Bert O'Leary, who just celebrated his 100th birthday, shares the terror and drudgery of life as airman aboard a Vickers ...
Italy. c. April 1944. A Vickers Wellington bomber aircraft belonging to an RAF squadron operating from a base in Italy, takes the air on a raid over enemy occupied territory. Many RAAF members are ...
Italy. April 1944. A Vickers Wellington aircraft of an RAF squadron flies over Italy on its way to enemy targets in the Balkans. It is part of a strong formation of bombers who are on their way to ...
Cyril Plimmer, right, with fellow apprentices John Wiggins and Philip Wixon, next to a Wellington bomber in 1947 Cyril, who dedicated much of his life to Wolverhampton's aircraft industry ...
It is the first unit to convert to Wellington Bombers in WWII. Former aircraft include the DH.9 bomber and the Britannia. 99 Squadron supported the hurricane relief effort in Belize in 1961 and in the ...