This is a replica of one of the most successful bombers of WWII.
Nicknamed ‘Friday the 13th’, it flew 128 successful missions – more than any other Halifax aircraft.
Of the 6,000 of Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers, not one was saved for posterity, which makes this one special.
And it’s why the Yorkshire Air Museum took 20 years to peace together.
Friday the 13th got its name from Flight Officer Cliff R R Smith, who laughed off suggestions the plane might be cursed.
He also painted a scythe on the aircraft, a skull and crossbones and an upside down horseshoe.
So famous it became, the plane was displayed on Oxford Street after the war ended.
And fittingly, this replica now exists alongside flags of the Allied nations from VE Day itself.
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