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The Vickers Valiant was a British high-altitude jet bomber designed to carry nuclear weapons, and in the 1950s and 1960s was part of the Royal Air Force's "V bomber" strategic deterrent force. It was developed by Vickers-Armstrongs in response to Specification B.35/46 issued by the Air Ministry for a nuclear-armed jet-powered bomber. The Valiant was the first of the V bombers to become operational, and was followed by the Handley Page Victor and the Avro Vulcan. The Valiant was the only V bomber to have dropped live nuclear weapons (for test purposes).

• 5/18/1951: First flight.
• 1951: Retained by Vickers for tests, never officially taken on charge by the RAF.
• 1951-52: AAEE Boscombe Down.
• 1/12/1952: Caught fire and crashed near Hurn.
• 1 crewman was killed.

• 4/11/1952: First flight.
• 1952: Retained by Vickers for tests.
• 1952: AAEE Boscombe Down.
• 12/18/1953: Delivered to the RAF.
• 2/20/1961: Struck off charge at South Marston.
• 3/1962: Sent to the Foulness Island Ranges, later salvaged.

• Reported as 1st development prototype for Spec. B104D “Medium Range Target Marker” project.
• Built at Foxwarren and transported by road to RAF Wisley for re-assembly.
• 9/4/1953: First flight.
• Never officially taken on charge by the RAF?
• 3/18/1958: Struck off charge?
• 5/1958: Dismantled at RAF Wisley.
• 7/1958: Remains sent to the Foulness Island Ranges, later salvaged.

• 12/21/1953: First flight.
• 12/18/1954: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1954: AAEE Boscombe Down.
• 3/15/1966: Sold as scrap to B.A. Taylor of West Bromwich.
• 4/22/1966: Struck off charge.

• 3/9/1954: First flight.
• 12/22/1954: Delivered to the RAF.
• Bailed back to Vickers for tests.
• RAE Farnborough.
• Assigned to RAF Gaydon for NBS bombing trials at the Luce Bay bombing range. The trials were carried out by RRE Malvern.
• 3/14/1961: Written off after an accident at RRFU Penshore.
• 10/9/1961: Struck off charge at RAF Bicester.
• Salvaged at RAF Catterick.

• 4/13/1954: First flight.
• 12/24/1954: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: 1321 Flight, at RAF Wittering for Blue Danube atomic bomb trials.
• 1956: 49 Squadron.
• Bailed back to Vickers for tests.
• 138 Squadron.
• 11/1960: Assigned as a ground trainer to RAF Saint Athan as “7707M”.
• Salvaged.

• 6/19/1954: First flight.
• 12/31/1954: Delivered to the RAF.
• Never officially taken on charge by the RAF.
• 1956: AAEE Boscombe Down.
• 5/11/1956: Lost control and crashed near Brighton/Southwick rail line in Hampshire. 3 crewmen were killed.

• 7/26/1954: First flight.
• 12/17/1954: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: RAE.
• AAEE Boscombe Down.
• 199 Squadron?
• 2/1961: Assigned as a ground trainer as “7713M”. At RAF Yatesbury?
• 9/1965: Salvaged at RAF Lyneham.

• 9/9/1954: First flight.
• 4/4/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• AAEE Boscombe Down.
• Handling Squadron, at RAF Boscombe Down.
• 4/1962: Assigned as a ground trainer to Avro Woodbridge as “7753M”.
• 6/1962: Assigned as a ground trainer to RAF Saint Athan.
• 8/1965: Salvaged at RAF Saint Athan.

• 10/8/1954: First flight.
• 3/14/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• AAEE Boscombe Down.
• 1958: 199 Squadron.
• 5/1959: Transferred to the Ministry of Aviation.
• 11/17/1960: Written off after a landing accident.
• 7/16/1961: Struck off charge.

• 11/3/1954: First flight.
• 2/8/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 1955: 138 Squadron.
• 1956: 49 Squadron.
• 214 Squadron?
• 232 OCU?
• 5/1958: Transferred to the Ministry of Aviation.
• 2/16/1964: Sold as scrap to BKL Alloys of Birmingham.

• 12/1/1954: First flight.
• 2/19/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 1955: 138 Squadron.
• 1955: 49 Squadron.
• 1957: 7 Squadron.
• 1959: 7 Squadron.
• 1961: 232 OCU.
• 2/18/1965: Withdrawn from use.
• 1/1/1967: Sold as scrap to Bradbury’s of Bournemouth.

