22 June 1961 - HANDLEY PAGE B.1A "VICTOR" A-bomber [R.A.F. serial no. XH592] of RAF XV Squadron, on public display at RAAF Base Richmond, New South, Wales, Australia

AIRCRAFT HISTORY SUMMARY

[Courtesy of UK Serials: ukserials.com]

31/12/58 - Aircraft constructed

2/2/59 - Delivered to RAF Cottesmore, Rutland for operational service.

1/9/61 - Recalled to Handley-Page Ltd factory for conversion to B1A standard.

5/7/62 - After upgrade, returned to RAF for further operational duties [serving variously with XV Squadron, the Honington Wing, 232 OCU, TTF & 232 OCU (again)].

16/10/74 - Delivered to RAF No.2 School of Technical Training [SoTT] Cosford, for Ground Instruction purposes.

13/12/83 - Transferred to RAF Museum Cosford for display purposes.

Oct 94 - Broken up - the cockpit/nose section was sent to Bruntingthorpe Air Museum, Leicestershire for restoration work/display.

Oct 2015 - Transferred to RAF Cosford Aerospace Museum, Leicestershire www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/victor/survivor.php?id=527

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SOURCE INFO

- The original image was captured by my late father Alec Crisdale, using an SLR with AGFACOLOR 100 ISO 35mm slide positive film.

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PROCESS INFO

- Digitized the badly degraded colour positive slide using a CANON Canoscan 8800F scanner.

- Latest version enhanced using Topaz Denoise AI & Skylum Luminar Neo AI & enlarged using Topaz Gigapixel AI.

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