Vickers Valiant
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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.[1]
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First prototype performing a flight display at Farnborough Airshow, 1951
Forward view of preserved Vickers Valiant XD818 at RAF Museum Cosford
The entry door on the side of the forward fuselage, with the names of pilot Kenneth Hubbard and his crew
Side view of a Yellow Sun nuclear bomb under the wing of Vickers Valiant XD818 at the RAF Cosford museum
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
References
- ↑ "The V-bombers". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 25 April 2005. Retrieved 2009-08-06.