• 12/24/1954: First flight.
• 2/10/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1962: 7 Squadron.
• 3/6/1964: Withdrawn from use.
• 6/16/1965: Sold as scrap to Marine Salvage of Plymouth.

• 1/8/1955: First flight.
• 4/6/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• Never officially taken on charge by the RAF?
• Transferred to the Ministry of Supply?
• 1955: Used for atomic bomb tests in Australia.
• 9/8/1966: Struck off charge at RAF Stansted.

• 1/27/1955: First flight.
• 4/1/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1959: 49 Squadron.
• 1960: 138 Squadron.
• 1961: 207 Squadron.
• 18 Squadron?
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.

• 2/16/1955: First flight.
• 4/16/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 1955: 138 Squadron.
• 1956: 214 Squadron.
• 1956: 232 OCU.
• 1956: 214 Squadron.
• 1957: 232 OCU.
• 1958: 199 Squadron.
• 1958-61: 18 Squadron.
• 3/6/1964: Withdrawn from use.
• 6/21/1966: Sold as scrap to Marine Salvage of Plymouth.

• 3/14/1955: First flight.
• 4/16/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 1955: 138 Squadron.
• 1956: 214 Squadron.
• 1956: 232 OCU.
• 1956: 214 Squadron.
• 1957: 232 OCU.
• 1958: 199 Squadron.
• 1958-62: 18 Squadron.
• 4/23/1965: Withdrawn from use.
• 1/1/1967: Sold as scrap to Bradbury’s of Bournemouth. Or in 4/1965?

• 3/18/1955: First flight.
• 4/2/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 1955: 138 Squadron.
• 1957: 199 Squadron.
• 1958-62: 18 Squadron.
• 4/23/1963: Withdrawn from use.
• 4/6/1965: Sold as scrap to Shackleton‘s of Halifax.

• 3/28/1955: First flight.
• 5/2/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1958: AAEE Boscombe Down.
• 1959: 138 Squadron.
• 1959: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 5/28/1964: Struck off charge.
• 5/1964: Assigned as a ground trainer to RAF Catterick as “7846M”.
• 1972: Salvaged at RAF Catterick.

• 4/6/1955: First flight.
• 4/30/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 1955: 138 Squadron.
• 1957: 199 Squadron.
• 1958-59: 18 Squadron.
• 4/23/1963: Withdrawn from use.
• 6/1965: Sold as scrap to Marine Salvage of Plymouth.

• 4/18/1955: First flight.
• 6/6/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 1955: 138 Squadron.
• 1956: 232 OCU.
• 1957: 7 Squadron.
• 1958: 199 Squadron.
• 1958: 18 Squadron.
• 4/23/1965: Withdrawn from use.
• 1964: Broken up for spare parts at RAF Saint Athan.
• 6/16/1965: Remains sold as scrap to Marine Salvage of Plymouth.

• 4/27/1955: First flight.
• 5/11/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: 138 Squadron.
• 1955: 543 Squadron.
• 1956: 207 Squadron.
• 1960: 7 Squadron.
• 90 Squadron?
• 1960-64: 232 OCU.
• 8/6/1964: Written off at RAF Gaydon after a landing accident.
• 8/17/1964: Struck off charge.

• 5/7/1955: First flight.
• 7/22/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• Bailed back to Vickers for tests.
• 1959:49 Squadron.
• 1964: Marham Wing, at RAF Marham.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged.

• 5/13/1955: First flight.
• 6/16/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955-56: 543 Squadron.
• 1956: 207 Squadron.
• 1959: 207 Squadron.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 5/23/1955: First flight.
• 6/22/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 1955: 138 Squadron.
• 1960: 7 Squadron.
• 1961: 232 OCU.
• 1962: 7 Squadron.
• 11/9/1962: Withdrawn from use.
• 1964: Broken up for spare parts at RAF Saint Athan.
• 6/16/1965: Remains sold as scrap to Marine Salvage of Plymouth.

• 5/27/1955: First flight.
• 6/21/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: 543 Squadron.
• 1956-59: 207 Squadron.
• 1964: Marham Wing, at RAF Marham.
• 3/5/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Sent to PEE Shoeburyness, later salvaged.

