Vickers Wellington

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Snautzer01 said:
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First production Wellington Mk.III, serial P9238 fitted with Hercules XI engines and Rotol C/S propellers, as well as a mock-up of the four-gun Nash & Thompson FN.4 tail turret, which was fitted to subsequent production examples in lieu of the two-gun FN.5. The front turret remained the FN.5 but it's unarmed in this photo. Arrived at A&AEE in March 1941, the background obviously attacked by the censor, or its' just another foggy day in England...
 
Aggersund Dänemark 1940 OJ-J P9218 21-04-1940 Sunday

Substantially damaged force landed during air operations to attack Aalborg Aerodrome, Denmark, 21 April 1940. Took off from RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk at 17:55 hours. During the attack on Aalborg West airfield Wellington P9218 was hit by flak from 5./Res. Flak Abt. 603 in one engine, and had to ditch in the Limfjorden 500 meters east of the Aggersund bridge, Nordjylland, Denmark, at 21:50 hours. All six crew survived, were captured, and taken as POWs

Crew of Wellington P9218:
Flying Officer (Pilot) Frederick T. Knight - POW
AC.2 (Wireless Operator) James J. Eldridge - POW
Sgt W.G.McDonald - POW
Sgt Gerald Edwin Forsyth - POW
AC.2 Philip Blackburn (Air Gunner) - POW
AC.1 William J.Thew - POW

Gear-up landing Incident Vickers Wellington B Mk Ia P9218,

Vickers Wellington P9218 (OJ-J): Substantially damaged force landed during air operations to attack Aalborg Aerodrome, Denmark, 21 April 1940. Took off from RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk at 17:...
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  3. Foto RAF Vickers Wellington Flugzeug Wrack am Strand von Aggersund Dänemark 1940 | eBay
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