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.,
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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.,