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I thought the crew compliment was more than six. Does that include the bomb aimer, the flight mechanic etc? Thanks!

My father was the Pilot of a Wellington at RAF Stn. Honeybourne on a night training mission. He crashed on 17 November, 1944 with all killed at Abby Farm near Broadway Worcs. Records given me showed a crew of four, now buried at Brookwood cematery, Surrey. Anyone who might have furthur information, log books, station flight records etc. should contact me at odyssey2001@sprint.ca or bountyhunter2001@hotmail.com Thanks, Per Ardua Ad Astra 149.99.132.187 01:42, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

The text says that the fuselage was made up of "steel channel-beams...". Can anyone confirm that this is true? Steel constructional members in an aircraft would make it very heavy. Peter Maggs 07:46, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

I have checked out the Wellington at Brooklands museum. The "channel beams" used in the geodetic construction are quite definately aluminium alloy and not steel. I have changed the text accordingly. Peter Maggs 22:10, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnes Wallis

Like every British person I have seen The Dambusters, in which the fictional version of Barnes Wallis claims to have designed the Wellington. This article leads off by saying that the Wellington was designed by R.K. Pierson, which I do not doubt; but Wikipedia's article on Barnes Wallis does not mention R K Pierson, and it would be great if someone will more detailed knowledge than myself could go over both articles and make it clear who designed what. -Ashley Pomeroy 16:36, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

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To be honest, I actually think Barnes Wallace DID design the Welly bomber. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.110.243.169 (talk) 22:15, 27 December 2007 (UTC)