Vickers Wellesley bomber

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The Vickers Wellesley bomber was a British single-engine long-range medium bomber of the 1930s, notable for its geodetic airframe design and record-breaking distance flights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bomber aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
single‑engine bomber ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low‑wing monoplane ⓘ
airframeDesign geodetic construction ⓘ
armament 7.7 mm Vickers K machine gun ⓘ
bombs ⓘ
bombLoad_kg 907 ⓘ
constructionMaterial metal framework with fabric covering ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
designer R. K. Pierson ⓘ
developedFrom Vickers Type 253 design concept ⓘ
emptyWeight_kg 4540 ⓘ
engineType Bristol Pegasus radial engine ⓘ
enteredServiceWith No. 76 Squadron RAF ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1935-01-30 ⓘ
grossWeight_kg 7257 ⓘ
height_m 5.03 ⓘ
introducedInYear 1937 ⓘ
length_m 19.81 ⓘ
manufacturer Vickers‑Armstrongs ⓘ
linked to: Vickers-Armstrongs
maximumSpeed_kmh 367 ⓘ
notableFor geodetic airframe design ⓘ
long‑distance record flights ⓘ
powerplantCount 1 ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
range_km 2400 ⓘ
recordFlight RAF Long Range Development Flight 1938 ⓘ
recordFlightDate 1938-11-05 ⓘ
recordFlightDistance_km 11725 ⓘ
recordFlightRoute Ismailia–Darwin ⓘ
linked to: Ismailia
recordType world distance record for non‑stop flight ⓘ
retiredInYear 1944 ⓘ
role long‑range medium bomber ⓘ
serviceCeiling_m 6700 ⓘ
successor Vickers Wellington ⓘ
undercarriageType fixed tailwheel undercarriage ⓘ
usedBy No. 14 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 148 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 223 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 45 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 47 (Bomber) Squadron RAF ⓘ
linked to: No. 47 Squadron RAF

No. 47 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 76 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
usedInTheatre East African Campaign ⓘ
Middle East theatre of World War II ⓘ
wingspan_m 22.86 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vickers-Armstrongs → notableProduct → Vickers Wellesley bomber ⓘ
Barnes Wallis → designed → Vickers Wellesley geodetic structure ⓘ
linked to: Vickers Wellesley bomber
Bristol Pegasus → usedInAircraft → Vickers Wellesley (some variants) ⓘ
subject linked to: Bristol Pegasus radial engine
linked to: Vickers Wellesley bomber
Bristol radial engine family → powered → Vickers Wellesley (with Pegasus) ⓘ
linked to: Vickers Wellesley bomber
Rex Pierson → designed → Vickers Wellesley ⓘ
linked to: Vickers Wellesley bomber
Vickers Virginia → aircraftFamily → Vickers bomber family ⓘ
linked to: Vickers Wellesley bomber