The Vickers Wellington bomber, led by Sgt Oldřich Helma, had departed from East Wretham in Norfolk on the night of July 1, 1941, bound for Cherbourg as part of a strategic bombing operation. It was ...

For people who are interested to read about the background of a WW2 monument in Holland, made in the honour of fallen CANADIAN crewmembers of a VICKERS WELLINGTON bomber, I've a website: www.home ...

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.

In the summer of 1943, Broughton factory workers made history by assembling a Vickers Wellington Bomber in less than 24 hours. Breaking previous construction records, the high-speed assembly ...

The Vickers Swallow was intended to succeed the so-called Wild Goose project and the Vickers Valiant subsonic bomber.

During WWII, Welsh factory workers built a Wellington bomber from scratch in just 24 hours. Why? To set a new world record.

After the bugs were worked out, the VickersVirginia established a reputation for ruggedness and reliability. When one thinks of Great Britain’s heavy bomber aircraft that preceded the Jet Age ...

On December 31, 1940, Scots airmen in a Vickers Wellington bomber plane were engaged in a training flight over Scotland's Great Glen. When the engine faltered, the skipper ordered his crew to jump out ...

The restored Vickers Wellington bomber has been unveiled after more than 10 years of conservation at Cosford. The Wellington, one of only two remaining, has moved from the museum's Conservation ...

For people who are interested to read about the background of a WW2 monument in Holland, made in the honour ...

During WWII, Welsh factory workers built a Wellington bomber from scratch in just 24 hours. Why? To set a new world record.