I didn't know it at the time (there was no one around to ask)—but after ... Bruntingthorpe back in 1942. The Vickers Wellington, a long-range bomber, used to take off from there during World ...

In the midst of World War II, workers at a Welsh aircraft factory gave up their weekend off to build a Wellington bomber from scratch in just 24 hours. Why? To set a new world record. With the ...

He said: “I was walking around the mountain on my own in the swirling fog and howling gales and I found scraps of aircraft. “I recognised them as scraps of Wellington bomber – I was in the ...

A Wellington Bomber. It was a Wellington which crashed over the Pennine Moors in 1943. Picture courtesy of Stuart Clewlow However, nearly 80 years later, the airmen who lost their lives are still ...

In the summer of 1943, Broughton factory workers made history by assembling a Vickers Wellington Bomber in less than 24 hours. Breaking previous construction records, the high-speed assembly ...

A memorial will be unveiled today to the crew of a Wellington Bomber which crashed in Melton Mowbray 70 years ago. A memorial was unveiled today to the crew of a Wellington Bomber that crashed in ...

In the midst of World War II, workers at a Welsh aircraft factory gave up their weekend off to build a Wellington bomber from scratch in just 24 hours. Why? To set a new world record. With the ...