Wellington BomberMay 23, 2015

One autumn weekend, early in World War Two at an aircraft factory at Broughton in North Wales, a group of British workers, men and women, set out to break the world record for building a Wellington bomber from scratch. Smashing the current 48 hour record held by the Americans, the workers managed to build the bomber in an astonishing 23 hours and 50 minutes. So who were the men and women who made this record-breaking Wellington? This program has traced six of them, one of whom, Bill Anderson, was only 14 years old. This is their story. (From the UK) (Documentary) (Rpt) G CC

Wellington Bomber was broadcast on SBS ONE at Saturday 23 May 2015, 18:55. This episode was initially placed on Friday 8 November 2013.