Название: Wellington
Автор: Ken Ellis
Издательство: Key Publishing
Серия: FlyPast Special
ISBN: 978 0946219445
Год издания: 2013
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 100
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 36 MB

Until the advent of the ‘heavies’ - the Stirling, Halifax and Lancaster - the Wellington bore the brunt of Bomber Command’s onslaught on occupied Europe. Built using the revolutionary geodetic construction developed by Barnes Wallis, the Wellington developed a reputation for being able to take a lot of punishment and still bring crews home.

Wellingtons served widely, becoming workhorses for the Operational Training Units, sub-hunters for Coastal Command, transports and test-beds and were even used as low-flying minesweepers! Postwar the Wellington served on overseas and as a crew-trainer for the RAF, finally retiring in the mid-1950s.