Air International 1980-07 / ??? - The Wellesley: geodetics in action /Warbirds/

The Type 246, Vickers' private venture to G.4/31, in its original form as completed in the early summer of 1935. This aircraft subsequently became the Type 281.

Air International 1980-07 / ??? - The Wellesley: geodetics in action /Warbirds/

Flight 1935-11 / Flight

HIGH ASPECT RATIO is but one of the numerous outstanding features to be found in the new Vickers Wellesley medium bomber which has been ordered in quantity for the R.A.F. This machine made its first public appearance at the S.B.A.C. Display this year. The engine in the prototype is a Bristol Pegasus III 690/750 h.p. radial, but the production machines, it is now stated, will have a new type of Pegasus designated the Mk.XVIII. With full load the machine weighs about 10,000 lb.

Flight 1936-01 / Flight

The new medium bomber Vickers Wellesley (Bristol Pegasus XVIII) is a remarkable example of the manner in which geodetic construction makes possible a high aspect ratio coupled with low structure weight.

Flight 1935-07 / Flight

The Vickers monoplane bomber (Bristol "Pegasus") has a special type of construction in which curved diagonal members play an important part.

Flight 1935-07 / Flight

The retractable undercarriage of the Vickers monoplane was not completed in time to show it in its finished state.

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Both G4/31 interpretations performing at the Hendon Air Pageant, 1935. The G4/31 biplane (wearing the ‘New Types Park’ number 6) follows the monoplane PVO-9 ‘4‘.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Vickers G.4/31 / Type 253 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Flight 1936-11 / Flight

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The prototype B22/45 Wellesley, K7556, differed considerably from the private venture monoplane

Air International 1980-07 / ??? - The Wellesley: geodetics in action /Warbirds/

The prototype Wellesley, after modification as the Type 281 and application of the serial K7556.

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-07 / D.Middleton - Jeffrey Quill /Test Pilot Profile/ (7)

The pre-production Vickers Wellesley K7556 in which Quill did a great deal of test work. The picture was taken at Martlesham Heath where the aircraft arrived for official trials during March 1936.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v5

K5054 был впервые показан 300 приглашенным гостям 18 июня 1936 года на демонстрации самолетов фирмы "Vickers" в Истли, На снимке: K4049 - прототип бомбардировщика В.9/32 (позднее служившего под именем Wellington); K7556 - предсерийный бомбардировщик Wellesley и K5780 - девятая серийная амфибия Walrus. В 1938 году "Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers) Ltd" и ее головная компания "Vickers (Aviation) Ltd of Weybridge" объединились в фирму "Vickers-Armstrong Limited".
Supermarine Spitfire prototype on view to the public in 1936 alongside a Walrus, the prototype Wellesley and prototype Wellington.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936Supermarine Walrus/Seagull V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Flight 1936-02 / Flight

The Vickers "Wellesley" medium bomber (Pegasus XVIII), in which the famous geodetic construction system is employed, is another type for which a considerable order has been placed.

Flight 1937-06 / Flight Advertisements

Flight 1936-06 / Flight

The Wellesley with Bristol Pegasus engine and is of "geodetic" construction.

Flight 1936-07 / Flight

MARTLESHAM'S GREAT DAY: It must have been extremely gratifying to Martlesham that the King should show such interest in the work of the station and in some of the very latest military machines now on test there. In this view, His Majesty, after inspecting the Vickers Wellesley, is passing to the next machine in the line-up,

Air International 1980-07 / ??? - The Wellesley: geodetics in action /Warbirds/

The fourth production Wellesley (K7716), one of the eight completed to Type 287 standard

Air International 1980-07 / ??? - The Wellesley: geodetics in action /Warbirds/

The 17th production Wellesley (K7729).

АвиаМастер 2000-02 / М.Никольский - Африканское эхо второй мировой /Неизвестная война/

"Уэллсли" из 14-й эскадрильи взлетает с полевого аэродрома Кассала в Судане.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-12 / L.Coombs - The expanding years 1936-1939 (2)

Wellesley K7721 of the first production batch spent a period with the RAE before being issued to 148 Squadron. No 76 Squadron was the first unit to receive the type into service, the first aircraft arriving at Finningley in April 1937.

Flight 1936-09 / Flight

LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY: The Vickers Wellesley, thanks to the merits of geodetic construction, can destroy targets at an abnormal distance from its base.

