It has been temporarily relocated to this 'tent' hangar to allow the Grade II listed WWII (1940) Bellman hangar to be dismantled, refurbished and rebuilt in a new position away from the old racing track finishing straight. The hangar was officially re-opened as the 'Aircraft Factory' including the Wellington by Prince Michael of Kent 13 November 2017.

This aircraft crashed in Loch Ness on 31st December 1940 but was recovered in 1985 and taken to Brooklands where it has been conserved and partly restored. This was the main reason for my visit to Brooklands, though the whole museum was superb

Crash landed in Loch Ness, Scotland on 31 Dec 1940. Salvaged from the lake in Sep 1985 and arrived at the museum a week later, on 27 Sep 1985.

N2980 is the only surviving Brooklands-built Wellington. During a training flight on the 31st December 1940 she developed engine trouble and ditched into Loch Ness. All the crew escaped, but the rear gunner was killed when his parachute failed to deploy. In 1976 the aircraft was located by a team of American Loch Ness Monster hunters and was successfully salvaged on 21st September 1985 and undergoing restoration by the Brooklands Museum..

Famously retrieved from Loch Ness in 1985, when I took this shot of 'R Robert' I dedicated it to my 94-year old uncle that flew Wellingtons with 218 Sqdn in WWII. While on a raid over Hamburg in March 1941 aboard R1448, he was wounded during an attack by two Me110 night-fighters. Hospitalised on landing, his crew were lost on a subsequent mission