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Registration: WB771

Construction Number: HP80/1

Model Handley Page HP.80 Victor

Operator: Handley Page Limited

Airport: Farnborough (FAB / EGLF), UK - England

Airshow: Farnborough - SBAC Show - 1953

Photographer: R.A.Scholefield

Date Taken: 13/09/1953

Date Submitted: 10/12/2009

The Victor prototype first flew on 24 December 1952 and is seen on its only appearance at the 1953 SBAC show wearing two-tone house colours with no underwing roundels. WB771 lost its tailplane due to flutter and crashed at Cranfield on 14 July 1954.

Picture ID:1205705

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