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Wellington Mark III bombers [SRG 435/5/404] • Photograph

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Summary

Crew preparing Wellington Mark III bombers at No. 30 Operational Training Unit, in Hixon, Staffordshire, for a leaflet dropping ('Nickelling') sortie over France, on 6 September 1943. The two aircraft closest to the foreground are numbered BT-Z BK347 and BT-T DF640. BT-Z BK347 later crashed near Ingleton, North Yorkshire, on 21 April 1944. Vickers Wellington aircraft were British twin-engine, long range medium bombers designed in the mid 1930s, and widely used as night bombers in the early years of the Second World War, before being displaced by larger four-engine bombers such as the Avro Lancaster. The Wellington continued to serve throughout the war as an anti-submarine aircraft. [Details from Imperial War Museum website, catalogue number CH 18411].

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 16.1 x 21.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1943

Collection

Part of RSL Collection

Subject

Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British
Wellington (Bomber)
Staffordshire (England)

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Digitisation information

Date

23/06/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

6,916 x 5,248 pixels (36.3 MP)

Size

108.91 MB

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