Handley Page Victor (V bomber) - A Short History
Channel: A Short History
Date: 2021-09-12

The Handley Page Victor was one of the three British aircraft types that was known as V bombers (the other two being Avro Vulcan and Vickers Valiant). The Victor was developed as a strategic bomber, and was part of the United Kingdom's airborne nuclear deterrent. When the Handley Page Victor was retired from the strategic bomber role, it served in the strategic reconnaisance and tanker roles.

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Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Victor, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) - the text has been remixed and shortened

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"Blue Danube Atomic Bomb (50111819166).jpg" by Hugh Llewelyn, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Danube_Atomic_Bomb_(50111819166).jpg, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
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"Handley Page Victor B.Mk.1A under restoration, Imperial War Museum, Duxford, May 19th 2018. (29510709218).jpg" by Roland Turner, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Handley_Page_Victor_B.Mk.1A_under_restoration,_Imperial_War_Museum,_Duxford,_May_19th_2018._(29510709218).jpg, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
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"Handley Page Victor B2" by Hugh Llewelyn, https://flickr.com/photos/camperdown/34093932971/, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)

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