Wellington Mk IC

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The Wellington Mk IC was an early World War II variant of the British Vickers Wellington medium bomber, featuring incremental improvements in equipment and performance over the initial Mk I model.

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Wellington Mk IC canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Vickers Wellington variant ⓘ
military aircraft variant ⓘ
twin‑engine medium bomber ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration mid‑wing monoplane ⓘ
aircraftEngineType Bristol Pegasus XVIII radial engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
aircraftRole anti‑submarine warfare aircraft ⓘ
maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ
medium bomber ⓘ
airframeConstruction geodetic structure ⓘ
bombLoad up to 4,500 lb of bombs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crewSize 5 ⓘ
6 ⓘ
defensiveArmament beam guns ⓘ
nose turret with machine guns ⓘ
tail turret with machine guns ⓘ
designerOfAirframeStructure Barnes Wallis NERFINISHED ⓘ
engineConfiguration twin‑engine tractor configuration ⓘ
enteredBomberCommandService early phase of World War II ⓘ
enteredService 1939 ⓘ
feature improved equipment fit ⓘ
provision for under‑fuselage bomb bay ⓘ
revised defensive armament layout ⓘ
firstFlightOfType 1939 ⓘ
followedBy Wellington Mk II NERFINISHED ⓘ
improvementOver Wellington Mk I NERFINISHED ⓘ
landingGear retractable tail‑wheel undercarriage ⓘ
laterUse training and second‑line duties ⓘ
manufacturer Vickers‑Armstrongs NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 235 mph at altitude ⓘ
notableOperation Battle of the Atlantic anti‑submarine patrols ⓘ
early RAF bombing raids on Germany ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
partOfSeries Vickers Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Wellington Mk I NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryMission night bombing of enemy targets ⓘ
range about 2,550 km ⓘ
serviceCeiling about 18,000 ft ⓘ
usedBy Czechoslovak Air Force in exile NERFINISHED ⓘ
Free French Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hellenic Air Force (in exile) NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 3 Group RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polish Air Forces in exile NERFINISHED ⓘ
RAF Bomber Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
RAF Coastal Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
South African Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
withdrawnFromFrontlineBombing as heavier four‑engined bombers entered service ⓘ

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Wellington Mk I → successor → Wellington Mk IC ⓘ