WWII Aircraft Built at Brooklands, Weybridge.
The following WW2 aircraft were built at Brooklands Weybridge, most were also produced at other sites such was the demand, and the need to keep production scattered.
Hawker Hurricane, seen here at Brooklands.
The Vickers Wellington was a twin-engine, long range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, before being displaced as a bomber by the larger four-engine "heavies" such as the Avro Lancaster. The Wellington continued to serve throughout the war in other duties, particularly as an anti-submarine aircraft. It was the only British bomber to be produced for the entire duration of the war.
A Staggering 11,464 Wellington bomber was built between 1936 – 1945 for the Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and the Polish Air Force.
The Wellington used a geodesic airframe construction first developed for the early Airships and later used on the Vickers Warwick. The fuselage was constructed from Aluminium Alloy with W-shaped beams formed into a larger framework. Wood battens were screwed to the alloy frame then covered with Irish Linen; the linen was then treated to many layers of dope to form the outer skin of the aircraft.
The resultant aircraft was very durable capable of taking lots of damage, also its good weight power ratio gave it relatively high pay-loads for a two engine bomber.
The Vickers Warwick was a multi-purpose aircraft used during the Second World War. Built by Vickers Armstrong Brooklands, Surrey, the Warwick was used by the Royal Force (RAF) as a transport, air-sea rescue and maritime reconnaissance platform, and by the civilian British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The Warwick first flight was on the 13th August 1930, being a larger version of the Vickers Wellington with some 842 built for the RAF, Polish Air Fore in exile and BOAC.
The Vickers Warwick.
The Vickers Warwick.
The Vickers Windsor was a four engine prototype aircraft produced 1943-1944 of which only three were built. The fact that only tree prototypes were built was due to refinements in the existing Lancaster bomber, rendering it suitable for the role for which the
The Vickers Windsor.
The Vickers Wellesley was a 1930s light bomber built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge, Surrey, for the Royal Air Force. While it was obsolete by the start of the Second World War, and unsuited to the European air war, the Wellesley was successfully used in the desert theatres of East Africa, Egypt and the Middle East.
The Vickers Wellesley.
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