Handley-Page Halifax – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:27:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WWN-icon-256-150x150.png Handley-Page Halifax – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com 32 32 Handley-Page Halifax discovered in Norwegian fjord https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2014/10/29/handley-page-halifax-discovered-in-norwegian-fjord/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2014/10/29/handley-page-halifax-discovered-in-norwegian-fjord/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2014 23:03:15 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2346

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A research team from the Marine Technology Center at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway has discovered the sunken wreck of an RAF Handley Page Halifax under roughly 180m of water on the bottom of a nearby fjord.

The aircraft is very likely Halifax Mk II W7656 of No 35 Squadron, lost on 26 April 1942 while attacking the German battleship Tirpitz. Two crewmen, Sgt.Columbine (navigator) and Sgt. Evans (W/Op & Gunner), perished in the crash.

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