Handley Page Halifax II Series IA bombers at dispersal, with a Bristol Beaufighter at right. The Halifax II "JP201" pictured was later, while operating with No 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU) from RAF Wombleton, lost in a collision with the Halifax V "LL137" of No 1664 HCU from RAF Dishforth, over Morchard Bishop, Devon, on the evening of the 15 November 1944.