Luftwaffe Mocked His Fabric Bomber — Until Wellington Absorbed 1,000 Rounds and Kept Flying
German fighter pilots laughed at the Vickers Wellington — a strange-looking bomber with fabric stretched over its geodesic frame, the kind of aircraft that should have fallen apart at the first burst of cannon fire. Then they started shooting at it. And shooting. And shooting. Wellingtons came home riddled with holes, missing huge sections of skin, structure laid bare to the air, and somehow still flying. This is why the "Wimpy" earned the grudging respect of the Luftwaffe. #wwii #ww2 #ww2history
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