• 6/10/1955: First flight.
• 7/4/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 1955: 232 OCU.
• 1955: 138 Squadron.
• 7/29/1955: Crashed after take-off from RAF Wittering due to mechanical failure. At least 2 crewmen were killed.

• 6/20/1955: First flight.
• 7/20/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: 543 Squadron.
• 1956: 214 Squadron.
• 1957-58: 90 Squadron.
• 1958: 7 Squadron.
• 1959: 90 Squadron.
• 1960: 7 Squadron.
• 1962: 543 Squadron.
• 3/3/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Wyton.
• 1965: Salvaged at RAF Wyton.

• 6/27/1955: First flight.
• 8/12/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: 232 OCU.
• 1959: 232 OCU.
• 1962: 207 Squadron.
• 7 Squadron?
• 138 Squadron?
• 148 Squadron?
• 4/25/1963: Put into storage at RAF Saint Athan.
• 5/9/1963: Withdrawn from use.
• 6/16/1965: Sold as scrap to Marine Salvage of Plymouth.

• 7/22/1955: First flight.
• 7/22/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: 232 OCU.
• 1957: 148 Squadron.
• 1957-61: 232 OCU.
• 1961: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 199 Squadron?
• 1958: 18 Squadron.
• 11/9/1962: Withdrawn from use.
• 6/16/1965: Sold as scrap to Marine Salvage of Plymouth.

• 7/16/1955: First flight.
• 8/15/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 1955: 138 Squadron.
• 1961: 148 Squadron.
• 543 Squadron?
• 5/6/1964: Crashed near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire near RAF Binbrook. Five crewmen were killed. Or on 5/7/1964?

• 7/20/1955: First flight.
• 8/26/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955-56: 232 OCU.
• 1959: 232 OCU.
• 138 Squadron?
• 5/11/1962: Put into storage at RAF Saint Athan.
• 3/22/1963: Withdrawn from use.
• 11/26/1964: Sold as scrap to B.A. Taylor of West Bromwich.

• 8/3/1955: First flight.
• 9/22/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: 232 OCU.
• 1957: 199 Squadron.
• 1958: 18 Squadron.
• 4/19/1963: Put into storage at RAF Saint Athan.
• 3/6/1964: Withdrawn from use.
• 6/16/1965: Sold as scrap to Marine Salvage of Plymouth.

• 8/18/1955: First flight.
• 10/7/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: Station Flight, at RAF Waddington.
• 1955: Station Flight, at RAF Wittering.
• 1956: 138 Squadron.
• 1956: 49 Squadron.
• 1956: 1321 Flight, at RAF Wittering for Blue Danube atomic bomb trials.
• 10/11/1956: Dropped the first atomic bomb on the Maralinga test range in Australia.
• 1957: 7 Squadron.
• 1960: 49 Squadron.
• 1960: 7 Squadron.
• 1961: 232 OCU.
• 3/6/1964: Withdrawn from use.
• 6/16/1965: Sold as scrap to Marine Salvage of Plymouth.

• 8/30/1955: First flight.
• 9/19/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 138 Squadron.
• 1956: 49 Squadron.
• 1956: 148 Squadron.
• 1960: 148 Squadron.
• 10/1964: Bailed to BAC Weybridge for fatigue tests.
• 6/10/1965: Sold as scrap to Coley’s of Ascot.

• 5/19/1955: First flight.
• 10/25/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: 232 OCU.
• 1960-61: 232 OCU.
• 1961: 7 Squadron.
• 138 Squadron?
• 7/13/1962: Put into storage.
• 11/9/1962: Withdrawn from use.
• 11/26/1964: Sold as scrap to B.A. Taylor of West Bromwich.

• 9/17/1955: First flight.
• 10/25/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955-56: 232 OCU.
• 1957: 148 Squadron.
• 1957: 232 OCU.
• 1961: 7 Squadron.
• 543 Squadron?
• 6/22/1962: Put into storage at RAF Saint Athan.
• 11/9/1962: Withdrawn from use.
• 6/16/1965: Sold as scrap to Marine Salvage of Plymouth.

• 9/22/1955: First flight.
• 2/29/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• Royal Radar Establishment for tests.
• 2/15/1966: Struck off charge.
• 3/1966: Salvaged at RRFU Pershore.

