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Whitleys abroad....
Posted by Elliott on Thu Jan 10, 2002 10:26:40 AM
In reply top Halifax's in the far east..... posted by Tony on Wed Jan 09, 2002 07:56:26 AM
The furthest a Whitley ever went abroad to my knowledge is Australia. This was in service with BOAC and flew to Oz to assess its suitablity for similar long haul flights. BOAC had about 16 Whitleys in its service and they made regular trips to Gibralter - in fact one ended up in the drink - apparently due to damage to one of the elevators before take off. Nothing to do with Halifax's i'm afraid but i can't resist the oportunity to fly the Whitley flag..!
: Somre time ago, I was amazed to discover that Halibags had
: also flown in Ceylon (Sri lanka) My question is, were any
: lost down that way?
:
: Just been reading some stuff I've been sent, re Ceylonese
: airfields, and just how many of them were abandoned as soo
: n as the bomb dropped.
:
: One or 2 nice looking candidates, might be ok for Big Lib
: bits, but what do cees and Lord Halibag know about far eas
: tern halifaxes?
:
: Tony :0)