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The Vickers Type 287 Wellesley was a general purpose bomber used in the Middle East by the Royal Air Force
History[]
Development[]
Built by Vickers at their own risk, employing the geodetic construction developed by Barnes \wallis that was later use for the Wellington, the Type 287 was put forward as a replacement for the biplane design previously submitted to meet specification G.4/31.[1]
Sources[]
- ↑ Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. Salamander Books Ltd. 1988. ISBN 0 86101 390 5 Page 473