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	Vickers Wellington: Australian War Memorial
		Wellingtons were the first bombers used to attack Germany in September 1939, but like all British bombers of the war they were lightly armed and suffered heavily from attacks by German fighters.
		The last Wellingtons were withdrawn from service over Germany and occupied Europe in 1943 but continued to serve in the Mediterranean theatre and over Burma until the end of the war.
		The Wellington proved a versatile aircraft and was also employed as a maritime patrol aircraft, a minelayer, and a transport.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/subject_657.asp (217 words)

	Vickers-Armstrong 271 Wellington <Briefing>
		The Vickers turrets used in the Mk.I proved to be not very reliable in service and their gunners were seated remotely from their guns making sighting difficult.
		The Wellington’s almost complete lack of armour meant its crew, hydraulics, and fuel tanks were easily damaged, while the combination of leaking fuel and a fabric covered structure caused many aircraft to be lost to fire.
		Vickers hydraulically powered turrets were fitted front and rear with one or two Browning.303 in (7.7 mm) guns in the front and two in the rear.
	www.wwiitechpubs.info /hangar/ac-uk/ac-uk-mb-vickers-wellington/ac-uk-mb-vickers-wellington-br.html (3308 words)

	The Vickers Wellington
		Vickers were not slow to see the advantages which might accrue from this form of construction and Barnes Wallis was teamed up with Rex K. Pierson, then Vickers chief designer, to produce structural designs.
		Vickers enjoyed no subsidy to cover the expense of developing the geodetic system, but with faith and perseverance the many hurdles were surmounted, and the company's belief in the soundness of Barnes Wallis's invention was amply vindicated.
		Vickers actually received a prototype contract for a biplane fulfilling this specification, the Type 253, which was in fact built and flown, but the company had implicit faith in the superiority of their monoplane which, in the event, was adopted for the Royal Air Force.
	www.guernsey.net /~mlihou/vickers_wellington.htm (1221 words)

	WW2 Warbirds: the Vickers Wellington Wimpey - Frans Bonné
		Vickers Wellington B.Mk IV Shortly after the War had started the Air Ministry realised that the Wellington would have to do yet for quite some time since the four-engined heavy bombers were too far off yet.
		Vickers Wellington C.Mk XV When the early versions of the Wellington were withdrawn from front-line use, the aircraft were put to good use in other roles.
		Later, in December 1939, the vulnerability of the Wellington due to unprotected fuel tanks was painlfully shown to the RAF.
	www.xs4all.nl /~fbonne/warbirds/ww2htmls/vickwelling.html (2946 words)

	uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Aircraft
		In the autumn of 1940 Wellingtons arrived in the Middle East, and in the spring of 1942 two squadrons were sent to the Far East.
		In the Mediterranean the Wellington was used as a bomber until the end of 1944.
		In later years the Wellington was gradually retracted from frontline duties, and bombers and patrol aircraft were converted into transports and trainers.
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/wellington.htm (1040 words)

	Vickers Wellington Medium Bomber (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Wellington was the main British bomber for the first two years of the war, although once it had been supplanted from the European theatre by Lancasters it flew until the war's end in many other theatres and in many roles.
		It was particularly effective in North Africa, where it could fly faster than most of the Italian fighters, and carried a heavier bomb load than the Italians.
		One of the Wellington's claim's to fame was the unique geodetic construction of the fusilage.
	www.constable.ca /welling.htm (202 words)

	Vickers Wellington Mk. Ic Review by Brett Green (MPM 1/72)
		MPM's 1/72 scale Wellington is another example of the continuous improvement in quality on the part of Czech model manufacturers.
		MPM has catered for the advanced modeller, however, with the announcement of four resin detail sets for this kit even though the detail is pretty good straight from the box.
		MPM's 1/72 scale Wellington will be welcomed by all fans of WWII British bombers - newcomers to the hobby and superdetailing experts alike.
	www.kitreview.com /reviews/wellingtonreviewbg_1.htm (756 words)

	IPMS Kit Review: Trumpeter 1/72 Vickers Wellington Mk. IC
		The Wellington owes its unique structure to its predecessor, the Wellesley, one of the classic RAF long range bombers used during the late thirties.
		A total of 11,461 Wellingtons of all marks was produced, andf they served with the RAF Bomber and Coastal Commands.
		Wellingtons were the only British bombers to remain in production from 1939 into 1945.
	www.ipmsusa2.org /Reviews/Kits/Aircraft/trumpeter_72_wellington/trumpeter_72_wellington.htm (2155 words)

	wellington
		Although the first Wellington was taken on strength by the RAF in 1938, they were still rolling off the assembly line at Vickers in 1944 for use in the Far East, The Med and on OTU's in the UK.
		The Wellington was obsolete for Main Force duties with Bomber Command by mid 1943 and AVM Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris was loath to see any squadrons, aircrew or aircraft diverted to the Middle East.
		The Wellington was quite well suited to the "night precision" and "close-in army cooperation" targets of 205 Group, but did not have the defensive firepower or bombload and range capacity to continue to serve in the saturation raids that Harris conceived after mid 1944.
	www.perth.igs.net /~long/wellington.htm (1489 words)

