"somewhere in England" … part of a RCAF Halifax Squadron

[David Dunlop]

Dennis. As Keith mentioned, the three RCAF Halifax Squadrons were, 408, 419 and 420. If the photos you have posted are of the Mk III Halifax, then we can rule out 419 Squadron. They apparently only ever flew the Halifax Mk II out of Middleton St. George, Durham, from November 1942 until April 1944 when they switched to the Lancaster X.

408 Squadron flew the Halifax Mk III from September 1944 through May 1945 from a base at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire.

420 Squadron flew the Halifax Mk III from December 1943 through May 1945 from a base at Tholthorpe, Yorkshire.

Might be worth looking for any wartime photos from the two Yorkshire bases. The buildings in the background of the two Bedford photos might ID which base these photos came from. Note the odd tower behind a number of single story buildings with angled strapping on their roofs. I thought at first the tower was the control building but it seems to lack windows, so now I am thinking radar or perhaps a water tower.

David