The Vickers Type 253 was a single-engined two-seat biplane general-purpose military machine built to a 1930 government specification. It won a production contract, but this was transferred to the same company's monoplane equivalent, the Wellesley. Only one Type 253 was built.
Vickers Type 253
The Vickers Wellesley was a medium bomber that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge, Surrey. It was one of two aircraft to be named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, the other being the Vickers Wellington.
Vickers Wellesley
Wellesley wing damaged in action, showing the geodesic construction in duralumin
A Wellesley Mk.I of no. 47 Squadron RAF (as can be seen by the code letters 'KU') over the desert