many thanks.
| LL112 to LL153 | Halifax V | |
| LL167 to LL198 | Halifax V | |
| LL213 to LL258 | Halifax V | |
| LL270 to LL312 | Halifax V | |
| LL325 to LL367 | Halifax V | |
| LL380 to LL423 | Halifax V | |
| LL437 to LL469 | Halifax V | |
| LL481 to LL521 | Halifax V | |
| LL534 to LL559 | Halifax | |
| LL573 to LL615 | Halifax III |