Magnificent!
Its a bit of a pity that neither the Halifax or the Stirling get much attention, although the Stirling did see service as a glider tug. Somewhere we have a picture of my pop-in-law who was a para, in a group shot with part of an aircraft in the background, which may be a Stirling. I'll have to have a look for it, although my bro-in-law may have it.
“O Lord God, let me not be disgraced in my old days.”
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'