Wellington last flight?
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took a gamble that the Hendon Wellington did the last flight....looks like it might have been the last to fly.
"24 Jan 55 Sold to Vickers Ltd, Weybridge and flown from St Athan to their airfield
at Wisley, Surrey, the same day - probably the last Wellington flight ever,
the crew for the last flight were F/S (Later Sqn Ldr) `Herbie' Marshall
(pilot) and Jim C Pickersgill, AFC (Master Flight Engineer). After takeoff
and a couple of low-level flypasts (at 15-20ft) a camera crew from the
Air Ministry filmed 628 from an Airspeed Oxford.; flight time some 1
hour 10 minutes. The crew’s hopes of a hearty welcome were soon
dashed: `We landed at Wisley, taxied to the hangars and found these
firmly closed. One wee door then opened, and an overalled figure
beckoned us forward, stop, switch off, then said "Chuck me the 700",
caught it - and beat a rapid retreat back inside the warm hangar, closing
the door behind him'. Three aircraft were lined up on the ground to greet
them and uniformed staff saluted and civilians doffed their hats. And so
ended 628s last flight, bought back by her makers for preservation. (For
full account of 628s last flight, see Chaz Bowyer's `The Wellington
Bomber; p.27-38 and e-mail from S/Ldr Marshall, June 2008)."
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/c...0X%20MF628.pdf
Anyone want to come up with a latter date?
"24 Jan 55 Sold to Vickers Ltd, Weybridge and flown from St Athan to their airfield
at Wisley, Surrey, the same day - probably the last Wellington flight ever,
the crew for the last flight were F/S (Later Sqn Ldr) `Herbie' Marshall
(pilot) and Jim C Pickersgill, AFC (Master Flight Engineer). After takeoff
and a couple of low-level flypasts (at 15-20ft) a camera crew from the
Air Ministry filmed 628 from an Airspeed Oxford.; flight time some 1
hour 10 minutes. The crew’s hopes of a hearty welcome were soon
dashed: `We landed at Wisley, taxied to the hangars and found these
firmly closed. One wee door then opened, and an overalled figure
beckoned us forward, stop, switch off, then said "Chuck me the 700",
caught it - and beat a rapid retreat back inside the warm hangar, closing
the door behind him'. Three aircraft were lined up on the ground to greet
them and uniformed staff saluted and civilians doffed their hats. And so
ended 628s last flight, bought back by her makers for preservation. (For
full account of 628s last flight, see Chaz Bowyer's `The Wellington
Bomber; p.27-38 and e-mail from S/Ldr Marshall, June 2008)."
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/c...0X%20MF628.pdf
Anyone want to come up with a latter date?
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Next time there's millions available to restore a deserving historic aeroplane perhaps we'll do the decent thing and think of the Wellington instead of that pointless triangular thing.
