Original art print of Handley Page Halifax JN920 (LK-L), a Mk. II Halifax of No. 51 Squadron RAF. The Handley Page Halifax was a four-engined heavy bomber, which entered Royal Air Force service in 1939, and served throughout the Second World War. In total, Bomber Command Halifaxes flew more than 82,000 sorties, delivering almost a quarter of a million tons of bombs against Germany and Axis-occupied Europe. After the war, the Halifax continued in Transport Command and civil aviation use for almost a decade, including during the Berlin Airlift of 1948.
The Halifax bomber depicted in this illustration, JN920, is a Halifax Mk II with four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines. It took off from RAF Snaith for its last flight on 22 October 1943. The crew consisted of seven sergeants: C. Hall, G.H. Bennett, M.S. Williams, E. Parker, R.S. Sitch, J.C. Cowie, and T.V. Lewis. The target was Kassel, but JN920 would never reach the German city; it crashed near the villages of Retie and Kasterlee in Belgium. In 1998, the Wings Museum excavated the wreckage, and the following year opened a memorial at the crash site.
This Handley Page Halifax illustration by artist Rob Wisdom is a high-quality Giclée art print on cotton-rich fine art paper. It is ideal for World War 2 history enthusiasts, Royal Air Force supporters, and fans of aviation history more generally.
12x16" art print shown. Cropping and title position (if applicable) may differ slightly on 'A' size art prints.
