Valiant Boys
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Valiant Boys
Tony Blackman and Anthony Wright bring together first-hand accounts from the aircrew and ground crew who operated Britain’s first V-bomber, the Vickers Valiant.
Format: Paperback, 198 pages.
Available on back-order
£12.99
Tony Blackman and Anthony Wright bring together first-hand accounts from the aircrew and ground crew who operated Britain’s first V-bomber, the Vickers Valiant.
Format: Paperback, 198 pages.
Available on back-order
Valiant Boys, by Tony Blackman and Anthony Wright, tells the story of the Vickers Valiant through the people who flew, maintained and supported it.
The accounts follow the aircraft from its early development and flying at Vickers’ Wisley airfield through its role in Britain’s nuclear deterrent and its eventual premature withdrawal following structural fatigue problems.
The book covers atomic testing in Australia, hydrogen-bomb trials in the Pacific and conventional bombing operations against Egyptian airfields during the Suez Crisis.
It also examines the demanding readiness regime maintained by Valiant air and ground crews during the Cold War, giving greater attention to the first of Britain’s three V-bombers.
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| Dimensions | 23.4 × 15.3 cm |
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