Hello Guys
Where are all the Wimpy experts??
On of our Air Force members related a story to us fro ma fellow who had contacted him. Apparently this fellow had flown in a Wellington bomber that had a mid upper turret fitted. This was not a test aircraft but an actual operational aircraft?
Has anyone heard of this before?
By: kev i - 31st March 2025 at 11:23
The aircraft is HF944 coded K of 282 squadron and is a Warwick I.
The same photo appears in Air-Britains “Royal Air Force Aircraft HA100 – HZ999”
An engine cut on 8/7/46 at Silloth and the aircraft hit trees on overshoot.
Hope this clears this up.
Glyn
i think i my have found the site of this crash
By: dhfan - 15th February 2006 at 20:02
Actually the Wellington and Warwick were two different designs with different Vickers Type numbers – the Warwick was larger and appeared later too. Can’t say I’ve heard of operational Wellingtons with mid-upper turrets though.
If you’d read the above linked thread you would have found the following:
The two aircraft were designed virtually simultaneously and intended to be complementary. The higher power engines for which the Warwick was designed included the Vulture, Sabre and Centaurus which suggests it was intended to be equivalent to the Manchester. By the time anything in that class was available, the four-engined bombers were already doing the job.
The Vickers type numbers are 284 for the Warwick and 285 for the Wellington. The prototype Wellington Mk 1 was effectively a cut down Warwick.
By: Charlielima5 - 15th February 2006 at 18:36
Actually the Wellington and Warwick were two different designs with different Vickers Type numbers – the Warwick was larger and appeared later too. Can’t say I’ve heard of operational Wellingtons with mid-upper turrets though.
By: dhfan - 15th February 2006 at 16:30
I agree with Roger – I would have said Warwick – werent the early Warwicks referred as Wellington MK….????
Always thought the Warwick was a splendid looking aeroplane!
TT
Other way round IIRC.
We had a discussion about this a while back and I think the Wellington prototype was a modified Warwick.
I’ll try to beat the search engine into submission.
Here: http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32251
I should remember it, I posted it.
By: GlynRamsden - 15th February 2006 at 12:19
The aircraft is HF944 coded K of 282 squadron and is a Warwick I.
The same photo appears in Air-Britains “Royal Air Force Aircraft HA100 – HZ999”
An engine cut on 8/7/46 at Silloth and the aircraft hit trees on overshoot.
Hope this clears this up.
Glyn
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 15th February 2006 at 11:47
I agree with Roger – I would have said Warwick – werent the early Warwicks referred as Wellington MK….????
Always thought the Warwick was a splendid looking aeroplane!
TT
By: Peter - 15th February 2006 at 00:27
Never thought of that thanks Roger. He said it was a wellington though
By: EHVB - 14th February 2006 at 23:54
Maybe it wasn’t a Wellington but a Warwick he flew in.For an outsider they look rather simular BW Roger
By: Peter - 14th February 2006 at 22:08
Thanks for the quick post Papa Lima
By: Papa Lima - 14th February 2006 at 22:03
According to my Vickers Putnam book, only two Wellingtons had mid-upper turrets, and in both cases they were for testing only.
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