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The Vickers Wellington was a twin-engine, medium bomber designed in themid-1930s at Brookland s in Weybridge, by Vickers-Armstron gs' Chief Designer, R.K. Pierson . It was widely used in the first two years of World War II, before being replaced as a bomber by much larger four-engine designs like the Avro Lancaster. . The first main production variant was the Mk IC which added waist guns to the Mk IA and a total of 2,685 were produced. The Mk IC had a crew of six; a pilot, radio operator, navigator/bomb aimer, observer/nose gunner, tail gunner and waist gunner. Length: 64ft 7in Wingspan: 86ft 2in Height: 17ft 6in Empty: 18,556 lb Maximum takeoff: 25,800 lb Speed: 235 mph Ceiling: 22,000 ft Range: 2,550 mi Armament: Eight 7.7mm machine gun; 2,014 kg bombs
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