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Constructed as a Wellington IA. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n N2980. |
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16 November 1939 |
First flight. |
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Transferred to 149 Squadron, RAF Mildenhall. |
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18 December 1939 |
Flew on a raid to Heligoland Bright where over half of the 22 Wellingtons on the raid were shot down. |
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Transferred to 37 Squadron, RAF Feltwell. |
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31 December 1940 |
During a training flight there was engine trouble resulting in a ditching into Loch Ness. |
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1976 |
Discovered by the American Loch Ness Monster hunters. |
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21 September 1985 |
Recovered. |
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21 September 1985 |
To Loch Ness Wellington Association. |
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27 September 1985 |
Transported by ground. |
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December 1985 |
Transported by ground. Delivered to Brooklands Museum, Brooklands Airport (formerly), Weybridge, Surrey, England. |
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By 1997 |
Restoration completed. |
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Markings Applied: N2980, R |
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2007 |
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9 November 2012 |
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9 November 2012 |
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9 November 2012 |
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9 November 2012 |
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9 November 2012 |
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Credits Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier... Print Sources European Military Out of Service 2007 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall Internet Sources Brooklands Museum Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society |
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