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Vickers Wellington
Twin-engined medium bomber of geodetic construction. It was the main British bomber during the first part of WWII, but the RAF was soon forced to abandon daylight attacks because of its vulnerability. The Wellington was in production until the end of the war. After its replacement in Bomber Command by the new four-engined bombers it was flown on numerous other duties, and some were used until 1953. The Mk.X introduced a fuselage structure of light alloy, instead of steel. There were also prototypes and a small production series (about 60) of the Mk.V and Mk.VI, with early cabin pressurisation systems, which did not enter service. Wellingtons were built with Pegasus, Hercules, Merlin or Twin Wasp engines.
| General characteristics Wellington B Mk.X | |||
| Primary function | Medium bomber | ||
| Power plant | Two Bristol Hercules VI or XVI | ||
| Thrust | 2x 1,675 HP | 2x 1,249 kW | |
| Wingspan | 86.2 ft | 26.26 m | |
| Length | 64.6 ft | 19.68 m | |
| Height | 17 ft | 5.17 m | |
| Wingarea | 840 sq ft | 78.04 sq m | |
| Weight | empty | 26,323 lb | 11,940 kg |
| max. | 36,500 lb | 16,556 kg | |
| Speed | 255 mph | 410 km/h | |
| Initial climb rate | 1,050 ft/min | 320 m/min | |
| Ceiling | 22,000 ft | 6,710 m | |
| Range | 2,200 mi | 3,540 km | |
| Armament | 8x 7.7mm machine gun; 2,014 kg bombs | ||
| Crew | Six | ||
| First flight | Prototype 15.6.1936 | ||
| Date deployed | Mk.I December 1937 | ||
| Mk.X 1942 | |||
| Number built | 3,804 (just Mk.X) | ||
| 11,461 (all versions) | |||
Jirka Wagner
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