NEVILLE DENTON COLLECTION
No. 7060. Vickers 706 Valiant B.Mk.1 (WP215) Royal Air Force
Photographed at RAF Finningley, Doncaster, UK, by Neville Denton

Vickers 706 Valiant B.Mk.1

11/30/2007. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "This aircraft was first flown from Brooklands, Surrey, on April 6, 1955, and delivered to 138 Squadron at RAF Gaydon, Warwickshire, on April 30, moving with the squadron to RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire, in July 1955. The aircraft moved with 138 Squadron to RAF Luqa, Malta, in August 1956, and went into action in the Suez campaign. The aircraft was broken up at No. 19 MU St. Athan, Wales, in 1964."


Created November 30, 2007