Filming

The Loch Ness Wellington 2020 Project has commissioned Ian Forsyth of DP Digital Media, Dingwall, to produce the film for the anniversary commemoration. It which will feature the lifeboat from Loch Ness RNLI, a helicopter from the HM Coastguard at Inverness Airport and IX Squadron Typhoon Jets from RAF Lossiemouth.“RAF IX Squadron has a significant

1985 News paper from Joseph W. Zarzynski

An Email from Joseph W. Zarzynski, RPA, (Zarr) who was a member of the Loch Ness Wellington Association and flew over from the USA to witness the September 1985 recovery of “R for Robert.” He covered the news event as a stringer for an American aviation publication, the original copy is here

Launch of Web pages

We launched our web pages September 2020, acknowledging the thanks to many who have contributed to this story. Text as follows: December 31st 2020 will be the 80th Anniversary of the 1940 ditching of N2980, R for Robert, Wellington into Loch Ness while on a training exercise. The wreckage, forgotten for 45 years, was found

Brooklands October eNewsletter

Brooklands eNewsletter September 2020

The nightingale and the Wellington Bomber

Located deep in a Surrey wood at twilight, a dedicated BBC radio sound recordist listened intensely through his headphones. He suddenly realized that an ominous additional sound was superimposing the recording. The year was 1942 and the interloping audio was a squadron of Bomber Command over-flying the Surrey countryside and heading for the English Channel.

Richard Kellett

A full account and all documentation relating to Richard Kellett’s colourful life is found here. His involvement in this project was two fold. He was Squadron Leader of the raids on Wilhelmshaven and Heligoland in 1939. He became involved in the lifting of the Wellington by being invited by Robin Holmes onto the Loch Ness