Vickers Wellington Mk III X3763 of 425 Squadron. On April 15, 1943 it was reported missing following an RAF raid on Stuttgart, Germany.

The prototype Wellington Mk III, L4251, fitted with two Hercules HE ISM radial engines.

Another view of P9238, the first production Wellington Mk III, photographed in February 1941.

Squires Gate-built Vickers Wellington III X3763 of No 425 Sqn RCAF gambols above the clouds in early 1942. The unit was one of the “Article XV” squadrons established in 1941 to be operated by Dominion aircrews as part of Bomber Command’s expansion. This aircraft went missing on a raid on Stuttgart on April 15, 1943.
By the middle of the war the Wellington Mk III had become the main version, some 1,519 being built at Weybridge, Chester and at Squires Gate, Blackpool.

View of the prototype Wellington Mk IV, R1220, lost in a crash at Addlestone, near the Vickers Weybridge works. R1220 was powered by two R-1830 Double Wasp radial engines.

Another view of prototype Wellington III, L4251, first flown on May 19, 1939.

Wellington Mk III P9238, generally regarded as the first production Mk III, was first flown in January 1941.

Первый прототип «Веллингтона» B Mk. IV