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Vickers Wellington B Mk X

Aircraft & Exhibits, MAY 1944-JAN 1955, Cosford, Hangar Three, Cosford, Hangar Three, 69/A/171

This Wellington was constructed in 1944 and served with No. 1 Air Navigation Training School between 1949 and 1953. It was not operational in the Second World War but represents the role played in the bombing campaign against Germany. It is one of only two Wellingtons to survive into the present day.

Vickers Wellington on display, (C) RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant John Holton, 5 November 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5624

Interview with John Holton, who served as an RAF navigator in Meteor night fighter aircraft, as an instructor on Brigand and Balliol aircraft and as an operations officer at Khormaksar.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Chris Mead, 24 April 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6742/012

Interview with Chris Mead, who flew as a navigator in Beverley and Hercules transport aircraft. He remembers the introduction of Hercules to RAF service and compares it to the Beverley.

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