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| Wellesley bomber of No. 14 Squadron RAF preparing for takeoff, Transjordan, late 1930s | Wellesley Mark I K7740 of Torpedo Development Unit, Gosport, Hampshire, late 1930s |
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| Wellesley bombers in flight, circa 1940s | Wellesley bombers in flight, circa 1940s |
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| Wellsley Type 292 aircraft of the Long-Range Development unit, date unknown | Wellesley Mark I (L2673 KU-C) of No. 47 Squadron RAF based at Agordat, Eritrea in flight, Feb-Mar 1941 |
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| Wellesley Mark I K7775 KU-N of No. 47 Squadron RAF based at Agordat, Italian Eritrea, in flight, circa Feb-Mar 1941 | Pilot Officer Kennedy of No. 47 Squadron RAF Detachment inspecting his Wellesley bomber after engagement with two CR.42 fighters, Agordat, Eritrea, 25 Mar 1941; his gunner Sergeant German was killed |
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| British Royal Air Force Vickers Wellesley light bomber kicking up a dust cloud during a take off from an East African airstrip, 15 May 1941. |
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