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Vickers Valiant Bomber

Details:

Title

Vickers Valiant Bomber,

Photographer

Gayton, Jim,

Photo number

PH0515/0204,

Collection

Jim Gayton Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1954,

Location

RAAF Darwin,

Description

British RAF Vickers Valiant Bomber. Several of these bombers were on loan to the RAAF for about 6 months during the atomic bomb tests at Maralinga, South Australia in 1956. Refueling at Darwin RAAF base.,

Notes

Date:1954, The aircraft is a British RAF Vickers Valiant Bomber. Several of these bombers were on loan to the RAAF for about 6 months during the atomic bomb tests at Maralinga, South Australia in 1956. A Vickers Valiant B.1 (RAF WZ366) of 49 Squadron dropped the first atomic bomb on Australian soil at Maralinga, 11 October 1956. Information provided by Mark Hunter, 23-04-2013.,

Language

English,

Digital format

2000ppi ; 10.37Mb.,

Format

1 slide : col.,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/72067,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/333559