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• XD818
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  Vickers Valiant BK1
  Cosford
  (EGWC)
  UK - England
  21.05.2012
  

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• Only complete Valiant out of 107 built that survives at RAF Museum Cosford,which also has on display a Victor and a Vulcan. This triad of V-bombers formed Britain's airborne nuclear deterrent. A Valiant test dropped Britain's first A-bomb in 1956. XD818 from No. 49 Sqn. dropped Britain's first live H-bomb in 1957 during Op. Grapple. It was converted to a tanker in 1961. By Dec. 1964,all Valiants were grounded due to metal fatigue and withdrawn in 1965.

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• Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D300S Exposure time: 1/40 sec(s) Aperture value: F/5 ISO speed: 320 Date created: 21.05.2012 18:14:00 Focal length: 24mm

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