	Corgi 1/72 Vickers Wellington MKVIIII Coastal Command (AA34805) \| Antics Online
		Coastal Command Wellingtons carried out anti-submarine duties and sank their first enemy vessel on 6 July 1942; and versions fitted with a 48 ft (14.63 m) diameter metal hoop were used for exploding enemy mines by generating a powerful magnetic field as it passed over them.
		In 1944, Wellingtons of Coastal Command were deployed to Greece, and performed various support duties during the RAF involvement in the Greek Civil War.
		While the Wellington was superseded in the European Theatre, it remained in operational service for much of the war in the Middle East, and in 1942, Wellingtons based in India became the RAF's first long-range bomber operating in the Far East.
	www.aircraftmodels.co.uk /456_1_2264479.html/Corgi_1/72_Vickers_Wellington_MKVIIII_Coastal_Command (450 words)

	RAF History - Bomber Command 60th Anniversary
		The first squadron to receive the Wellington was No 99 based at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, in October 1938 and by September 1939 a further seven squadrons (Nos 9, 37, 38, 115, 149, 214 and 215), and all in No 3 Group, had traded their Heyfords and Hendons for Wellingtons.
		Nine Wellingtons were shot down, three ditched into the sea and a further three were forced to seek other landing strips as they were too badly damaged to return.
		Despite these losses, the Wellington was proving to be a sturdy aircraft, by far the most capable of the medium bombers in service at the time, and this was reflected in the numbers of aircraft being ordered.
	www.raf.mod.uk /bombercommand/wellington.html (845 words)

	Vickers Wellington - History, Specifications and Pictures - World Military Aircraft
		The Vickers-produced Wellington medium-class bomber was a principle bomber of the Royal Air Force at the start of the Second World War, serving up until late 1943 when it was relegated to maritime support roles.
		The Vickers Wellington was designed as early as 1932 to a requirement for a medium two-engine bomber.
		As much as the Wellington progressed throughout its time in the war, it was nonetheless become evermore outclassed by the addition of new Allied bombers and new Axis fighters.
	www.militaryfactory.com /aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=295 (889 words)

	Vickers Wellington Variants
		The Wellington Mk I was the version serving with Bomber Command at the outbreak of war in 1939.
		The reduced maximum bomb load was still high enough to all the Wellington Mk II to be used to test the new 4,000 lb “Blockbuster” bomb that was replaced the small ineffective bombs then in use.
		Mackay looks at the early development of the Wellington and the unusual geodetic frame that gave it great strength, the period when the Wellington was the mainstay of Bomber Command and the many uses found for the aircraft after it was replaced in the main bomber stream.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/weapons_wellington_variants.html (2238 words)

	Vickers Wellington
		The Vickers Wellington used a unique geodetic construction designed by the famous Barnes Wallis for airships and was also used to build the single-engined Vickers Wellesley bomber.
		Wellingtons with huge holes cut out of them continued to return home, when other planes probably would not have survived.
		Improvements to the turrets resulted in 183 Mk IA Wellingtons and this complement of aircraft equipped the RAF Bomber Command heavy bomber squadrons at the outbreak of war.
	www.fighter-planes.com /info/wellington.htm (651 words)

	Nival Interactive \| Блицкриг \| Главы \| 3. Бои в Норвегии \| Бомбардировщик ...
		Конструкторы фирмы Vickers решили, чтобы серьёзно не перестраивать производство, пойти другим путем.
		Как бомбардировщик Vickers Wellington проявил себя весьма неплохо, хотя и был очень уязвим.
		За неимением лучшего Wellington до 1942-го года использовался как основной самолёт для налётов на Германию, хотя это и приводило к большим потерям.
	www.nival.com /blitzkrieg_ru/chapters/3/bomber_vw (103 words)

