Stepped up again
Resplendent in her grey/green camouflage, pristine looking Royal Air Force No.57 Squadron Handley Page Victor K.2 XL231 seen on display at the 1981 International Air Tattoo, RAF Greenham Common
Designed as one of the V-Bomber Force, Victors were eventually consigned to tanker duties once the British Nuclear deterrent was handed to the Royal Navy
A year after this photo was taken, in their latter role they excelled themselves supporting the infamous 'Black Buck' bombing missions during the Falklands War and then again several years later, sporting overall hemp colours, the Victors came into their own again with the coalition forces out in the Middle East during the two Gulf Wars.
Copy photo of a Kodak 35mm Transparency
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Stepped up again
Resplendent in her grey/green camouflage, pristine looking Royal Air Force No.57 Squadron Handley Page Victor K.2 XL231 seen on display at the 1981 International Air Tattoo, RAF Greenham Common
Designed as one of the V-Bomber Force, Victors were eventually consigned to tanker duties once the British Nuclear deterrent was handed to the Royal Navy
A year after this photo was taken, in their latter role they excelled themselves supporting the infamous 'Black Buck' bombing missions during the Falklands War and then again several years later, sporting overall hemp colours, the Victors came into their own again with the coalition forces out in the Middle East during the two Gulf Wars.
Copy photo of a Kodak 35mm Transparency
276A7477