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Postcard of a Vickers Wellington - Artifact Details

Postcard of a Vickers Wellington

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Object Record Id
Object Number 2025.60.2
Accession Date 2025
Name Postcard of a Vickers Wellington
Controlling Institution RAF Manston History Museum
Department TEMP CATEGORY LETTERS AND POSTCARDS
Classification TEMP CATEGORY LETTERS AND POSTCARDS
Object Type Letters and Postcards
Dublin Core Physical Object
Brief Description A postcard featuring a photograph of a Vickers Wellington bomber in flight. The reverse features a short blurb identifying the aircraft.
Web Public Description A postcard featuring a photograph of a Vickers Wellington bomber in flight. The reverse features a short blurb identifying the aircraft.
Primary Creator Maker AFTER THE BATTLE
Primary Creator Maker Role Publisher
Date Made Storage ISO 26
Period Storage ISOs
Place Mark 1
Location BACK:
"VICKERS ARMSTRONG WELLINGTON III, Z1572, twin-engine, long-range bomber powered by 1,425 hp Bristol Hercules XIs. Five or six crew. Built at Chester, this aircraft was issued on January 7, 1942 and served with Nos. 75, 115, 419 and 427 SQuadrons before struck off charge on April 30, 1945. Photograph C Charles E. Brown, FRPS, FIIP. Postcard J64."
"AFTER THE BATTLE"
"CHURCH HOUSE
CHURCH STREET
LONDON E15 3JA
ENGLAND"
"After the Battle is a quarterly publication which presents WW2 through comparison 'then and now' photographs.
Item Count 0
Measurement Description 21.2cm x 14.8cm
Association Keyword Letters and Postcards
Catalogued Date 1970-01-01
Cataloguer Archivist team
Named Collection Storage ISO 26
Legal Status Owned by the Museum
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