From 232 OCU at Gaydon.

One of 3 early Victors in open store at the Pickestston dump area of RAF St. Athan. S.o.c. on 31st August 1973 and scrapped. The nose section was reported at Marham (home of the TTF) in 1974.

One of 3 early Victors in open store at the Pickestston dump area of RAF St. Athan. S.o.c. on 30th April 1974 and scrapped.

Permission & Copyright Harry Longden.

232 OCU

This Victor, delivered to the RAF on 4.2.58, was the last surviving B.1, retired to Cosford as an instructional airframe but sadly suffered the same fate as Vulcan XA900 there, being scrapped two years after this shot

The first Victor production aircraft flew on 1.2.56 - at this time, the only UK-based aircraft with sufficient performance to intercept it at height were the F-101 Voodoos of the USAF's 81st TFW. This early example was delivered to the RAF on 29.11.57 and is seen here hoping for preservation in its original white colours (but note camo outboard wing panels). It was, however, sold as scrap just seven months later

Early production Victor B.1 demonstrating at the 1957 Farnborough Air Show painted in the initial all-white anti-nuclear flash scheme.