Halifax MkII series I or !A

Wurger said:

You may be right. I have changed the criteria for searching and found that the JB9** block was the B Mk.II Series I with the Tollerton Aircraft Services Z-type nose Here two shots of the JB908 and JB910 ...

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the pic source: 77 Sqdn Aircraft

JB910
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the pics source: chaddy's Content - Britmodeller.com

But also I found the JB781 that was the first of the JB block made by the EECo factory.

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the pic source: Oor Wullie

Undoubtedly she had the Z-type nose. It really may indicate that the entire JB*** block assembled by the EECo factory was the B Mk.II Series I with the solid nose similar to the DT*** block that was the earlier batch of Halifax bombers made by the EECo. Below there is the DT807.

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the pic source: 77 Sqdn Aircraft

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Jim Chadwick said:

I see you have posted one of "my"pics above of JB910 (chaddy's content). That photograph was taken in late May 1943 after the mid upper turret had been (re)fitted. I know for a fact that the mid upper turret had been removed (or not fitted) in early May 1943. Note that just near the crew entry door there was also a perspex bister which was a mod, and used by the 'redundant' mid upper gunner as an observation blister for 'below and behind'. No gun was mounted in that position on JB910. This same mod can clearly be seen on the aircraft of other squadrons of the time.

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Wurger said:

I'm still trying to find any picture of the JB*** block Halifax but nothing so far. I have found a couple of shots of the JD*** block and all of them look like the B MK.II Series IA with triangle shaped tails.

Here is the : Handley Page Halifax Mark II Series1A, JD206 'DY-T' of No. 102 Squadron RAF. The squadron used also the JB block Halifax bombers (JB864 with code DY_B and JB869 code DY_H )

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the pic source: File:102 Squadron Halifax at RAF Pocklington WWII IWM CH 10776.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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Mr Wolf said:

Hi Werger - just stumbled across this thread - JB869 was my father's a/c (J H Barratt - Nav) lost on Dortmund raid in May '43. I've been trying to find a pic for years but to no avail. Is DY-T (shown in pic) the nearest equivalent ?

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