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Hill Walker · 28-08-2018, 16:37

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Wellington

If you want to see a Wellington being constructed have a hunt around for the film referred to in the link. I have not checked but its almost certainly available on YouTube or the BFI site.

RE Shadow Factories: In general there were two types those that produced components i.e. hoses, tyres, instruments etc. and those that produced sub-assemblies i.e. wings, fuselarge sections etc. It was organised as a sort of pyramid with the components being made in literally hundreds of (often small) workshops. Sub-assemblies in larger works with final assembly in airfields such as (in the case of Wellingtons) Broughton Nr. Chester.

28-08-2018, 16:37	#6
Hill Walker Full Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 193 Liked: 135 times Rep Power: 14220	Re: Wellington Bomber production in Accrington? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Wellington If you want to see a Wellington being constructed have a hunt around for the film referred to in the link. I have not checked but its almost certainly available on YouTube or the BFI site. RE Shadow Factories: In general there were two types those that produced components i.e. hoses, tyres, instruments etc. and those that produced sub-assemblies i.e. wings, fuselarge sections etc. It was organised as a sort of pyramid with the components being made in literally hundreds of (often small) workshops. Sub-assemblies in larger works with final assembly in airfields such as (in the case of Wellingtons) Broughton Nr. Chester.