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Image source,This aircraft had been on display for 40 years at the museum's sister site in London and was moved to the Midlands in July 2010.
It went there for work to treat corrosion to its structure and a complete replacement of its fragile Irish linen outer skin.It adds the restoration project has been one of the largest undertaken by its team of technicians and volunteers.The Wellington was used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, and by 1942 they were the most numerous aircraft in Bomber Command.
They were replaced later in the war by more advanced bombers, but continued to be used as training aircraft and served in North Africa, Italy, the Far East and Coastal Command, the museum said.
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