The British Halifax B. Mk. IIIa was a British aircraft, specifically a long range bomber. On the 25th of October 1939 it made its maiden voyage and was first used by the RAF (Royal Air Force) on the 13th of November 1940 and quickly became an essential part of the British Bomber Command. The plane carried out many major, and minor bombing mission across World War 2, mostly at night. Production of the Halifax continued until April 1945. During their service with Bomber Command, Halifaxes flew a total of 82,773 operations and dropped 224,207 tons of bombs, while 1,833 aircraft were lost.
While carrying its max bomb load of 13,000 pounds, it had a range of around 1000 miles. Although while using its standard bomb load of 5,800, the Halifax had a range of 1,800 miles. The Halifax used a variety of Boulton Paul turrets in the nose, mid-upper, and rear positions. The mid-upper was initially armed with twin . 303's but later versions carried four guns. This meant its defence capability was actually very effective.
While in real life, this plane was relatively ineffective due to its engine, in game this is one of the stronger British bombers, its large bomb load allows it to take down two, potentially three bases and if a enemy aircraft attempted to eliminate it via the rear, they would be obliterated by the powerful rear gunners of the Halifax. The general strategy while playing this aircraft is to climb to around 6,000 metres and cruise at around 90-100 percent throttle to ensure the engine doesn’t overheat. Once you reach a base you want to release the bombs and depending on the amount of bombs left, to another base or begin to circle back around. When your bomb load is exhausted, you would want to curve around the edge of the map and begin to slowly descent towards the general area where the airfield is. After landing on the airfield you want to climb to a reasonable height and repeat the bombing process.