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Handley Page Victor - Photo Gallery

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A Handley Page advert from 1952. With the Victor in squadron service, another advert from Handley Page making much of the Victor's multiple role capability. Another HP advert, this one from 1958.

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Most of these pictures were kindly donated by Ray Deacon. They are for your personal use only and may not be reproduced or redistributed in any form. Ray has a sizeable collection of photos of aircraft, taken throughout his service in the RAF and available for publication - contact him for details.

This RAF Honington-based 55 squadron Victor B.1A, XH590, was captured on film when taxiing in at Embakasi Airport (Nairobi) in October 1963 while on a lone-ranger training mission from the UK. The large air-ducts on the rear fuselage identify XH675 as being a Victor B.2. It bore no unit identification when this photograph was taken at RAF Khormaksar, Aden, in 1963. A late production mark 2 Victor, XM715 was operated by 100 Squadron based at RAF Wittering in 1963 and was photographed while passing through RAF Khormaksar. Shortly after the Falklands War in 1982, Vaughn Nelson took this shot of one of the 'Black Buck' Victor K.2s having a well deserved rest at Wideawake airfield.