	Vickers Wellington question - Aircraft of World War II - Warbird Forums
		As far as I know, the Wellington and its single-engine predecessor, the Wellesley, were the only aircraft (other than some rigid airships) to use geodetic construction, yet accounts of the airplane always rave about how fabulous Barnes Wallis's geodetic framework was.
		Nevertheless, Vickers continued to finance the system through the difficult and expensive development stages and the reward for their confidence is now a highlight of military history.
		The stratospheric Wellington Mk VI with its 'pressure pod', clearly illustrates the surrounding geodetic framework.
	www.ww2aircraft.net /forum/aviation/vickers-wellington-question-9996.html (2001 words)

	Vickers Wellington in detail
		The Wellington was the most important British bomber of the initial war period.
		Commonly named Wimpy by its crews (after J. Wellington Wimpy, Popeye's friend), the Wellington remained in service as a land bomber for five and a half years, its first operation being an attack on German warships at Wilhelmshaven on the day after war declared, its last raid on Previsio in Northern Italy in April 1945.
		A total of 11,461 Wellington's of all variants were built - the most of any British bomber design.
	ipmsstockholm.org /magazine/2001/01/stuff_eng_detail_wellington.htm (829 words)

	Canada's Air Force, Aircraft, Historical Aircraft, Vickers Wellington
		The Vickers Wellington, affectionately known as the "Wimpy," was armed with twin.330 machine guns in the nose and tail turrets.
		After having early-on proved the inadequacy of the turret fire-power in fending off attacking fighters during daylight attacks, the Wellington went on to build up a great reputation for reliability and ruggedness in night bombing operations.
		In April 1941, they were the first to drop the deadly "block-buster" bomb, during a raid on Emden, and they helped to initiate the Pathfinder target-indicating tactics.
	www.airforce.forces.gc.ca /site/equip/historical/wellingtonlst_e.asp (246 words)

	Wellington Mk.II Review by Mick Evans (MPM 1/72)
		The time was ripe for a new release Wellington and congratulations to MPM for stepping up to the mark.
		Vickers Wellington Mk.II Z8345/EP-S, 104 Sqn RAF based at RAF Driffield East Yorkshire in 1941.
		Vickers Wellington Mk.II W5442/BU-M, 214 “Federated Malay States” Sqn RAF based at RAF Stradishall, Suffolk in November 1941.
	www.hyperscale.com /2008/reviews/kits/mpm72535reviewme_1.htm (566 words)

	Canadian Nose Art and the Vickers Wellington "Wimpy"
		The Vickers Wellington “Wimpy” bomber was one of the most successful combat aircraft ever built.
		Wellington W5491 was damaged and W5487 was completely destroyed by fire.
		No 405 Squadron was also the first RCAF Squadron to paint “Canadian” Nose Art on Bomber aircraft, [Wellington Mk II., Wimpey].
	www.dunrobincastle.com /Nose_Art/Wellington/Wellington_Story.htm (370 words)

	WW2 Bombers: Vickers Wellington
		The Wellington was a medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R K Pierson.
		The Wellington used a unique geodetic construction designed by the famous Barnes Wallis which built up the fuselage from a number of steel channel-beams that were formed into a large network.
		Wellingtons with huge holes cut out of them continued to return home when other planes would not have survived.
	www.battle-fleet.com /pw/his/wellington.htm (691 words)

	Vickers Wellington
		Die Vickers Wellington war ein britisches mittelschweres Bomben- und Aufklärungsflugzeug des Herstellers Vickers Armstrong Ltd..
		Vickers Chefkonstrukteur Barnes Wallis plante daraufhin einen zweimotorigen Mitteldecker mit der patentierten geodätischen Rumpf- und Flügelstruktur.
		Das Ergebnis der Luftschlacht in der Deutschen Bucht waren 10 abgeschossene und 3 schwer beschädigte Wellington.
	www.weblexikon.de /Vickers_Wellington.html (803 words)

	WRG - British Aircraft Resource Center - Vickers-Armstrongs Wellington
		Brownings in Vickers turrets at nose and tail.
		Wellington VIII: Conversion of IC as Coastal reconnaissance version, with ASV radar arrays, Leigh lights in long nose.
		Wellington XV, XVI: Unarmed transport conversion of Mk.
	www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org /BARC/wellington.html (188 words)

	Wellington Vickers DVD Movies Special Interest - Temple Games (templegames.co.uk)
		Write a review on Wellington Vickers or chat about this item or anything else at Temple Games Forum.
		When it entered service in 1938, the twin-engined Vickers Wellington began an operational career that spanned the whole of the second World War.
		Rugged and reliable, it was operated by Bomber Command, Coastal Command and Transport Command, possessing a level of versatility second to none, serving in almost every theatre of War.
	www.templegames.co.uk /DVD-Movies/Special-Interest/Wellington-Vickers.asp?AffId=1088 (157 words)

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