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The Vickers Wellington (nicknamed the Wimpy) is a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber.It was designed during the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey.Led by Vickers-Armstrongs' chief designer Rex Pierson, a key feature of the aircraft is its geodetic airframe fuselage structure, which was principally designed by Barnes Wallis.
Target for Tonight (or Target for To-Night) is a 1941 British World War II documentary film billed as filmed and acted by the Royal Air Force, all during wartime operations. It was directed by Harry Watt for the Crown Film Unit. The film is about the crew of a Wellington bomber taking part in a bombing mission over Nazi Germany.
Vickers Wellington LN514 was a Vickers Wellington bomber built in 1943 in record time, as part of a British propaganda effort during the Second World War.. The bomber was constructed in 23 hours and 50 minutes, and took off 24 hours and 48 minutes after the first parts of the airframe had been laid down, beating the previous record of 48 hours set by an American factory.
The Vickers Wellington is a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber aircraft that was produced from 1936 to 1945 and used throughout World War II. It was operated by a number of nations and service branches around the world.
A Vickers Wellington Mk IC bomber of 149 Squadron RAF in 1940. Italy declared war at midnight on 10 June 1940 and a detachment of Wellingtons from 99 Squadron , part of 3 Group , RAF Bomber Command, left England for France and arrived at Salon at 15:30 hours on 11 June.
The 1942 Ruislip Wellington accident occurred on 18 October 1942 when a Vickers Wellington 1C medium bomber of No. 311 Squadron RAF crashed near South Ruislip station, Middlesex, on approach to RAF Northolt. The crash killed all 15 people aboard the aircraft, and six civilians on the ground including four children.
No. 172 Squadron RAF was a Second World War Royal Air Force anti-submarine squadron ... Twin-engined medium bomber [1] 1942-1943 Vickers Wellington XII [1] 1943-1945 ...
Here is a list of aircraft used by the British Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Army Air Corps (AAC) and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) [1] during the Second World War.