Wellington Mk II

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The Wellington Mk II was a World War II British twin‑engine medium bomber variant of the Vickers Wellington, featuring more powerful engines and incremental design improvements for enhanced performance.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wellington Mk II canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Vickers Wellington variant ⓘ
World War II military aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine medium bomber ⓘ
aircraftRole medium bomber ⓘ
airForceBranch RAF Bomber Command ⓘ
airframeConstruction geodetic structure ⓘ
armament defensive machine guns in dorsal position ⓘ
defensive machine guns in nose turret ⓘ
defensive machine guns in tail turret ⓘ
bombLoad up to 4,500 lb of bombs ⓘ
category Vickers aircraft ⓘ
World War II British bombers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crewSize 5 ⓘ
6 ⓘ
designer Barnes Wallis ⓘ
designImprovementOver Wellington Mk I ⓘ
engineConfiguration twin‑engine ⓘ
engineManufacturer Rolls‑Royce ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Limited
engineModel Rolls‑Royce Merlin X ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Merlin
engineType piston engine ⓘ
era 1930s aircraft ⓘ
1940s aircraft ⓘ
feature incremental aerodynamic and systems improvements ⓘ
more powerful engines than Wellington Mk I ⓘ
firstFlightYear 1939 ⓘ
fuselageMaterial fabric‑covered geodetic framework ⓘ
height about 17 ft ⓘ
introducedInYear 1940 ⓘ
landingGearType retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
length about 64 ft ⓘ
manufacturer Vickers‑Armstrongs ⓘ
linked to: Vickers-Armstrongs
maximumSpeed about 255 mph at altitude ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
partOfSeries Vickers Wellington ⓘ
powerplantCount 2 Rolls‑Royce Merlin X engines ⓘ
predecessor Wellington Mk I ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
range about 2,000 miles ⓘ
serviceCeiling about 18,000 ft ⓘ
successor Wellington Mk III ⓘ
takeoffWeight around 30,000 lb maximum ⓘ
usedBy Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ
usedFor night bombing operations ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
training later in the war ⓘ
usedInConflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
wingConfiguration mid‑wing monoplane ⓘ
wingSpan about 86 ft ⓘ

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

Vickers Wellington → variant → Wellington Mk II ⓘ
subject linked to: Wellington bomber
Wellington Mk III → predecessor → Wellington Mk II ⓘ
Wellington Mk IC → followedBy → Wellington Mk II ⓘ