Air Enthusiast 1996-05
C.Owers - Long Ranging Thoughts. LRDU Wellesleys to Australia
L2680 after the bomb panniers had been fitted at Laverton, Victoria.
L2639 probably at RAAF Richmond, NSW.
L2639 with panniers fitted. This view gives a good idea of the size of the aircraft.
Refuelling L2638 on a country airstrip.
Two Vickers Wellesleys over the Australian countryside.
L2638 after its forced-landing on November 28, 1938, after its Rotol control for the airscrew ran away.
L2639 after its forced-landing, taken from Heffernan’s Anson.
Vickers Wellesley I