• 10/1/1955: First flight.
• 11/4/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: 232 OCU.
• 1958: 138 Squadron.
• 1959: 232 OCU.
• 1961: 7 Squadron.
• 199 Squadron?
• 11/9/1962: Withdrawn from use.
• 6/16/1965: Sold as scrap to Marine Salvage of Plymouth.

• 10/10/1955: First flight.
• 11/29/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955-56: 232 OCU.
• 1957: 199 Squadron.
• 1958: 18 Squadron.
• 4/23/1963: Withdrawn from use.
• 6/16/1965: Sold as scrap to Marine Salvage of Plymouth.

• 10/18/1955: First flight.
• 11/18/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• Used for a variety of radar and navigation tests.
• 7/16/1963: Sold as scrap to BKL Alloys of Birmingham.

• 10/27/1955: First flight.
• 12/16/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: 232 OCU.
• 1960: 232 OCU.
• 1961: 7 Squadron.
• 11/9/1962: Withdrawn from use.
• 11/26/1964: Sold as scrap to B.A. Taylor of West Bromwich.

• 11/2/1955: First flight.
• Used for a variety of radar and equipment tests.
• 7/22/1966: Struck off charge
  *1966: Salvaged at RRFU Pershore.

• 11/15/1955: First flight.
• 12/29/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956-57: AAEE Boscombe Down.
• Used for a variety of radar and equipment tests.
• Never officially taken on charge by the RAF?
• 4/18/1967: Struck off charge?
• 1967: Salvaged at RAF Boscombe Down?

• 11/23/1955: First flight.
• 12/29/1955: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1955: 543 Squadron.
• 1956: 232 OCU.
• 1956: 543 Squadron.
• 1956: 214 Squadron.
• 10/28/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 11/1/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 1957-59: 90 Squadron.
• 1960: 7 Squadron.
• 1961: 232 OCU.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 11/28/1955: First flight.
• 1/4/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 214 Squadron.
• 1956: 49 Squadron.
• 1956-61: 7 Squadron.
• 543 Squadron?
• 3/6/1964: Withdrawn from use.
• 6/16/1965: Sold as scrap to Marine Salvage of Plymouth.

• 12/3/1955: First flight.
• 1/3/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 214 Squadron.
• 1956: 232 OCU.
• 1956: 214 Squadron.
• 1957: 148 Squadron.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 12/20/1955: First flight.
• 2/13/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 543 Squadron.
• 1959: 543 Squadron.
• 3/3/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Wyton.
• Salvaged at RAF Wyton.

• 12/23/1955: First flight.
• 1/30/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 214 Squadron.
• 1956: 49 Squadron.
• 1956: 7 Squadron.
• 1961: 232 OCU.
• 11/9/1962: Withdrawn from use.
• 6/16/1965: Sold as scrap to Marine Salvage of Plymouth.

• 1/10/1956: First flight.
• 2/15/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956-58: 543 Squadron.
• 3/3/1965: Struck off charge.
• 3/1965: Assigned as a ground trainer to RAF Feltwell as “7873M“. Or at RAF Wyton? Or wrong number?
• 1965: Salvaged at RAF Wyton.

• 1/12/1956: First flight.
• 1/31/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• Used for a variety of radar and equipment tests.
• 9/3/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Boscombe Down.
• 1967: Salvaged at RAF Boscombe Down.

• 1/20/1956: First flight.
• 3/2/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 138 Squadron.
• 1961: 148 Squadron.
• 2/18/1965: Withdrawn from use.
• 1/1/1967: Sold as scrap to Bradbury’s of Bournemouth.

• 1/30/1956: First flight.
• 3/14/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 138 Squadron.
• 1961: 7 Squadron.
• 1962: 543 Squadron.
• 214 Squadron?
• 3/3/1965: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged at RAF Wyton.

• 3/29/1956: First flight.
• 4/16/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1958-60: 214 Squadron.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 2/27/1956: First flight.
• 3/28/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956-59: 543 Squadron.
• 3/3/1965: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged at RAF Wyton.

• 3/1/1956: First flight.
• 4/4/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956-61: 543 Squadron.
• 3/3/1965: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged at RAF Wyton.

• 3/9/1956: First flight.
• 4/5/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 214 Squadron.
• 10/28/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 11/1/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 1957: 90 Squadron.
• 1961: 148 Squadron.
• 543 Squadron?
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge.
• Did this one then go to RAF Cosford as “7888M”? Or not?
• Salvaged at RAF Wyton?

