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Wellington R5445
Hello friends,
In the ORB of 9 Sqdn.RAF a Wellington R5445 is mentioned but according to the wellknown Air Britain series, this serial number falls in a block reserved for Avro Manchesters which was cancelled. I am interested to know whether this R5445 was just one Wellington (suggested by the fact that I haven't found any losses in the R54xx range), modified to carry a 4000 lb HC Cookie? Or was there a small production batch? Any help is much appreciated, best regards, Marcel
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Re: Wellington R5445
Hello,
Possible error in ORB, could be "W5445" https://218squadron.files.wordpress....8/img_4709.jpg Col. |
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Re: Wellington R5445
Hello
Thanks for clearing that mistake ! I thought of that possibility but as R 5445 was repeated several times in the ORB, I became curious. W 5445 would perfectly fit into a number of Wellingtons with 'Type 423' modification (for carrying a 4000 lb HC Cookie). For identifying Wellington Mk.I's with Type 423 modification I am afraid that I have to check each ORB of 40, 57, 99 and other squadrons... Again many thanks! Best regards, Marcel
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Re: Wellington R5445
Marchel,
No.218 Squadron used operationally the following Mk.Ic with the 'Type 423' modification. Wellington Mk.Ic Z8957 HA-L Wellington Mk.Ic Z8965 HA-L Wellington Mk.Ic Z8982 HA-E Wellington Mk.Ic Z8431 HA-J Wellington Mk.Ic Z8970 HA-W Wellington Mk.Ic Z8375 HA-Z Regards Steve
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Re: Wellington R5445
Hello Steve,
You were already in my chapter 'I am thankful for the support of...' but nevertheless many thanks for your listing. I had most of the serial numbers you present listed as Mk.II's but apparantly I am wrong (I don't have the AIR BRITAIN book with all serial numbers Z...) Again many thanks! Warm greetings from Venlo, Marcel
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