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The Vickers Type 287 Wellesley was a general purpose bomber used in the Middle East by the Royal Air Force

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  • Vickers Wellesley
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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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Length
  • 1196.34
fullweight
  • 11100.0
dcterms:subject
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
dbkwik:world-war-2...iPageUsesTemplate
max takeoff weight alt
  • 5670.0
loaded weight main
  • 11048.0
Range
  • 1110.0
max speed more
  • at 19,700 ft
Guns
  • ** 1 × .303 in Vickers machine gun in right wing ** 1 × .303 in Vickers K machine gun in rear cockpit
number of props
  • 1(xsd:integer)
length alt
  • 11.96 m
span main
  • 2273.3
emptyweight
  • 6369.0
Speed
  • 228.0
power/mass alt
  • 0(xsd:double)
Produced
  • 1936(xsd:integer)
cruise speed main
  • 180.0
Affiliation
more performance
  • 1068.0
cruise speed alt
  • 157(xsd:integer)
height alt
  • 4.67 m
primary user
Type
  • General purpose bomber
type of prop
  • radial piston engine
loading main
  • 18(xsd:integer)
range alt
  • 1963.0
Caption
  • L2673 of no. 47 Squadron RAF over the desert
length main
  • 1196.34
power alt
  • 690.0
area main
  • 630.0
power main
  • 925.0
bombs
  • 2000(xsd:integer)
height main
  • 15(xsd:integer)
Wingspan
  • 2273.3
span alt
  • 22.73 m
range main
  • 1220.0
Height
  • 375.92
Manufacturer
  • Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
max speed main
  • 228.0
engine (prop)
  • Bristol Pegasus XX
power/mass main
  • 0(xsd:double)
ceiling main
  • 25500.0
empty weight main
  • 6760.0
loaded weight alt
  • 5011.0
area alt
  • 58.5
First Flight
  • 1935-06-19(xsd:date)
more users
max speed alt
  • 198(xsd:integer)
jet or prop?
  • prop
loading alt
  • 86(xsd:integer)
empty weight alt
  • 3066.0
Engine
  • One 925hp Bristol Pegasus nine cylinder radial
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 7,772 m
max takeoff weight main
  • 12500.0
cruise speed more
  • at 15,000 ft
Crew
  • 2(xsd:integer)
Armament
  • Four 500lb bombs in underwing containers
  • Two Vickers K machine guns
Number Built
  • 177(xsd:integer)
Year
  • 1937(xsd:integer)
Designer
ref
  • The Wellesley: Geodetics in Action
abstract
  • 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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