VULCAN & VICTOR 'V' BOMBER SET

CORGI AVIATION ARCHIVE - LIMITED EDITION OF '2100'

A certificated Limited Edition of the Vulcan & Victor 'V' Bombers, painted in anti flash overall white finish - intended to protect from the effects of a nuclear explosion. Wingspans Vulcan 234mm, Victor 255mm. Vulcan B.2 XL443 was based at Scampton, Lincs. in 1963. Victor B.2 XL231 was based at Wittering, Cambs., in 1962. Each model includes a Blue Steel nuclear missile which can be mounted beneath the fuselage when the plane is not mounted on the display stand. The set ispresented in a fully printed commemorative presentation box. Quite a rare set these days!

The Vickers Valiant, Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor (known as the V bomber force) formed Britains nuclear deterrent at the height of the cold war years in the 1960's.

The Vulcan B.2 low level tactical bomber had a maximum speed of 645mph with a ceiling of 65,000 ft. The Victor five seat strategic bomber had a very similar max. speed of 640 mph.

The Victor’s were converted later as inflight  refuelling tankers, and flew in support of  the Vulcan’s successful bombing raids on the Argentina held  airfield  at Port Stanley in the Falklands, during the Falklands war.