British Wellingtons and Halifaxes vs the Japanese

[Larry]

I agree that the coverage of Wellington & Halifax Ops in the Far East is small, but then again so is everything else concerning the war against the Japanese, including the 'Forgotten' 14th Army.

225 Group RAF was formed in mid January 1942 in India. 215 Sqn with Wellington joined 225 Group arrived in April and started operations on 23rd April 1942 to be joined shortly afterwards by 99Sqn, both of which were equipped with Mk 1C's. In April 1943 the first Mk X's were received, plus a few Mk III's with 99Sqn, which served principly as night bombers for another year until both Squadrons re-equipped with Liberator Mk VI's in Summer 1944.

As for Halifax ops there is a little info in The Handley Page Halifax by KA Merrick, Aston Publications 1990 ISBN 0 946627 60 8, which gives details of 1577 Flight RAF on pages 170-173