robin craig Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) Stumbled across this http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/theartofwar/films/workers_week.htm R Edited January 13, 2011 by robin craig Title changed from Halifax to a Wellington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike65 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 I think you find it was a Wellington. Was a programme on BBC about it last year. You maybe able to get it on BBC iplayer Followsome links in thread below if you want to see a bit more info http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?20599-Wellington-Bomber Good to see anothe bit about it thiough. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Thanks for the link, but it's a Wellington. The Bomber actually survived the war and was scrapped in 1948. There was a TV programme recently, and some of the surviving factory workers were interviewed, giving some interesting stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Saw this either last week or the week before... A most impressive job and it was something else to listen to the tales of the workers who actually built it - and the tributes paid to the design by the aircrew.... Such a shame none are left that are airworthy... Wonder how much it would cost to build one now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 sorry for duplication, title changed, sorry im a treadhead so aircraft are just targets of opportunity! R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Robin Dont apologise I missed it first time round but now know what I'm going to look at when I get home. Can't do it at moment as I'm on a train and the on train wifi doesnt support i player... Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Agree with Neil it was impressive, done to show Americans that we where not slacking this side of the pond.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Now at home and just watched this. Great stuff - that geodesic structure was amazing and looked very strong once assembled. Not surpising the Wimpey had a reputation for taking lots of punishment.. Going to see if I can find the documentary now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 An uncle (my dads bother to be precise) was an air gunner in WW2 with Bomber Command - he spent a little time on Wellingtons before being posted to a Lancaster equipped unit for the rest of his war. As is usual with veterans he never spoke much about his time but when I was a young lad building a Airfix Wellington he came visiting and, having watched me for a while, told one of his very rare accounts - about Wellingtons. On one of his last flights before being transferred the aircraft was hit heavily by flack and they had to struggle back to base. On landing they found most of the rudder and tail fin gone, the tail planes more holes than surface and one wing a few feet shorter than the other - and this in addition to the gaping hole in the fuselage that was causing them concern... Miraculously no one in the crew was even scratched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Didn't they pull one out of a lake relatively recently? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike65 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Didn't they pull one out of a lake relatively recently? Andy You maybe thinking about the one at Brooklands and was a fair few years ago now, mid 80'?, This was fished out of Loch Ness. Rumour has it was rediscovered during a search for the famous monster by some Americans who did not want it. IIRC the conversation was something along the lines of "Wow we have found a Wellington" to which the reply was "Typical you go fishing and all you get is an old boot". Ptobably just an urban myth, but the Loch Ness bit is true. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Yes, that's the one. I thought it was more recent than that - must have been yet another TV repeat! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Just googled it. Discovered 1976, raised 1985 and restored by Brooklands. Ditched on New Years Eve 1940 with one fatality due to chute failure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 An uncle (my dads bother to be precise) was an air gunner in WW2 with Bomber Command - he spent a little time on Wellingtons before being posted to a Lancaster equipped unit for the rest of his war. As is usual with veterans he never spoke much about his time but when I was a young lad building a Airfix Wellington he came visiting and, having watched me for a while, told one of his very rare accounts - about Wellingtons. On one of his last flights before being transferred the aircraft was hit heavily by flack and they had to struggle back to base. On landing they found most of the rudder and tail fin gone, the tail planes more holes than surface and one wing a few feet shorter than the other - and this in addition to the gaping hole in the fuselage that was causing them concern... Miraculously no one in the crew was even scratched. What a story. Most modern fighter planes probably can't withstand that much damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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