VICKERS WELLINGTON BOMB RELEASE TRIGGER & LEAD

Once the Wellington’s bomb bay was loaded with its high explosives and incendiaries, the Bomb Aimer would pre-select the order of their release on the Bomb Selector’s 16 Station Control Panel.

Often carrying a mixed and varied load of ordinance, this careful preselection ensured the Wellington maintained stable flight at the moment of release. Depending on the nature of the target, the Bomb Aimer would also preselect the pattern of their impact. 

Long, narrow targets such as bridges, railways or shipping would be bombed with a ‘stick’ pattern - with the Bomb Aimer triggering a set number of bombs over predetermined intervals.

Whilst the Vickers Wellington could only carry a fraction of the bomb load carried by is bigger cousin, the Avro Lancaster, the Vickers Wellington holds the distinction of being the only British bomber to be produced for the duration of the war and of being produced in a greater quantity than any other British-built bomber.  

At the close of the war, Wellingtons had flown a total of 47,409 operations, dropping 37,941 tonnes of bombs with the loss 1,332 aircraft in action. 

Mounted in its 100 yr old mango wood display stand with engraved plaque and highly detailed, custom built 1/72, or super detailed 1/48 scale model of this iconic aircraft perched above on its removable magnetic arm, this original Recovery Curios WWII aviation collectable also comes with a full colour, laminated Fact Sheet featuring photos of the instrument in situ with details on its operation and the aircraft’s history.

This Vickers Wellington Instrument comes complete with detailed Scale Model, Mango Wood Stand & Plaque plus Printed Fact Sheet featuring photo of instrument in aircraft cockpit

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