Моделист-Конструктор Бомбардировщики Второй мировой войны

Шестой серийный "Уэллсли" I, 1937г.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-04 / F.Adkin - Memoirs of Aircraftsman (4)

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01 / R.Nesbit - The Allied Plan to Bomb Russia (2)

The Allied assault force on Russian oilfields would have included a squadron of Wellesleys, on photo, and four squadrons of Bristol Blenheim IVs.

Flight 1937-04 / Flight

The Vickers Wellesley, intended for general purpose work and long-range bombing operations. The engine is a Pegasus.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Vickers "Wellesley" Long-range Bomber Monoplane (Bristol "Pegasus" engine).

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-03 / J.Pelly-Fry - Wellesleys over the Sudan (1)

Wellesley L2673 of 223 Sqn over Mount Kenya, East Africa, c.1938-40. L2673 subsequently passed to 47 Sqn and the Communications Flight at Khartoum before finally being struck off RAF charge in October 1943.

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Production Wellesley I L2645 was delivered to 14 Squadron in early 1938.

Flight 1940-12 / Flight

A Vickers Wellesley (Pegasus) of the type which set up a world's record of 7,158 miles, non-stop.
Great aerodynamic and structural efficiency, due to the system of geodetic construction employed, makes the Vickers Wellesley a most formidable long-range bomber. Pegasus X, XVII and XX engines have been specified.

Flight 1937-08 / Flight Advertisements

The Vickers "Wellesley" Long-range Bomber Monoplane. Note the streamline bomb-containers beneath the wings.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-03 / J.Pelly-Fry - Wellesleys over the Sudan (1)

Wellesley K7726 served with Nos 76, 47 and 148 Squadrons before being struck off RAF charge in July 1944.

Flight 1937-11 / Flight

A POTENTIAL CHAMPION: A Vickers Wellesley medium bomber (Pegasus XX) complete with streamline bomb-carriers below its wings. It is possible that a specially prepared Wellesley may try for the world's long-distance record.

Моделист-Конструктор Бомбардировщики Второй мировой войны

"Уэллсли" I, оснащенный противопыльным фильтром, Восточная Африка, 1941 г.

Flight 1939-05 / Flight

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Capable of flying for very long distances at a high cruising speed, the Vickers Wellesley has been adopted for general purpose and bombing duties.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-05 / J.Pelly-Fry - Wellesleys over the Sudan (3)

Дальний бомбардировщик "Уэллсли". На эти машины англичане возлагали большие надежды в начале восточно-африканской кампании.
This picture give some idea of the massive span of the Wellesley's wing.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-05 / J.Pelly-Fry - Wellesleys over the Sudan (3)

Flight 1937-04 / Flight Advertisements

"Wellesley" ("Bristol" Pegasus Engine) VICKERS "GEODETIC" CONSTRUCTION

Flight 1938-03 / Flight

Vickers Wellesley

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

VICKERS WELLESLEY: Bomber (Pegasus XX engine - 925 h.p, at 10,000ft.); span, 74ft. 7in.; gross weight, 12,500 lb.; max. speed, 220 m.p.h. (approx.) at 10,000ft.

Air International 1980-07 / ??? - The Wellesley: geodetics in action /Warbirds/

A Wellesley (K7775 KU-N) of No 47 Squadron, which had received its aircraft from No 45 Squadron in the Middle East and began its, war at Khartoum, then moving to Erkowit and flying its first bombing mission on 11 June 1940.

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«Уэлсли» стал первым бомбардировщиком «Виккерс» с «геодезической» конструкцией

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-03 / J.Pelly-Fry - Wellesleys over the Sudan (1)

Wellesley "B” of 223 Squadron flying over the home-made air-firing target set into the side of a hill. Despite the author's wager no air gunner ever succeeded in getting more than five rounds (out of a pan of 97) on the 25ft square target.

Flight 1940-12 / Flight

Although the Vickers Wellesley was designed as a general purpose machine, few people know that it has been used for dropping torpedoes.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-03 / J.Pelly-Fry - Wellesleys over the Sudan (1)

The pilot's view from a Wellesley, looking along the port wing and with the pitot head for the airspeed indicator out at the tip. Of interest is the way that the fabric on the upper surface of the wing has been sucked upwards, thus showing the outline of the geodetic construction on each side of the main spar.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 02 - The progress of the world in military aviation during the year 1937-38

Vickers "Wellesleys" (Bristol "Pegasus") in flight formation over their home aerodrome at Finningley. No 76 (B) Squadron was the first to be armed with this machine. "Wellesleys" are used by the Long Range Development Flight.

