VICKERS WELLINGTON
(Transport variants) - Plans
for a troop-transport conversion of the basic Vickers Wellington bomber were drawn
up initially to meet an urgent requirement in the Middle East, as Vickers
Type 437. Designation Vickers Wellington IX assigned, but probably applicable
only to converted Mk 1C P2522, which served with No 24 Sqn in 1942-43.
Further conversions for use by No 24 Sqn took designation Vickers Wellington C
Mk IA or C Mk 1C, depending on original bomber variant converted, and
were of several configurations, some with rounded nose and tail fairings,
others with turret-shaped fairings, suitably painted and fitted with dummy
guns. Eventually, designations Vickers Wellington C Mk XV and C Mk XVI adopted
for freight and passenger transport versions respectively. Users included
Nos 232 and 242 Sqns, as well as No 24.
