VICKERS WELLINGTON: Manual: An Insight into the History, Development, Production and Role of the Second World War RAF Bomber Aircraft (Owners Workshop Manual)

Iain Murray

ISBN 10: 0857332309 / ISBN 13: 9780857332301

Published by J H Haynes & Co Ltd, Sparkford, 2012

About this Item

This mint copy is bound in illustrated laminated boards, A dust wrapper is not called for. The text block is unmarked, tight, white, bright and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. The twin-engine Vickers Wellington was one of the outstanding RAF bomber aircraft of the Second World War, as well as a capable maritime patrol aircraft and submarine hunter with Coastal Command. Centrepiece of this manual is Wellington Mk Ia, N2980, R for Robert, one of only two surviving examples of the Wellington in the world and restored to display condition at the Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey. Iain Murray gives a fascinating insight into operating, flying and maintaining Barnes Wallis's geodetic wonder with the help of many rarely seen photographs and technical illustrations. Ref KKK 3.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: VICKERS WELLINGTON: Manual: An Insight into the History, Development, Production and Role of the Second World War RAF Bomber Aircraft (Owners Workshop Manual)
• Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd, Sparkford
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857332309
• ISBN 13: 9780857332301
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Mint

About this title

Synopsis

The twin-engine Vickers Wellington was one of the outstanding RAF bomber aircraft of the Second World War, as well as a capable maritime patrol aircraft and submarine hunter with Coastal Command. Centrepiece of this manual is Wellington Mk Ia, N2980, ‘R’ for Robert, one of only two surviving examples of the Wellington in the world and restored to display condition at the Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey. Iain Murray gives a fascinating insight into operating, flying and maintaining Barnes Wallis’s geodetic wonder with the help of many rarely seen photographs and technical illustrations.

About the Author

Dr Iain Murray is a lecturer in the School of Computing at the University of Dundee. Iain recently acted as a consultant for the ITV drama series Foyle’s War, which featured an episode set around a group working on the ‘bouncing bomb’. He lives in Dundee.