The Vickers Wellesley was a medium bomber that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge...
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Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth...
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one of two bombers named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, the other being the Vickers Wellesley. A larger heavy bomber aircraft designed...
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the airfield; among aircraft operated were Curtiss Tomahawks and Vickers Wellesleys. Reportedly the OTU had at one stage 50 Harvards and 20 Hurricane...
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secured on residential property. The Vickers Wellesley, 1930s single-engine medium bomber of the Royal Air Force Wellesley marriage, defunct term for (not...
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Vickers Victoria Vickers Vildebeest Vickers Vincent Vickers Virginia Vickers Wellington Vickers Wellesley Westland Wallace Westland Wapiti Westland PV.7 Westland-Houston...
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most used for maritime reconnaissance and air-sea rescue Vickers Wellesley (RAF) Vickers Wellington (RAF) Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (RAF) Avro Anson...
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The Vickers Vildebeest and the similar Vickers Vincent were single-engined British biplanes designed and built by Vickers and used as light bombers, torpedo...
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of the war. As a possible replacement for the pre-war Vickers Wellington medium bomber, Vickers had proposed a series of designs. The first, to meet the...
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Finningley in September 1936. In April 1937 the squadron received four Vickers Wellesleys to equip a flight which was again split off to form 76 Squadron. In...
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1939-? 1 Vickers Type 264 Valentia UK Transport 1940–1943 11 Vickers Wellesley UK Bomber 1940–1941 ? Vickers Wellington UK Bomber ?-? 24 Vickers Warwick...
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operated the Hawker Audax until November 1937, then re-equipped with the Vickers Wellesley. In 1938 the squadron moved to RAF Driffield, to form part of No....
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Solent Short Stirling SNCASE SE-1010 Vickers Valetta Vickers Varsity Vickers VC.1 Viking Vickers Wellesley Vickers Wellington RAF Snaith Museum https://www...
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chief designer at Vickers. Wallis had worked on the Vickers Wellesley and Vickers Wellington bombers and while working on the Vickers Windsor, he had also...
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not one but two Royal Air Force bombers named for him - the Vickers Wellesley and the Vickers Wellington, and at a time when the convention was for British...
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Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Finland Vickers Vildebeest United Kingdom 1933 406 New Zealand Vickers Wellesley United Kingdom 1937 177 VL Kotka Finland...
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January–December 1938". www.rafweb.org. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-31. "The mystery of Wellesley K7734". Aviation Research Group of Orkney & Shetland. 2010. Archived from...
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was formed at RAF Driffield as part of No. 4 Group, equipped with the Vickers Wellington and carried out night bombing operations from May 1941 until...
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and era Fairey G.4/31 Handley Page H.P.47 Parnall G.4/31 Vickers Type 253 Vickers Wellesley Westland PV-7 Mason, Francis K. The British Bomber since 1914...
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reformed at RAF Scampton on 7 June 1937 with the Hawker Audax and the Vickers Wellesley and moved twice before being disbanded and merged into No. 15 Operational...
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aircraft with Townend rings include the Boeing P-26 Peashooter, the Vickers Wellesley, the Fokker D.XVI and the central engine on the Junkers Ju 52/3m....
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nine Vickers Wellesley bombers from 47 Squadron above Asmara, and Tenente Carlo Canella claimed the first CR.42 victory in East Africa, a Wellesley that...
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Later versions of the aircraft were known as the Vickers Vulture and Vickers Vanellus. Research on Vickers' first amphibious aircraft type began in December...
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The Vickers Viscount is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon Committee...
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long-range fighters), 94 (Gloster Gladiator fighters), 223 Squadron (Vickers Wellesley). A Bristol Bombay of 216 Squadron participated and 84 Squadron ferried...
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his men were flying outdated Gloster Gladiator biplane fighters and Vickers Wellesley bombers. Soon after the war started Collishaw's men were off the mark...
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(first pilots) + crew of two (also qualified pilots) in each aircraft Vickers Wellesley From Ismailia, Egypt, to Darwin, Northern Territory, in Australia;...
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Development Flight, was acting as a radio operator/mechanic in one of three Vickers Wellesley bombers that flew non-stop for two days from Ismailia, Egypt, to Darwin...
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with the letter "V". Vickers' submission had initially been rejected as not being as advanced as the Victor and the Vulcan, but Vickers' chief designer George...
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after Italy entered World War II, flying from Gura, he claimed a Vickers Wellesley bomber K7747 of No. 223 Squadron RAF (crewed by F/O Ross & Cpl. Stevenson...
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