• 3/16/1956: First flight.
• 4/20/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 543 Squadron.
• 3/3/1965: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged at RAF Wyton.

• 3/24/1956: First flight.
• 4/18/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 214 Squadron.
• 10/28/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 11/1/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 1958: 148 Squadron.
• 1958: 214 Squadron.
• 1959-60: 148 Squadron.
• 1964: 214 Squadron.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 4/6/1956: First flight.
• 4/26/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 543 Squadron.
• 1959: 543 Squadron.
• 1964: 543 Squadron.
• 5/23/1964: Written off after an emergency landing at RAF Manston.
• 11/2/1964: Struck off charge.
• Remains salvaged at the Manston Fire School.

• 4/16/1956: First flight.
• 6/1/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 214 Squadron.
• 11/1/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 1957: 543 Squadron.
• 1960: 543 Squadron.
• 1964: 49 Squadron.
• 3/3/1965: Struck off charge.
• 4/1965: Assigned as a ground trainer to RAF Cosford as “7888M”? Wrong aircraft?
• 1965: Salvaged at RAF Wyton?

• 4/21/1956: First flight.
• 5/14/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 543 Squadron.
• 9/13/1957: Destroyed in a hanger fire at RAF Wyton.
• Remains salvaged in Aylesbury, Bicester.

• 4/28/1956: First flight.
• 6/5/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 543 Squadron.
• 1958: 543 Squadron.
• 1960: 543 Squadron.
• 11/3/1961: Crashed on take-off from Offutt AFB, Nebraska due to an iced-over pitot tube.
• 11/6/1961: Struck off charge.

• 5/8/1956: First flight.
• 6/2/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 138 Squadron.
• 1959: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 1/1/1967: Sold as scrap to Bradbury’s of Bournemouth.

• 6/12/1956: First flight.
• 6/12/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 138 Squadron.
• 1961: 138 Squadron.
• 1961: 207 Squadron.
• 3/5/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 7/16/1956: First flight.
• 7/16/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 138 Squadron.
• 1961: 207 Squadron.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 6/27/1956: First flight.
• 6/27/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 230 OCU.
• 1956: 207 Squadron.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 6/30/1956: First flight.
• 6/30/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 230 OCU.
• 1956-59: 207 Squadron.
• 1962: 207 Squadron.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 7/17/1956: First flight.
• 7/17/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956-57: 207 Squadron.
• 1961: 138 Squadron.
• 1962: 232 OCU.
• 3/4/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged.

• 6/27/1956: First flight.
• 7/18/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 207 Squadron.
• 1958: 214 Squadron.
• 1959: 207 Squadron.
• 1959: 214 Squadron.
• 3/5/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• 3/1965: Sent to the Foulness Island Ranges.

• 7/2/1956: First flight.
• 7/18/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 230 OCU.
• 1956: 207 Squadron.
• 1961: 90 Squadron.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Honington.
• Sold as scrap to BKL Alloys of Birmingham.

• 7/10/1956: First flight.
• 7/26/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 148 Squadron.
• 10/31/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 11/1/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 11/4/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 1959: 214 Squadron.
• 1961: 138 Squadron.
• 1962: 90 Squadron.
• 1964: AAEE Boscombe Down.
• 1964: 90 Squadron.
• 12/15/1964: Struck off charge.
• 1/1965: Broken up for spare parts at RAF Honington.

• 7/11/1956: First flight.
• 8/17/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 148 Squadron.
• 1960: 207 Squadron.
• 1961: 138 Squadron.
• 10/31/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 11/1/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 11/4/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 1961: 214 Squadron.
• 1961: 138 Squadron.
• 1961: 90 Squadron.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Honington.
• 5/1965: Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 7/25/1956: First flight.
• 9/3/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 148 Squadron.
• 10/31/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 11/1/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 11/4/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 1958: 214 Squadron.
• 1960: Marham Wing.
• 9/1964: Bailed to BAC for tests.
• Put into storage at RAF Henlow.
• 8/26/1970: Struck off charge.
• Nose section currently preserved in the Wellington Hanger of the Brooklands Museum in Surrey.

• 7/27/1956: First flight.
• 8/23/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 148 Squadron.
• 10/31/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 11/4/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 1960: 148 Squadron.
• 1961: 90 Squadron.
• 1961: 138 Squadron.
• 1962: 90 Squadron.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged.

