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Britain's desire to stay at the leading edge in the design and development of modern jet powered aircraft was born in the later stages of World War Two. The RAF sent requests to the leading aircraft manufactures for a variety of specifications, amongst which was one for a long-range heavy bomber. Three designs were accepted and eventually went into production - these became the V-Bomber Force.returncharacterreturncharacterThe first to enter service was the Vickers Valliant, a high swept-wing four engine aircraft. This type was used to test-drop Britain's first H-Bomb in the Christmas Islands and then was tasked with delivering our deterrent during the early years of the Cold War. It saw action in a non-nuclear role during the Suez Crisis and then went on to serve as a flight refuelling tanker until withdrawn with metal fatigue problems.returncharacterreturncharacterThe delta-wing Avro Vulcan then carried our latest nuclear weapon until the Royal Navy took over the deterrent task with the Polaris submarine fleet. This aircraft entertained rapt audiences at air displays around the world as its powerful engines, later to power Concorde, allowed this large bomber to fly like a fighter. Its most famous and only wartime service came during the Falklands Conflict for which it is now legendary for bombing Port Stanley, having flown thousands of miles with countless air-to-air refueling link-ups en route.returncharacterreturncharacterThe crescent-winged Handley Page Victor was the most durable of the trio and continued in service as a tanker into the twenty-first century. In practice it was probably the most successful of the three designs. It flew higher and faster than the Vulcan and Valliant and was remarkably robust - even into old age.returncharacterreturncharacterThis book contains the world famous colour profiles created by Dave Windle of all three types in different operational modes, configurations and colour schemes. Martin Bowman has written detailed descriptions and photographs to create the perfect enthusiasts reference.returncharacterreturncharacter returncharacterreturncharacter REVIEWS returncharacterreturncharacter..".very detailed descriptions of the squadrons that flew each aircraft and their missions."IPMS, 12/09
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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This book really falls into two sections, a narrative account of the the development of the V-bombers and a section showing the various paint schemes that were worn by the aircraft during their service careers. While the second section is of a very high standard, the narrative account is not of the same standard. Poor proof reading means that statements disagree when they are mentioned in different areas, facts are incorrect in many cases with typically the Vulcan OCU's locations reduced to only one from its three stations with its date of disbandment totally wrong. ( Did my last flying hours on Vulcans occur on a phantom unit.) I can only hope that a second edition proves of better value.
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Good look at Britain's Cold War bombers
13 Mar 2010
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Evidently the first of a new series, this book focuses on Britain's strategic jet bombers in an interesting fashion. The first 50 pages provide Martin Bowman's running narrative of the history of the Valiant, Vulcan and Victor, both in technical and operational terms. I expected coverage of each aircraft individually, but the author does an effective job of interspersing the service lives of the three aircraft in a manner that almost reads, at times, like a novel! The downside is that anyone looking for particular info about one of the three types has to do a bit of hunting. The text is complimented by a variety of black-&-white photos, some of which are well-known (like the dramatic shot of the prototype Vulcan disintegrating at an airshow!). There are lists of serial numbers and operational squadrons. This is followed by a section of excellent color side view drawings done by Dave Windle, an average of 12 for each type. While the number of base color schemes carried by these aircraft was rather minimal, Windle does a good job of showing small variations, though a selection of Gulf War nose art might have been a welcome addition. If these aircraft interest you, this book is worthy of your time, and I'm curious to see what else Pen & Sword plans to do with this series.
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