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Vickers Wellington – airframe construction query!

With regards to the Vickers Wellington, does anyone know if the miles of aluminium used in its construction was extruded or formed by simply bending strips of metal?

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By: FarlamAirframes - 9th November 2015 at 17:26

It was made using a cunning set of multiple rollers to create the shape – all in a single machine – made by several sets of roller heads following on one from each other.

There is a similar machine at one of the museums.

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By: Mr Merry - 9th November 2015 at 17:02

I would guess it would be extruded and then cut to length.

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