Registration / Serial:XD823
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Valiant
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Valiant
Aircraft Version:Vickers Valiant B1
C/n (msn):[ XD823 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 November 1956 to 18 November 1956
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:813283Submit Correction
View count: 120
'Pictured in flight for the first time in the new all-white anti-radation finish is the Vickers Valiant, first four-jet bomber to serve with the RAF.' XD823 was delivered to No 49 Sqn later that month, and was one of the Valiants deployed to Christmas Island for nuclear tests. Struck off charge already in 1965 and scrapped.
Registration / Serial:XD823
Aircraft Version:Vickers Valiant B1
C/n (msn):[ XD823 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 November 1956 to 18 November 1956
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:XD823
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Valiant
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Valiant
Aircraft Version:Vickers Valiant B1
C/n (msn):[ XD823 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 November 1956 to 18 November 1956
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:813283Submit Correction
View count: 120
'Pictured in flight for the first time in the new all-white anti-radation finish is the Vickers Valiant, first four-jet bomber to serve with the RAF.' XD823 was delivered to No 49 Sqn later that month, and was one of the Valiants deployed to Christmas Island for nuclear tests. Struck off charge already in 1965 and scrapped.
Registration / Serial:XD823
Aircraft Version:Vickers Valiant B1
C/n (msn):[ XD823 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 November 1956 to 18 November 1956
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact