English Vickers Wellington bomber in flight.
Shown here is the bomber (N2887) of the CGS (Central Gunnery Scchool) based at Sutton Bridge flying south-east of Chatteris, 24th June, 1943.
Vickers Wellington is the British twin-engine medium bomber of long-range, designed in the mid-1930s. Widely used in the first two years of the Second World War, after which he was replaced by the larger four-engine aircraft such as the Avro Lancaster, and was used mainly in transport operations.
This bombers was widely known as the Wimpy, so named in honor of J. Wellington Wimpy, cartoon character “Popeye“.
In 1936-1945 years 11 464 of the Wellington aircraft were built.