Vickers Valiant

The Vickers Valiant was a bomber aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force. It was one of the V bombers and was used as part of the nuclear deterrent during the Cold War.

Vickers Valiant Media

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  First prototype performing a flight display at Farnborough Airshow, 1951

• Vickers Valian B.1 WZ393 90 Sqn SGT 10.06.57.jpg

  Valiant B(PR)K.1 WZ393 of 90 Squadron in original all-metal finish displaying at Blackpool Squires Gate airport in 1957

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  Forward view of preserved Vickers Valiant XD818 at RAF Museum Cosford

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  The wing root and air intakes

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  The entry door on the side of the forward fuselage, with the names of pilot Kenneth Hubbard and his crew

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  Handley Page K2

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  Side view of a Yellow Sun nuclear bomb under the wing of Vickers Valiant XD818 at the RAF Cosford museum

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  On 11 October 1956, Valiant B.1 WZ366 of No. 49 Squadron became the first British aircraft to drop a live atomic bomb during the Buffalo R3/Kite test

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  Camouflaged Valiant at Filton, England. Circa mid-1960s

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  Vickers Valiant on display