List of Vickers Wellington operators

The Vickers Wellington is a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber aircraft that was produced from 1936 to 1945 and used throughout World War II. It was operated by a number of nations and service branches around the world.

Operators

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Australia

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Royal Australian Air Force

Canada

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Royal Canadian Air Force

Czechoslovakia

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Czechoslovakian Air Force in exile in Great Britain

Free France

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Free French Air Force

France

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Aéronavale

Nazi Germany

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A captured Vickers Wellington Mk.IC (RAF serial L7842) in service with the German Luftwaffe, probably at the test center at Rechlin, circa 1941. L7842 was delivered in mid-1940. It was lost on 6 February 1941 while in service with No. 311 Squadron, RAF, while on a mission to Boulogne (France).
Luftwaffe

Greece

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Hellenic Air Force[3]

New Zealand

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RNZAF received 30 Wellington Mark I's before WW2, the first 18 of which were training with the RAF when in August 1939 they were loaned, together with aircrew, to the UK, forming the unit which later became No. 75 Squadron RNZAF.

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Poland

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RAF Coastal Command aircraft Vickers Wellington of one of Polish Squadrons
Polish Air Forces in exile in Great Britain

Portugal

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Portuguese Air Force
  • One Vickers Wellington was interned in Portugal during World War II.

South Africa

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South African Air Force

United Kingdom

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Royal Air Force
Fleet Air Arm[4]

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ "Flottille 2.F" entry at the French Fleet Air Arm website Archived 2002-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Escadrille 55.S" entry at the French Fleet Air Arm website Archived 2002-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Air operations during the Greek Civil War website". Archived from the original on 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  4. ^ Thetford 1991, p. 471.

Bibliography

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  • History of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Christopher Shores, Royce Publications, Toronto, 1984