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    The Vickers Wellington is a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber. It was designed during the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey. Led...
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  • Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth...
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    Vickers Wellington LN514 was a Vickers Wellington bomber built in 1943 in record time, as part of a British propaganda effort during the Second World...
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  • The Vickers VC.1 Viking is a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited...
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  • Bomber Command at RAF Harwell to train night bomber crews on the Vickers Wellington. In 1942, it carried out seven operational missions. It was disbanded...
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  • manufactured by Vickers-Armstrongs during the late 1930s. It was intended to serve as a larger counterpart to the Vickers Wellington bomber. The two aircraft...
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    "Wimpy", in reference to the character, was the nickname given to the Vickers Wellington bomber. Wimpy is also the namesake of the large chain of Wimpy hamburger...
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    The Vickers Wellesley was a medium bomber that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge...
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    worked in the Drawing Office for Vickers-Armstrongs at the time, "Wallis was trying to do his ordinary job [for Vickers-Armstrongs] as well as all this...
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  • most used for maritime reconnaissance and air-sea rescue Vickers Wellesley (RAF) Vickers Wellington (RAF) Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (RAF) Avro Anson (RAF...
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