Мировая Авиация 249

К началу Второй мировой войны Wellesley уже существенно устарел, однако самолеты все же активно применялись в боевых действиях на Ближнем Востоке и в Африке. Данные Wellesley Mk I запечатлены над Египтом.

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Английские дальние бомбардировщики Виккерс "Уэллсли" над пирамидами Египта. Эти машины могли быть задействованы в бомбардировке кавказских нефтепромыслов.

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The Wellesleys of No. 76 in “open order.” The appendages beneath the wings, which might puzzle the uninitiated, are bomb containers.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-04 / J.Pelly-Fry - Wellesleys over the Sudan (2)

A formation of 76(B) Squadron Wellesleys up from RAF Finningley in February 1938. No 76 Squadron was the first unit to receive the Wellesley into service, at Finningley in April 1937, and the type was still on strength at the outbreak of war.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 02 - The progress of the world in military aviation during the year 1937-38

A Formation of Vickers "Wellesley" Bombers flying over the desert in Egypt.

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Flight 1940-08 / Flight

The A.O.C-in-C. has, in the Vickers Wellesley, a bomber of very long range.

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-06 / ??? - 'Planes and pyramids

Vickers Wellesleys over Egypt in 1940.

Flight 1938-07 / Flight

DESERT FORMATION: No. 45 (B.) Squadron, the first in the Middle East to be equipped with Vickers Wellesleys, are stationed at Helwan, Egypt. The specially prepared long-range Wellesleys may soon be in Egypt, and Ismailia has been named as a possible take-off point for Australia.

Flight 1937-10 / Flight

A fly-past at Mildenhall, for the benefit of the guests, by a squadron of Vickers Wellesleys with their external "egg-boxes."

Flight 1938-03 / Flight

No. 76 (B) Squadron was the first to have the Vickers Wellesley medium bomber.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v5

Vickers Wellesley Is.

Flight 1938-03 / Flight

Looking, in a way, unfamiliar with undercarriages extended - the Wellesleys taking off from Finningley.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-04 / F.Adkin - Memoirs of Aircraftsman (4)

Vickers Wellesley single-engined bombers (Pegasus XX). The Wellesley, although a "general purpose" type, equips the Long-Range Development Flight.
Wellesleys of 76 Squadron lined up in readiness for the 1938 RAF display at Hendon. Nearest are K7722 and K7725.

Flight 1937-12 / Flight Advertisements

Flight 1937-10 / Flight

ASPECT RATIO: Vickers Wellesleys of a unit which demonstrated before our German guests at Mildenhall.

Flight 1938-04 / Flight

This photograph, taken at Hendon before the last R.A.F. display, is a history of production in itself, for the types shown range from the Virginia to modern Expansion bombers.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bristol Blenheim - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936Handley Page Harrow / H.P.54 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936Vickers Virginia - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1922

Flight 1938-01 / Flight

VICKERS WELLESLEY medium bombers, complete with bomb carriers, awaiting the arrival of Service pilots to ferry them to depots or squadrons

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-03 / J.Pelly-Fry - Wellesleys over the Sudan (1)

Пилот в кабине "Уэллсли" перед вылетом на боевое задание.
The intrepid Flt Cdr of “A "Flight, 223 Squadron, about to go flying in his favourite mount, Wellesley AO-A.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-05 / J.Pelly-Fry - Wellesleys over the Sudan (3)

A 47 Squadron Wellesley being serviced for its next sortie. Note the four-gallon Shell tins, that leaked so badly, and the bombs lying carelessly on the ground.

Flight 1937-04 / Flight

GEOGRAPHY AND GEODETICS: Vickers aircraft (on the marine side, at all events) are well known to men of the Royal Australian Air Force, so it was with keen interest that this Coronation contingent inspected the Weybridge works last week. They are seen in front of a Wellesley.

Flight 1938-03 / Flight

Pilots of No. 76 (B) Squadron. Left to right (front row): P/O. J. S. Sherwood, P/O. J. T. B. Sadler, Sgt. S. W. Jenkins, P O. W. D. Corr, P/O. J. E. Riepenhausen, P/O. J. M. Warren, Flt. Lt. Isemonger, Sqn. Ldr. L. E. J. George (Commanding Officer), F/O. L. R. Stewart, P/O. P. H. Rebbeck, P/O. F. L. Chadwick, P/O. J. N. Culverwell, P/O. C. A. Baskett. Back row: Flt. Sgt. E. G. Couch, P/O. G. K. Pea­cock, P/O. B. P. Jones.

