{"product_id":"wellington-mk-ic-night-raiders","title":"Wellington Mk.IC \"Night Raiders\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Hobby 1\/72. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"tab3\" class=\"tab act\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"longdesc box\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tab3\" class=\"tab act\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"longdesc box\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eVickers Wellington\u003c\/b\u003e (nicknamed the Wimpy) is a British twin-engined, long-range \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medium_bomber\" title=\"Medium bomber\"\u003emedium bomber\u003c\/a\u003e. It was designed during the mid-1930s at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brooklands\" title=\"Brooklands\"\u003eBrooklands\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weybridge,_Surrey\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Weybridge, Surrey\"\u003eWeybridge, Surrey\u003c\/a\u003e. Led by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vickers-Armstrongs\" title=\"Vickers-Armstrongs\"\u003eVickers-Armstrongs\u003c\/a\u003e' chief designer \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rex_Pierson\" title=\"Rex Pierson\"\u003eRex Pierson\u003c\/a\u003e, a key feature of the aircraft is its \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geodetic_airframe\" title=\"Geodetic airframe\"\u003egeodetic airframe\u003c\/a\u003e fuselage structure, which was principally designed by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barnes_Wallis\" title=\"Barnes Wallis\"\u003eBarnes Wallis\u003c\/a\u003e. Development had been started in response to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_Ministry\" title=\"Air Ministry\"\u003eAir Ministry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_Of_Air_Ministry_Specifications\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"List Of Air Ministry Specifications\"\u003eSpecification\u003c\/a\u003e B.9\/32, issued in the middle of 1932, for a bomber for the Royal Air Force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis specification called for a twin-engined \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Day_bomber\" title=\"Day bomber\"\u003eday bomber\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e capable of delivering higher performance than any previous design. \u003cbr\u003eOther aircraft developed to the same specification include the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armstrong_Whitworth_Whitley\" title=\"Armstrong Whitworth Whitley\"\u003eArmstrong Whitworth Whitley\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Handley_Page_Hampden\" title=\"Handley Page Hampden\"\u003eHandley Page Hampden\u003c\/a\u003e. During the development process, performance requirements such as for the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tare_weight\" title=\"Tare weight\"\u003etare weight\u003c\/a\u003e changed substantially, and the engine used was not the one originally intended.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the original specification, the Wellington was used as a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Night_bomber\" title=\"Night bomber\"\u003enight bomber\u003c\/a\u003e in the early years of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" title=\"World War II\"\u003eSecond World War\u003c\/a\u003e, performing as one of the principal bombers used by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RAF_Bomber_Command\" title=\"RAF Bomber Command\"\u003eBomber Command\u003c\/a\u003e. During 1943, it started to be superseded as a bomber by the larger four-engined \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heavy_bomber#World_War_II_2\" title=\"Heavy bomber\"\u003eheavies\u003c\/a\u003e\" such as the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avro_Lancaster\" title=\"Avro Lancaster\"\u003eAvro Lancaster\u003c\/a\u003e.  The Wellington continued to serve throughout the war in other duties, particularly as an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-submarine_warfare\" title=\"Anti-submarine warfare\"\u003eanti-submarine aircraft\u003c\/a\u003e with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RAF_Coastal_Command\" title=\"RAF Coastal Command\"\u003eRAF Coastal Command\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eType 416 Wellington Mark IC\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eThe first main production variant was the \u003cb\u003eMark IC\u003c\/b\u003e which added\u003cbr\u003e waist guns to the Mark IA. A total of 2,685 were produced. The Mark IC \u003cbr\u003ehad a crew of six: a pilot, radio operator, navigator\/bomb aimer, \u003cbr\u003eobserver\/nose gunner, tail gunner and waist gunner. 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