RAF Vickers Wellington Mk3 aircraft tail wheel and tyre, fully numbered, have checked and it’s off a Mk3 Wartime Wellington. Wheel is in good order , i’m afraid the tyre isn’t. The tail wheel comes from Norfolk. near RAF Feltwell. These pieces don’t come up very often and even in this condition it’s rare to find. Great piece for the aviation collector. The Vickers Wellington had a long and distinguished career during World War II. This aircraft was used in combat at the very outset of the war, it carried the brunt of the RAF Bomber Command’s night bombing offensive until the operational debut of the first four engine heavy bombers and was still first line equipment at the end of the war. The Wellington’s easy handling but lively performance, for the time, and its ability to absorb a great amount of battle damage rapidly endeared it to its crews. More than any other bomber the Wellington itself proved that the power operated turret to be a formidable defensive weapon and it also disproved the widely held belief that large bombers could undertake daylight bombing attacks against heavily defended targets without fighter escort. The Wellington II and III were produced, the II having Rolls-Royce Merlin engines and the III having Bristol Hercules air cooled radials. The Wellington III was phased into service in 1942 together with the Mks. II and IV and was the mainstay of Bomber Command while operational strength of the heavy bombers was being built up. Due to heavy item ,postage will be charged on this piece
