 |  |
| Wellington bombers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, shortly before they were given to United Kingdom for the war effort in the west, Aug-Sep 1939 | Wellington bomber in flight, circa 1940 |
 |  |
| A Wellington bomber built at the Vickers-Armstrongs factory in Broughton, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom in flight shortly after its completion, 7 Nov 1940 | A Wellington bomber built at the Vickers-Armstrongs factory in Broughton, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom on the tarmac shortly after its completion, 7 Nov 1940 |
 |  |
| Wellington bomber at Vickers-Armstrongs factory, Broughton, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, 7 Nov 1940 | Various aircraft at RAF Mandy, England, United Kingdom, 1940s |
 |  |
| RAF Air-Sea Rescue launch and Wellington bomber going to pick up a downed crew off the coast of Sollum, Egypt. 1941-44. | Vickers Wellington DWI Mark II with 48-foot diameter, 4,500-pound electromagnetic ring used to explode magnetic mines. Royal Air Force No. 1 General Reconnaissance Unit, Ismailia, Egypt, circa 1943. |
Change View
Desktop ViewSearch WW2DB
News
- » Wreck of M-49 Found (10 Apr 2025)
- » Japanese Emperor Visited Iwoto (Iwo Jima) (8 Apr 2025)
- » Race, Holocaust, and African-American WW2 Histories Removed from the US Naval Academy Library (7 Apr 2025)
- » US Government Plans to Purge WW2 Information (17 Mar 2025)
- » See all news
Current Site Statistics
- » 1,167 biographies
- » 337 events
- » 44,606 timeline entries
- » 1,243 ships
- » 350 aircraft models
- » 207 vehicle models
- » 376 weapon models
- » 123 historical documents
- » 261 facilities
- » 470 book reviews
- » 28,506 photos
- » 365 maps
Famous WW2 Quote
"We no longer demand anything, we want war."Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, Aug 1939
