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Recovered from Loch Ness, Scotland, in
1985.
(For accident details, please see the
separate entry under Wellington N2980, Loch Ness.)
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BELOW: Vickers Wellington bomber N2980 on
display at Brooklands Museum after its recovery from the crash
site at
Loch Ness in Scotland and subsequent
partial restoration. (See
also here)
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Photo: © 2008 Shaun Moroney
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BELOW: Another view of the Wellington
bomber.
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Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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BELOW: As a mark of respect to Sgt Fensome,
the tail gunner who lost his life when his parachute failed to
deploy, the propeller blades have been left exactly as they were
at the time of the accident.
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BELOW: Part of the Wellington's airframe at
Brooklands.
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Photo: © 2008 Shaun Moroney
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Photo: © 2008 Shaun Moroney
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BELOW: An internal view of the Wellington's
fuselage stripped almost entirely of all fittings but showing
the geodetic structure clearly.
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Photo: © 2008 Shaun Moroney
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BELOW: The tail gun turret on the Vickers
Wellington.
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BELOW: The Frazer-Nash type FN5 rear gun
turret fitted with Browning .303 machine guns.
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Photo: © 2008 Shaun Moroney
The ammunition belts are the ones which were
on the aircraft for its last flight.
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Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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BELOW: The tail plane of Wellington N2980 showing the rear
Frazer-Nash turret.
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Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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BELOW: Side view of fuselage and wing root showing geodetic
structure.
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BELOW: This view shows the fabric covering the geodetic airframe.
Note the RAF squadron code letter 'R' (hence the
aircraft's designation 'R' for 'Robert').
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Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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On display at:
Brooklands Museum
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BELOW: A close-up view of the Wellington's tail.
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Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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BELOW: The underside of the fuselage showing bomb bay doors and
bombs (empty casings).
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BELOW: The bomb bay doors and bomb cradle.
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Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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 Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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BELOW: Side view of Wellington R2980 showing open bomb bay
doors.
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Photo: © 2008 James Towill
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