The Vickers Type 287 Wellesley was a general purpose bomber used in the Middle East by the Royal Air Force
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| - The Vickers Type 287 Wellesley was a general purpose bomber used in the Middle East by the Royal Air Force
- The Vickers Wellesley was a British 1930s light bomber built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge, Surrey, for the Royal Air Force. While it was obsolete by the start of the Second World War, and unsuited to the European air war, the Wellesley was successfully used in the desert theatres of East Africa, Egypt and the Middle East.
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Guns
| - ** 1 × .303 in Vickers machine gun in right wing
** 1 × .303 in Vickers K machine gun in rear cockpit
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Caption
| - L2673 of no. 47 Squadron RAF over the desert
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First Flight
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Engine
| - One 925hp Bristol Pegasus nine cylinder radial
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Crew
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Armament
| - Four 500lb bombs in underwing containers
- Two Vickers K machine guns
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ref
| - The Wellesley: Geodetics in Action
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| - The Vickers Type 287 Wellesley was a general purpose bomber used in the Middle East by the Royal Air Force
- The Vickers Wellesley was a British 1930s light bomber built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge, Surrey, for the Royal Air Force. While it was obsolete by the start of the Second World War, and unsuited to the European air war, the Wellesley was successfully used in the desert theatres of East Africa, Egypt and the Middle East.
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