Vickers Wellington
WW2 RAF Twin Engine, Long Range, Medium Bomber
Anti Submarine Aircraft. Unique Geodetic Airframe
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Wellington
N2989 Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, England
Type 408 Wellington Mark 1A
Built at Brooklands and first flown in November 1939, this aircraft took part in the RAF's daylight bombing raids on Germany early in the Second World War but later lost power during a training flight on 31 December 1940 and ditched in Loch Ness. All the occupants survived except the rear gunner, who was killed when his parachute failed to open. The aircraft was recovered from the bottom of Loch Ness in September 1985 and restored in the late 1980s and 1990s
11,461 Planes Built by Vickers Armstrong
Many Variants built between 1936-1945
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vickers_Wellington_operators
Royal Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._458_Squadron_RAAF
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._460_Squadron_RAAF
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._466_Squadron_RAAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
Fleet Air Arm
Vickers Wellington
WW2 RAF Twin Engine, Long Range, Medium Bomber
Anti Submarine Aircraft. Unique Geodetic Airframe
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Wellington
N2989 Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, England
Type 408 Wellington Mark 1A
Built at Brooklands and first flown in November 1939, this aircraft took part in the RAF's daylight bombing raids on Germany early in the Second World War but later lost power during a training flight on 31 December 1940 and ditched in Loch Ness. All the occupants survived except the rear gunner, who was killed when his parachute failed to open. The aircraft was recovered from the bottom of Loch Ness in September 1985 and restored in the late 1980s and 1990s
11,461 Planes Built by Vickers Armstrong
Many Variants built between 1936-1945
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vickers_Wellington_operators
Royal Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._458_Squadron_RAAF
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._460_Squadron_RAAF
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._466_Squadron_RAAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
Fleet Air Arm