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"Уэллсли" из 47-й эскадрильи на аэродроме Белайя, февраль 1941г.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-04 / F.Adkin - Memoirs of Aircraftsman (4)

An aerial camera being taken aboard Wellesley K8530 of B Flight, 35 Squadron, at RAF Worthy Down. The port underwing bomb container is just visible.

Air Enthusiast 1994-09 / A.Wood - Airline at War

Wellesley L2714 of 223 Squadron at Khartoum, 1940.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-05 / J.Pelly-Fry - Wellesleys over the Sudan (3)

Flt Lt “Digger” Magill returns from a sortie against the Italian ground forces in the Gallabat-Metemina area. Sundry Army, RAF and Sudan Government officers get a first-hand account of the progress in the battle.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-08 / D.Stapleton - "No blame attaches..." (1)

Vickers Wellesley L2645 served with 47 Sqn, one of two Sudan-based Wellesley units pitted against the Italian destroyer flotillas. Photographed in 1942 at St Jean, Palestine.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-03 / J.Pelly-Fry - Wellesleys over the Sudan (1)

At the Summit landing ground in 1940. Sqn Ldr R. T. Taaffe (officer commanding 223 Squadron) with his back to the camera, talks to a visitor who has arrived in Anson I L9145 from Khartoum. A 47 Squadron Wellesley can be seen in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Anson / Type 652 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Air International 1980-07 / ??? - The Wellesley: geodetics in action /Warbirds/

One of the Wellesleys (L2637) assigned to the LRDU. This particular machine was the back-up aircraft and did not participate in the Unit's long-distance flights.

Air Pictorial 1958-10

These photographs show the arrival of Wellesleys L2638 and L2680 at Ismailia from Upper Heyford, prior to the take-off on the long-distance record attempt to Darwin, Australia, on 5th to 7th November 1938. After service three machines (L2639) set off at 0555 local time (0355 G.M.T.) piloted by S/Ldr. Kellett. F/Lt. Hogan and F/Lt. Coobine. Photo: L2638.

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L2680 after the bomb panniers had been fitted at Laverton, Victoria.

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A Rotol constant-speed airscrew, hydraulic type, on the Bristol Pegasus XXII of a Vickers Wellesley.

Flight 1938-11 / Flight

A side view of one of the long-range Wellesleys showing that the fuselage is comparatively short in relation to the wing span. The special cowling and fairing arrangements may be noted.

Air Enthusiast 1996-05 / C.Owers - Long Ranging Thoughts. LRDU Wellesleys to Australia

L2639 probably at RAAF Richmond, NSW.

Air Enthusiast 1996-05 / C.Owers - Long Ranging Thoughts. LRDU Wellesleys to Australia

L2639 with panniers fitted. This view gives a good idea of the size of the aircraft.

Air Enthusiast 1996-05 / C.Owers - Long Ranging Thoughts. LRDU Wellesleys to Australia

Refuelling L2638 on a country airstrip.

Air Pictorial 1958-10

These photographs show the arrival of Wellesleys L2638 and L2680 at Ismailia from Upper Heyford, prior to the take-off on the long-distance record attempt to Darwin, Australia, on 5th to 7th November 1938. After service three machines (L2639) set off at 0555 local time (0355 G.M.T.) piloted by S/Ldr. Kellett. F/Lt. Hogan and F/Lt. Coobine. Photo: L2680

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The unusual single-engined Vickers Wellesley, incorporating extremely high-aspect-ratio wings, entered RAF service with No 76 Sqn in April 1937. Capable of carrying a bomb-load of 2,000lb (910kg), the type served with ten squadrons at home and overseas, including No 148 Sqn, with which this example, K7717, served during 1937.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-03 / J.Pelly-Fry - Wellesleys over the Sudan (1)

Wellesley K7717 was a trial aircraft for the Long Range Development Flight. This, the fifth production aircraft, initially flew with 45(B) Squadron in Egypt, powered with a Pegasus XVIII, and later flew as a testbed for the Pegasus XXII. It was struck off RAF charge in May 1938.

