VICKERS WELLINGTON
(Trainer variants) - Some
of the earliest Vickers Wellingtons were fitted with dual controls to help crew
conversion, without change of designation. More specific trainer variants
emerged in 1944 and 1945 and were identified as follows.
Vickers Wellington T Mk X: Converted B Mk Xs for use as navigation trainers at
No 6 Air Navigation School, principally post-war (when designation style
changed to T Mk 10, service use continuing until March 1953).
Vickers Wellington T Mk XVII: Conversions of GR Mk XI to train night-fighter crews,
with Hercules VI engines, fitted with SCR 720 radar in nose radome. Vickers
Type 487.
Vickers Wellington T Mk XVIII: Conversions of GR Mk XIII to train radar operators,
with Hercules XVII engines, SCR 720 radar as T Mk XVII, and provision
for four pupils and instructor in fuselage. Vickers Type 490. Approximately
80 conversions, delivered from late 1944.
Vickers Wellington T Mk XIX: Early designation for B Mk X trainer conversion;
see T MkX.
