Wellington Bomber MK 1 ‘R’ for Robert

Description

Wellington MK1

The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber. It was designed during the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge Surrey, led by Vickers-Armstrongs’ chief designer Rex Pierson. A key feature of the aircraft is its geodetic airframe fuselage structure, which was principally designed by Barnes Wallis and is faithfully captured on our 1/32 scale model.

Development had been started in response to an Air Ministry Specification, which was issued in the middle of 1932. This specification called for a twin-engined day bomber capable of delivering higher performance than any previous design. The Wellington was used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, performing as one of the principal bombers used by Bomber Command, it normally carried a 6 man crew. It holds the distinction of having been the only British bomber that was produced for the duration of the war, and of having been produced in a greater quantity than any other British-built bomber.

The aircraft came to be largely regarded as being an advanced design for its era and proved to have considerable merit during its flight trials. In October 1943, as a propaganda and morale-boosting exercise, workers at Broughton gave up their weekend to build Wellington number LN514 rushed by the clock. The bomber was assembled in 23 hours 50 minutes, and took off after 24 hours 48 minutes, beating the record of 48 hours set by a factory in California.
Each Wellington was usually built within 60 hours. A total of 180 Wellington Mk I aircraft were built; 150 for the RAF and 30 for the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) (which were transferred to the RAF on the outbreak of war and used by 75 Squadron).

A limited edition of 2 of these 1/32 scale models are available worldwide for immediate delivery, RAF006 female pilot is included free with this model, the other figures shown are for illustration purposes only please note and are not included.