nickbert_81
Airman
View attachment 458 Wellington.pdf
View attachment Wellington BB 481 AM Form 78.pdf
View attachment Wellington BB 481 AM Form 1180.pdf
Crew members of a Vickers Wellington bomber from No. 458 Squadron RAAF being rescued at sea by the ship "SS Destro", after they were forced to ditch their aircraft. The airman climbing the ladder ...
Hi,
Please click on the above links to PDF Documents link to website for further information
I have tracked down the mentioned bomber command cards for an incident of a Wellington VIII (Stickleback) B.B.481 belonging to the 458 Squadron RAAF going down in the Mediterranean of which my grandfather was in.
I am unsure how to read them and what information I can get off them.
I am in the process of making up a model plane of this wellington but am unsure of the colour scheme markings.
Until a few weeks ago I was going to go with the Temperate Sea Scheme uppersurfaces (Extra Dark Sea Grey and Dark Slate Grey) with White undersurfaces (fuselage sides matt white and undersurfaces gloss white).
Last week I cam across a photo of a Wellington Bomber of the 458 Squadron with the Squadron Code MD in Night Bomber Camo.
The number of this plane was B.B.466 which is very close to the one in the Mediterranean incident.
Any help with the cards would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Nick
View attachment Wellington BB 481 AM Form 78.pdf
View attachment Wellington BB 481 AM Form 1180.pdf
Crew members of a Vickers Wellington bomber from No. 458 Squadron RAAF being rescued at sea by the ship "SS Destro", after they were forced to ditch their aircraft. The airman climbing the ladder ...
Hi,
Please click on the above links to PDF Documents link to website for further information
I have tracked down the mentioned bomber command cards for an incident of a Wellington VIII (Stickleback) B.B.481 belonging to the 458 Squadron RAAF going down in the Mediterranean of which my grandfather was in.
I am unsure how to read them and what information I can get off them.
I am in the process of making up a model plane of this wellington but am unsure of the colour scheme markings.
Until a few weeks ago I was going to go with the Temperate Sea Scheme uppersurfaces (Extra Dark Sea Grey and Dark Slate Grey) with White undersurfaces (fuselage sides matt white and undersurfaces gloss white).
Last week I cam across a photo of a Wellington Bomber of the 458 Squadron with the Squadron Code MD in Night Bomber Camo.
The number of this plane was B.B.466 which is very close to the one in the Mediterranean incident.
Any help with the cards would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Nick
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