A Vickers Wellington bomber converted to a magnetic minesweeping aircraft as seen from the deck ...

Accession Number P02727.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker McIlveen, Arthur William
Place made North Africa: Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area
Date made c 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A Vickers Wellington bomber converted to a magnetic minesweeping aircraft as seen from the deck of a ship in the Tobruk Harbour. The aircraft is fitted with Ford V-8 petrol engine and a Maudsley electrical generator to induce a magnetic field in large loop mounted under the fuselage. A solid nose with a bracket supports the loop, which is also supported under the rear fuselage and the wings, outboard of the engines.

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