Wellington doc on BBC4 8pm this evening

[RTHolmes]

one for the Brits, documentary about the record breaking build of a Vickers Wellington in 1943. from a pile of metal to a finished bomber in 23h50m.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tr2p5

[Karnak]

Sadly, not available in my area (USA).  Yay for copyright limitations based on geography.

[bozon]

Sadly, not available in my area (USA).  Yay for copyright limitations based on geography.

Because freedom and global community were too good to be true.

[RTHolmes]

trust me theres nothing free about BBC programming

[Pigslilspaz]

Actually would be a plane i'd love to see in game, if anything, for its sheer ruggedness

[Martyn]

Apart from amazing ruggedness I think it was pretty non-spectacular. Having said that it was the UK's third most produced plane in the war so it really should be included at some point.

[Karnak]

It was the best British bomber preceding the Lancaster.  It carried a useful warload a useful distance at a useful altitude.  It was rugged, but slow compared to German bombers of the time.  The Wellington's defensive armament was comparable, possibly slightly superior, to the German bombers at that time.

It would be a very nice addition for EWA and scenarios as it is an early war British bomber that the early war German fighters can catch.  Catching a smartly flown Boston Mk III in in a Bf109E-4 is probably harder than catching a smartly flown Mosquito Mk XVI with a Bf109K-4.

[ozrocker]

We in the states only have to wait till BBC sells syndication/distribution rights, or wait till they decide to show it on the BBC affiliated cable channels here.
Hmmm, I wonder if a few people contacted the BBC programming folks, if anything would come of it.

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