The Vickers Vildebeest and the similar Vickers Vincent were two very large two- to three-seat single-engined British biplanes designed and built by Vickers...
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aircraft Vickers Vernon Vickers Victoria Vickers Vildebeest Vickers Vincent Vickers Type 207 Vickers Type 253 Vickers Wellesley Vickers Venom Vickers Wellington...
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The Vickers VC10 is a mid-sized, narrow-body long-range British jet airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd and first flown at...
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April 1933) Vickers Vildebeest Mk.I (November 1932 – September 1933) Vickers Vildebeest Mk.II (August 1933 – January 1941) Vickers Vildebeest Mk.III (December...
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The Vickers Viscount is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon Committee...
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operated obsolete Vickers Vildebeest torpedo bombers (as well as five Fairey Albacores acquired by 36 Sqn to supplement its Vildebeests). These flying squadrons...
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with the letter "V". Vickers' submission had initially been rejected as not being as advanced as the Victor and the Vulcan, but Vickers' chief designer George...
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1936 he was posted to No. 36 Squadron RAF in Singapore, flying the Vickers Vildebeest torpedo bomber. He was promoted to flying officer on 27 January 1937...
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CASA obtained a license from the UK aircraft company, Vickers, to build 25 Vickers Vildebeest land-based torpedo bombers, which were powered by French...
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Air Force (Wng. Cdr. Humphrey G. Sullivan) Vickers Vildebeest K2924 Vickers Vildebeest K2818 Vickers Vildebeest K6370 HKVDC Flight (Sq. Ldr. Donald "Sammy"...
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Demon Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Fairey Fox Vickers Vildebeest Related lists List of aircraft of World War II List of aircraft of...
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refer to: Wildebeest (character), several characters in DC Comics The Vickers Vildebeest, a 20th-century torpedo bomber Baby Wildebeest, a fictional character...
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The Vickers VC.1 Viking is a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited...
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not considered further, the competition ultimately being won by the Vickers Vildebeest. The prototype was used by Bristol as an engine testbed, flying with...
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Anson (which was obsolete by the start of the Second World War) and Vickers Vildebeest (which was obsolete); for a time, shortages of aircraft were so severe...
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through a tractor propeller, and was armed with a single belt-fed Vickers gun. Vickers continued to pursue the development of armed pusher biplanes, and...
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particular, DAP Beauforts were to replace the extremely outdated (1928) Vickers Vildebeests operated by No. 100 Squadron RAF at Singapore. Q Flight, a detachment...
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command. RAF Seletar; No. 36 Squadron RAF – 6 × Vickers Vildebeest No. 100 Squadron RAF – 12 × Vickers Vildebeest No. 205 Squadron RAF – 3 × PBY Catalina RAF...
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Metropolitan-Vickers, then merging the remaining bulk of the original business with Armstrong Whitworth to form Vickers-Armstrongs. The Vickers name resurfaced...
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Later versions of the aircraft were known as the Vickers Vulture and Vickers Vanellus. Research on Vickers' first amphibious aircraft type began in December...
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utility amphibian Vickers Vildebeest/Vincent army cooperation and torpedo bomber Vickers Vimy heavy bomber Vickers Virginia heavy bomber Vickers Vixen fighter/bomber...
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based at RAF Bircham Newton. Initially the unit was equipped with Vickers Vildebeests before re-equipping with Bristol Beauforts in January 1940. The squadron...
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Gloster Goring Hawker Hart Saro A.33 Short Empire Short Scylla Vickers Vellox Vickers Vildebeest Mk.IV Westland Lysander Mk.II Data from Lumsden. Type: Nine-cylinder...
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reconnaissance and ground-attack under RAF Army Cooperation Command Vickers Vildebeest (RAF) torpedo bomber, retired 1942 Westland Lysander (RAF) Army cooperation...
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Retired 1,334 Tupolev Tu-2 USSR 1941 Retired 2,257 Vickers Vildebeest UK 1928 Retired 209 Vickers Vincent UK 1932 Retired 197 Vought A-7 Corsair II US...
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lost on service or returned to RN, RCAF, or RAAF. NZ151 - 160, K8558 Vickers Vildebeest Mk II, Mk III, Mk IV 39 United Kingdom Three-seat general reconnaissance...
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other is said to have unstaggered wings, as in the Sopwith Cuckoo or Vickers Vildebeest. The value is sometimes expressed as a distance, s say, but it may...
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delayed until that afternoon, however, to allow the crews of the Vickers Vildebeest and Fairey Albacore torpedo bombers of No. 36 Squadron RAF and No...
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aeroplanes: two Supermarine Walrus amphibious aircraft and three out-dated Vickers Vildebeest torpedo-reconnaissance bombers, flown and serviced by seven officers...
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lost in a storm shortly after second stop at 14:30. April 4, 1938 Vickers Vildebeest Mark II (K2944) 3 Unknown North Pacific Ocean (Singapore Strait) The...
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