The Vickers Virginia was a biplane heavy bomber of the British Royal Air Force developed from the Vimy.
B13 - Vickers Virginia - 61st Anniversary of the First Flight of the
Vickers Virginia
Vickers Virginias of No 7 Squadron on Autumn Exercises in 1930
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Hinaidi and the Vickers Virginia, the Heyford was a much cleaner-lined
machine and it introduced many original features including a rotating
and retractable ventral "dustbin" turret.2
rear 3/4 view of another Vickers Virginia, this time a Mk IX or X,
(probably the latter as the structure appears to be metal and to have
survived a fire) which had 3
receive the Vickers Virginia bomber on 22 May 1924, being the first
RAF Squadron to operate Virginias, although it did not dispose of
the last of its Vimys until April 4
replaced by the Vickers Virginia after moving to Worthy Down in April
1927. Between the wars No.5
Made by Vickers Limited.
It is the successor of the Vickers Vimy .
The Vickers Virginia was a biplane heavy bomber of the British Royal
Air Force, developed from the Vimy.6
until 1925, when it was replaced by the Vickers Virginia, and in
Northern Ireland until 1929.7
Vickers Virginia bomber, other versions of the same aircraft being the
Victoria and Valentia.8
Superior in performance to the Vickers Virginia III and Avro Aldershot, the Hyderabad was the RAF's last wooden heavy bomber and none of its crashes ever proved fatal. it was superceded in front line service by 1931.9
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