Not a bad photo for a 12 year old with a Kodak Brownie Camera! When I took this photo the a/c was assigned to the National Parachute Facility at NAF El Centro, CA. Transferred to the USAF in December 1969 as 54-137741. Exported to Cambodian Air Force in 1972. In 1975 a Cambodian pilot used this a/c to escape to Thailand. To Philippine Air Force in 1976 as 137741. Withdrawn from use, exported to the U.S. and registered as N2052H. Currently registered as N1728T as of September 2003.

Such a beautiful and rare example, on exhibition at the brilliant Yorkshire Air Museum.

When restoration of this Halifax Mk.III composite was completed in 1984, it was the only complete example in the world, although a second has since been recovered from a Norwegian lake and restored for display in Canada. Based around large fuselage sections of Halifax Mk.II HR792, parts from LW687 and JP158 were also used, along with the wings from Hastings TG536. Painted on the port side as Mk.III LV907 of 158 Sqdn, the starboard side represents Mk.IV NP763 'H7-N' with French roundels, commemorating an aircraft of that country's 346 (Guyenne) Sqdn, which was based at Elvington.

This reconstructed Halifax is the result of over 10 years work. The aircraft is based on a section of a Halifax 2 which carried out an emergency landing on the Isle of Lewis in 1945. The fuselage section was later used a chicken coop. The wings came from Hastings TG536 at Catterick. Named in honour of Halifax LV907 which completed 128 operations with 158 Sqn. Seen at the Yorkshire Air Museum.

At the Yorkshire Air Museum.

I don't like to take shots of planes stored indoors....but the weather was soooo bad outside and the nose art is rather impressive.