Vickers Wellington Mk XV 8001283065863

Vickers Wellington Mk XV 8001283065863The Vickers Wellington was a twin engine, medium bomber designed in the mid 1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, by Vickers Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used in the first two years of World War II, before being replaced as a bomber by much larger four engine designs like the Avro Lancaster. . The first main production variant was the Mk IC which added waist guns to the Mk IA and a total of 2,685 were produced. The Mk IC had a

these boats must have sounded magnificent and it’s no wonder they were known as the ‘Spitfires of the sea’

retractable landing gear

Representing a significant advancement in aviation technology compared to the biplane fighters which were still in widespread service during the mid 1930s

High Explosive Fragmentation (HE-FRAG) and Armor-Piercing - Tracer (AP-T)

A new AN/APQ-148 radar replaced the old version one and the DIANE system were replaced by the lastest computer system

be noted that the basing of airfields near the areas of hostilities significantly increased the

Aerodrome steel plates were M8A1 used in the Vietnam War in the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s and were installed by engineering units of the US Army

It was of a low-winged

The A5 version was a significant improvement with the adoption of a modified turret capable of housing the new computerized target identification and fire control systems

and a ballistic computer

bridging equipment

a V-8 four-stroke diesel developing 240 hp to replace the six-cylinder two-stroke 205 hp unit of the KrAZ-214