• 9/4/1956: First flight.
• 11/14/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956-57: 49 Squadron.
• 1957: 1321 Flight, at RAF Wittering for Blue Danube atomic bomb trials.
• 5/15/1957: Dropped England’s first hydrogen bomb on the Pacific test range.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge.
• 10/1965: Assigned as a ground trainer to RAF Marham as “7894M”.
• Was preserved at the RAF Museum in Hendon.
• Currently preserved at the RAF Museum at RAF Cosford.

• 9/3/1956: First flight.
• 9/28/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 148 Squadron.
• 10/31/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 11/1/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 11/4/1956: Bombed targets in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.
• 1960: 148 Squadron.
• 12/14/1964: Struck off charge.
• 12/1964: Assigned as a ground trainer to RAF Feltwell as “7872M”.
• Salvaged at RAF Feltwell?
• 6/1965: Remains sent to the Foulness Island Ranges, later salvaged.

• 9/12/1956: First flight.
• 10/3/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956-60: 148 Squadron.
• 1961: 90 Squadron.
• 1961: 214 Squadron.
• 1961-62: 90 Squadron.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge.
• 1965: Salvaged at RAF Honington.

• 9/21/1956: First flight.
• 11/6/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 148 Squadron.
• 1957: 214 Squadron.
• 1958: 148 Squadron.
• 1960: 148 Squadron.
• 1961: 138 Squadron.
• 1962: 232 OCU.
• 2/18/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Saint Athan.
• 10/30/1967: Sold as scrap to Bradbury’s of Bournemouth.

• 10/8/1956: First flight.
• 11/9/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956-57: 49 Squadron.
• 3/5/1965: Struck off charge.
• 1965: Sent to the Foulness Island Ranges, later salvaged.

• 10/19/1956: First flight.
• 11/21/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956-57: 49 Squadron.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 10/31/1956: First flight.
• 11/24/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956-57: 49 Squadron.
• 3/5/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 11/10/1956: First flight.
• 11/30/1956: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1956: 49 Squadron.
• 1959: 543 Squadron.
• 1959: 49 Squadron.
• 10/1964: Bailed back to Vickers for tests.
• 6/10/1965: Struck off charge.
• 6/1965: Salvaged at RAF Wisley.
• Was this one ever ground trainer “7873M”?

• 12/15/1956: First flight.
• 1/22/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 7 Squadron.
• 1960: 90 Squadron.
• 1961: 138 Squadron.
• 1962: 232 OCU.
• 1964: 543 Squadron.
• 3/4/1965: Struck off charge.
• 3/1965: Assigned as a ground trainer to Stratford-Upon-Avon as “7873M”? Or as “7872M”? Or at RAF Feltwell?
• 9/1984: Sent to the Abingdon dump.
• Was preserved at the Wales Aircraft Musuem in Rhoose as “W826”.
• Nose section currently preserved at the Cockpit Collection in Rayleigh, Essex.

• 12/13/1956: First flight.
• 1/10/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 49 Squadron.
• 12/14/1964: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Assigned to RAF Feltwell as “7873M”? Or not?
• 1965: Sent to the Foulness Island Ranges.
• 1965: Remains sold to BKL Alloys of Birmingham.

• 12/18/1956: First flight.
• 1/15/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 7 Squadron.
• 1961: 207 Squadron.
• 3/5/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Sent to the Foulness Island Ranges and later salvaged there?

• 12/24/1956: First flight.
• 1/15/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 49 Squadron.
• 3/5/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 1/2/1957: First flight.
• 1/24/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 7 Squadron.
• 1960-62: 90 Squadron.
• 12/15/1964: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1/5/1957: First flight.
• 2/1/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 49 Squadron.
• 3/5/1965: Struck off charge at RAE Farnborough.
• Remains sent to the Foulness Island Ranges?
• Was preserved at the Cockpit Collection in Rayleigh, Essex.
• Was preserved at the Manston History Museum.
• Currently preserved at the Norfolk and Suffolk Air Museum at Flixton.

• 1/15/1957: First flight.
• 1/31/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 214 Squadron.
• 1957: 138 Squadron.
• 1957: 207 Squadron.
• 1957: 214 Squadron.
• 3/4/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 1/23/1957: First flight.
• 2/14/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 214 Squadron.
• 1957: 138 Squadron.
• 1957: 148 Squadron.
• 1957-60: 214 Squadron.
• 6/10/1965: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged at RAF Filton.