Flight 1938-10 / Flight

LONG-RANGE MODS: If everything goes according to plan the Long-Range Development Flight of the R.A.F. should now be on their way to Australia with four Vickers Wellesleys. This view (actually of a machine loaned by the Air Ministry to the Bristol Company for engine tests) shows how the long-range type differs from the standard model. It will be seen that the Pegasus XXII engine is more carefully faired.

Air International 1980-07 / ??? - The Wellesley: geodetics in action /Warbirds/

The fifth production Wellesley (K7717) utilised as a trials aircraft for the Long Range Development Unit after brief service with No 148 Squadron. Note NACA-type cowling and new front fuselage fairing.

Air Enthusiast 1996-05 / C.Owers - Long Ranging Thoughts. LRDU Wellesleys to Australia

Two Vickers Wellesleys over the Australian countryside.

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RECORD BREAKERS IN TRIPLICATE: The three Vickers Wellesley monoplanes (special Bristol Pegasus XXII) of the Long Range Development Flight which have added so much lustre to the name of the R.A.F. as a record-breaking service by eclipsing the world’s long-distance record.

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THE LONG-RANGE WELLESLEYS at Ismailia before their record flight.

Flight 1938-07 / Flight

Ministering to the Pegasus in the experimental Wellesley at Filton. The clean design of the Rotol airscrew is apparent.

Flight 1938-11 / Flight Advertisements

The Rotol Constant Speed Airscrews fitted io the three Vickers "Wellesley" machines for the record-breaking long-range flight incorporated airscrew blade forgings in MAGNUMINIUM Magnesium Base Alloy By HIGH DUTY ALLOYS LTD., SLOUGH

Flight 1938-11 / Flight

5-7 ноября 1938г.: два бомбардировщика Vickers Wellesley британских ВВС, пилотируемые сквадрон-лидером Р. Келлеттом и флайт-лейтенантом Э. Комбом, установили мировой рекорд дальности, пролетев 11520 км из Исмаилии (Египет) до аэропорта Росс-Смит (Австралия).
The personnel of the Long-Range Development Unit: (Standing, left to right), Sgt. J. H. Houghton, Flt. Lt. G. T. Gething,* Pilot Officer M. L. Gaine,* Sgt. H. B. Gray,* Sgt. T. D. Dixon,* Flt. Lt. B. K. Burnett,* Flt. Lt. R. G. Musson,* Flt. Lt. A. T. D. Sanders. (Sitting, left to right), Flt. Lt. A. N. Combe,* Sqn. Ldr. R. Kellett* (Flight Leader), Wing Cdr. O. R. Gayford, D.F.C., A.F.C. (Officer Commanding Long-Range Development Unit), Flt. Lt. H. A. V. Hogan,* Flt. Lt. P. H. Dunn. Asterisks denote those who took part in the actual flight.

Air International 1980-07 / ??? - The Wellesley: geodetics in action /Warbirds/

This early production Wellesley (K7772) was set aside for use as a testbed for the Bristol Hercules HE.1S sleeve-valve engine. This aircraft subsequently played a major role in the flight development of the Hercules which was to take a noteworthy part in World War II, this engine eventually being applied to the Wellington, development of which had run parallel with Wellesley production.

Flight 1937-12 / Flight

THE LONG-RANGE WELLESLEY: H.M. the King, during his tour of aircraft factories last week, was shown the long-range Wellesley in the Vickers works. It will be seen that the nose of the machine has been modified as compared with that of the standard Wellesley.

Flight 1937-12 / Flight

At Brooklands: The King took particular interest in the Wellesley, which will be the research machine for the new R.A.F. Long-distance Flight. He is seen with Mr. T. C. L. Westbrook and (right) Mr. Rex Pierson.

Flight 1937-10 / Flight

General Milch, at Mildenhall, watches a demonstration by a gunner in the rear cockpit of a Wellesley.

Flight 1938-09 / Flight

The Air Minister is seen under the imposing nose of a Wellington, with a Wellesley in the background. On the left is Sir Robert McLean, chairman of Vickers Aviation Ltd.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

The King inspects machines of the Bomber Group. Above him towers the nose of a Harrow, and behind can be distinguished a Whitley, Wellesley and Blenheim.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley / A.W.38 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936Bristol Blenheim - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936Handley Page Harrow / H.P.54 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-10 / Personal album. Civil

A last look at peacetime Croydon from the airport buildings. War clouds loom - note the two RAF Wellesleys parked just in front of the distant hangars.