This is a comprehensive and definitive work of reference on the Halifax, one of Britain's most famous wartime bombers. Handley-Page has been associated with the building of bomber aircraft since World War 1 and ultimately, no fewer than four out of every ten heavy bombers built in Great Britain were Halifaxes and, together with the Avro Lancaster, they shared the RAF's strategic night bombing offensive from 1941 until 1944.

Like all aircraft, the Halifax went through continuous development and improvement and became a much-loved aircraft by the crews who flew it. It was able to absorb considerable battle damage and still manage to bring its crews back home; it had the highest survival rate for aircrew. This book sets out to prove that the Handley Page Halifax, for its time, was a bomber “second to none"