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The term V bomber was used for the Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft during the 1950s and 1960s that comprised the United Kingdom's strategic nuclear strike force. The bombers, whose names all started ...
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This Web site contains information on the only surviving example of a Vickers Valiant Bomber which took part in the nuclear testing at Christmas Island, Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati.
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www.janesoceania.com/christmas_bombers/index.htm
www.janesoceania.com/christmas_bombers/index.htm
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An initial order for an initial production batch of "Valiant Bomber Mark 1 (B.1)" aircraft had already been placed in January 1951. The first production aircraft flew in December 1953, again more or less on the schedule Edwards had promised, and was delivered to the RAF in January 1955. Britain's "V-bomber" force,
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www.vectorsite.net/avval.html
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Vickers Valiant - bomber, photo, technical data, development history ... Such thinking led to the development of the RAF's V-bomber force, comprising the Avro Vulcan, Handley Page Victor and Vickers Valiant - the latter being the first to enter squadron service. Designed to Air Ministry specification B.9/48, it was a...
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www.aviastar.org/air/england/vickers_valiant.php
www.aviastar.org/air/england/vickers_valiant.php
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Vickers Valiant of the Royal Air Force nuclear V force in aviation art print by Michael Rondot. Used during the Suez crisis with conventional payload, the Vickers Valiant v-bomber in aviation art print available from the Aviation Art Print Company. ... Valiant, The Last Valiant by Michael Rondot.
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www.aviationartprints.com/valiant.htm
www.aviationartprints.com/valiant.htm
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An initial order for 25 production "Valiant Bomber Mark 1 (B.1)" aircraft had already been placed in April 1951. The first production aircraft flew in December 1953, again more or less on the schedule Edwards had promised, and was delivered to the RAF in January 1955. Britain's "V-bomber" force, as it had been nicknamed...
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www.wingweb.co.uk/aircraft/The_Vickers_Valiant.html
www.wingweb.co.uk/aircraft/The_Vickers_Valiant.html
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Vickers Valiant "V-bomber ... The Valiant was involved in operations during the Suez crisis but the bomber designed for strategic nuclear strike was not really capable of tactical bombing. In October 1956, a Valiant bomber was involved in testing as it dropped the first British atomic bomb at the Australian test range...
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www.xs4all.nl/~designer/models/valiant/valiant.htm
www.xs4all.nl/~designer/models/valiant/valiant.htm
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In 1928 the single Valiant was shipped to Chile where it was tested as a possible replacement for the Vickers Vixen V already in service. No order followed, although the prototype remained in Chile. The name would later be reused on the Vickers Valiant jet-bomber, one of the post-war V bombers.
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www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_vickers_valiant_b...
www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_vickers_valiant_biplane.html
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Valiant Mk1 WZ397 Royal Air Force nuclear deterrent ... RAF V- bomber over Table Mountain ... Bill Yates sent me this photo showing WZ397 with Table Mountain in the background, the photo was taken from sister Valiant WZ399 which ended up being written off after a take-off crash in the USA : "..photograph of Vickers valiant B...
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www.classicaircraft.co.uk/valiant.htm
www.classicaircraft.co.uk/valiant.htm
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