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The Vickers Valentia (company designation Type 264) was a British biplane bomber transport aircraft built by Vickers for the Royal Air Force. The majority built were conversions of the earlier Vickers Victoria , itself derived from the Vickers Virginia .
During the Second World War, with a few exceptions, such as the attacks from 17 to 21 June 1940 by a single aircraft of No. 216 Squadron on the airfields of El Adem and Tobruk, [7] the unit was principally a transport squadron, operating the Vickers Type 264 Valentia, Bristol Bombay, de Havilland DH86, Lockheed Hudson and Douglas Dakota.
Data from Vickers Aircraft since 1908 General characteristics Crew: 5 Length: 58 ft 0 in (17.68 m) Wingspan: 112 ft 0 in (34.14 m) Empty weight: 10,000 lb (4,536 kg) Gross weight: 21,300 lb (9,662 kg) Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Condor water-cooled V12 engine, 650 hp (480 kW) each Performance Maximum speed: 105 mph (169 km/h, 91 kn) Endurance: 4 hr 30 min Time to altitude: 9.5 min to 6,000 ft ...
Model name Introduction Retired Built Operator Airspeed Envoy: 1934: 1952: 52: RAF ... Vickers Type 264 Valentia: 1934: 1944: 82: RAF Vickers Warwick: 1939: 1945: 842 ...
Vickers Valentia [202] UK Propeller Bomber/transport 1934 1944 Twin-engined piston biplane Vickers Valetta [203] UK Propeller Transport/trainer 1948 1969 Twin-engined piston monoplane Vickers Valiant [204] UK Jet Bomber/tanker 1955 1965 Four-engined jet monoplane de Havilland Vampire [205] UK Jet Fighter/night fighter/trainer 1946 1972 Single ...
Vertol 107 - company model number for prototype Sea Knight; Vertol 114 - HC-1B; ... Vickers Jockey; Vickers Valentia; Vickers Valetta; Vickers Valiant; Vickers ...
Vickers Type 264 Valentia transport The Vickers Valentia replaced the Victorias in November 1934. 70 squadron is recorded as being based at RAF Habbaniya from 1937–9 and in August 1939, it returned to Egypt.
Vickers Valentia: United Kingdom: Transport: 1942 1944 1 Vultee Vengeance: United States: Bomber: 1942 1945 35 [6] Westland Lysander II United Kingdom: Liaison: 1941 1943 25 [7] Westland Lysander III.T United Kingdom: Target tug: 1941 1942 48 [7] Post World War II Airspeed Oxford: United Kingdom: Transport: 1946: 1949: 5: Auster AOP.6: United ...