• 1/30/1957: First flight.
• 2/20/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 214 Squadron.
• 1957: 138 Squadron.
• 1957: 214 Squadron.
• 1960: 214 Squadron.
• 2/18/1965: Withdrawn from use.
• Ever assigned as a ground trainer to RAE Farnborough?
• 1/1/1967: Sold as scrap to Bradbury’s of Bournemouth.

• 2/4/1957: First flight.
• 2/22/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 214 Squadron.
• 1957: 138 Squadron.
• 1957-59: 214 Squadron.
• 1960: Marham Wing.
• 3/5/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 2/15/1957: First flight.
• 3/1/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957-58: 90 Squadron.
• 1958: 214 Squadron.
• 1959-60: 90 Squadron.
• 1961: 148 Squadron.
• 3/5/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 2/21/1957: First flight.
• 3/13/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 90 Squadron.
• 1959: 90 Squadron.
• 1959: 7 Squadron.
• 1962: 90 Squadron.
• 6/10/1965: Struck off charge.
• Remains sent to Filton?

• 3/2/1957: First flight.
• 3/19/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 7 Squadron.
• 8/12/1960: Crashed near Spanhoe, Harringworth on take-off from RAF Wittering. Five crewmen were killed.

• 3/9/1957: First flight.
• 3/25/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 90 Squadron.
• 1959: 90 Squadron.
• 1961: 207 Squadron.
• 3/5/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 3/22/1957: First flight.
• 4/29/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957-60: 138 Squadron.
• 1962: 232 OCU.
• 3/4/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Gaydon.
• Salvaged at RAF Gaydon.

• 4/2/1957: First flight.
• 4/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 90 Squadron.
• 1960: 7 Squadron.
• 3/1/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Honington.
• Salvaged at the RAF Honington fire dump.

• 4/15/1957: First flight.
• 5/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 49 Squadron.
• 1957: 138 Squadron.
• 1962: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 1964: 232 OCU.
• 3/4/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Honington.
• Salvaged at RAF Honington.

• 5/2/1957: First flight.
• 5/28/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957-59: 214 Squadron.
• 9/11/1959: Crashed after take-off from RAF Marham.

• 5/10/1957: First flight.
• 5/23/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 214 Squadron.
• 1958: 148 Squadron.
• 1958-59: 214 Squadron.
• 3/4/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 6/7/1957: First flight.
• 6/27/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 90 Squadron.
• 1960: 90 Squadron.
• 1961: 7 Squadron.
• 1962: 138 Squadron.
• 1962: 214 Squadron.
• 3/4/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Marham.
• Salvaged at RAF Marham.

• 6/18/1957: First flight.
• 6/28/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• Bailed back to Vickers for tests.
• 1958: 138 Squadron.
• 1959: BCDU RAF Wittering.
• 1961: 7 Squadron.
• 1961: 90 Squadron.
• 6/10/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Wyton.
• Salvaged at RAF Wyton.

• 7/4/1957: First flight.
• 7/22/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 207 Squadron.
• 1957: 49 Squadron.
• 1958: 207 Squadron.
• 1961: 138 Squadron.
• 1962: 7 Squadron.
• 1963: 232 OCU.
• 3/4/1965: Struck off charge at RAF Gaydon.
• Salvaged at RAF Gaydon.

• 7/23/1957: First flight.
• 8/30/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 214 Squadron.
• 1957: 49 Squadron.
• 1957: 214 Squadron.
• 1958: 148 Squadron.
• 1960: 148 Squadron.
• 3/5/1965: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged on the Pendine Ranges.

• 8/27/1957: First flight.
• 9/24/1957: Delivered to the RAF.
• 1957: 207 Squadron.
• 1957: 49 Squadron.
• 1957: 207 Squadron.
• 1959: 207 Squadron.
• 1961: 138 Squadron.
• 1962: 7 Squadron.
• 11/9/1962: Written off at RAF Brunthingthorpe. Or struck off charge?
• Was preserved at the South Yorkshire Aviation Musuem in Firbeck.
• Was preserved at RAF Bruntingthrope.
• Was preserved at the Newark Air Museum.
• Currently preserved at the Highland Aviation Museum in Inverness.

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