Remembering the Wellington bomber

In the September issue of Warwickshire Life magazine I have an article entitled ‘Remembering the Wellington bomber’. For it I interviewed 90 year old Bill Bryce who flew Wellingtons during the war. He summed up why the plane was so special when he said “What made the Wellington unique was its geodesic airframe. The criss-cross aluminium structure meant that the bomber held up well under enemy fire, even after a direct hit. As a result many more Wellington aircrew came back from operations over Nazi Germany in one piece”.