This is the aircraft in which Pilot Officer Jean Florence, RCAF, won his DFM while with 424 Sqn. [i]Photo from: Imperial War Museums[/[]

Flown to Australia as G-AGXA, VH-BDT registered in June 1947. It flew Sydney to Singapore with 89 guard dogs on board and returned to home with a load of cargo. It never flew again and was withdrawn from use at Sydney airport in December 1947. It was later scrapped. The photo was taken on its way to Singapore. Name of photographer is not known.

At the Errwood Park Works in Stockport, Cheshire. Fairey Aviation completed 661 Halifaxes at Stockport and Ringway during World War Two. Orders for another 388 were cancelled. Forward fuselages for several B.III's are seen in initial assembly and a rear fuselage is on a lorry in the right background. Image obtained from Faireys many years ago.