 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Chimwe chisarudzo chakakosha chakaitwa chaive chekuchinja Wellington kuita mashandiro ehusiku; musi wa25 Nyamavhuvhu 1940, mhando iyi yakatora chikamu muhusiku hwekutanga kurwisa Berlin. Mukati mokurwisa kwokutanga kwebhomba kwechiuru, pamusoro Cologne, yakaitwa musi 30 May 1942, 599 kubva 1,046 RAF ndege akatuma vaiva Wellingtons; ava, 101 vakanga yakadzikiswa nokuda Polish aircrews. Munguva yemabasa pasi peBomber Command, Wellingtons yakabhururuka inosvika 47,409 mabasa, yakadonhedza 41,823 matani 37,941 matani emabhomba uye yakarasikirwa nendege 1,332 mukuita. 