Victor Boys

{detailed description}The Handley Page Victor was the third of the three V bombers and the most long lasting, serving in the RAF until 1993, and still doing invaluable service in the first Iraq war: Moreover, in 1982 it was only the Victor tanker fleet based on Ascension Island that made possible the Vulcan Black Buck bombing of Port Stanley airfield and the long-range reconnaissance of Argentina by Nimrods. Victor Boys tells the story of all the great things that were achieved, recounted first hand by the operators themselves, aircrew and ground crew. Starting with recollections by test pilot Johnny Allam, who undertook the major development of the aircraft, there are stories of its work as a nuclear bomber during the cold war followed by testing Blue Steel in Australia, and its operation in squadron service. Finally, there are first-hand accounts of the Victor's superb work as an air-to-air refuelling tanker during the Falklands War and later when providing a vital support resource for fighters and other aircraft.
Published to coincide with the Victor's 60th anniversary, the gripping text is superbly illustrated with photographs from the operators themselves, never released before.

signed by the Author, Bob Tuxford, David Bywater, Syd Buxton, Gary Weightman and three others
{Author / Publisher / Date}by Tony Blackman and Garry O'Keefe
published by Grub Street 2012 1st edn. 198pp profusely illustrated, some colour, index, appendices 17x24
{condition}near mint inc. d/j. signed by the Author, Bob Tuxford, David Bywater, Syd Buxton, Gary Weightman and three others
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