Vickers Collection (#5)

Leslie Thornton in the dock at a trial in Moscow, USSR
Leslie Thornton in the dock, at a trial in Moscow of employees of the Metropolitan Vickers Company, April 1933. They were charged with sabotage, espionage

Four Contingent Battleships Ordered 1909
Building a Dreadnought, at Barrow-in-Furness. Digging out the upper half of a Dreadnought turbine cover. Thedressing shop in the large iron foundry of the works of Vickers, Sons and Maxim

War Master HMOT 282 oil tanker and crew at Harwich, WW1
War Master HMOT 282 oil tanker with officers and crew at Harwich. Date: circa 1918

Vickers Main Battle Tank Mk. III
Vickers Main Battle Tank Mk.III, at the British Army Equipment Exhibition, held at Aldershot from 23-27 June 1980. (with a mock-up of a turret for the proposed Vickers Valiant tank). Date: 1980

Vickers 953C Merchantman G-APES (msn 721, of British Airways Cargo. The Merchantman freighters were converted from passenger carrying Vanguards)

Vickers VA. 1 hovercraft
Vickers VA.1 hovercraft, (G-15-252) at Royal Naval Air Station Lee on the Solent, for trials. Date: circa 1961

Empire Test Pilots School - Vickers Viscount 744 XR801 (msn 89). August 1954 - Contract signed by James Henry Slim Carmichael

Handley Page Victor K. 2 XM717 refuelling Vickers VC10
Royal Air Force - Handley Page Victor K.2 XM717, of No.55 Squadron, refuelling Vickers VC10 K.3 ZA144 of No.101 Squadron. Date: circa 1987

Vickers 818 Viscount VH-TVR (msn 318) John Murray of Trans Australia Airlines ( Ta ) First flown in August 1958 and delivered to Cubana de Aviacion on 19 November 1959 as CU-T622; sold to Ta in

Royal Air Force - Vickers Varsity T. 1
Royal Air Force - Vickers Varsity T.1 Date: circa 1965

Vickers Windsor B. 1 NK136
Vickers Windsor B.1 NK136 Date: circa 1946

Vickers VC10 G-ARTA
Vickers (British Aircraft Corporation) VC10 G-ARTA at the 1962 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1962

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy T. 2 9Q-COA
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy T.2 9Q-COA Jason (msn 6791, ex XR136), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport

Vickers Valiant Mk. 2 WJ954
Vickers Valiant Mk.2 WJ954 at the 1953 SBAC Farnborough air-show Date: 1953

Vickers Viscount 708 G-ARER (msn 012) of Maitland Drewery Aviation at Southend Airport. Registration history: First flown on 3 July 1953

Vickers VC. 1 Viking 1B G-AJFT
Vickers VC.1 Viking 1B G-AJFT (msn 238) of Airwork London, at Blackbushe Airport. (Vickers Type 627 Viking 1B) Airwork carried out trooping flights, with Vickers Vikings

Vickers Valiant 2nd prototype WB215 Date: 1952

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Vickers 1106 VC-10 (forward view)-BOAC disembarking passengers

METRO-VICKERS TRIAL 1933
Russian lawyers confront the British engineer, Thornton, and his secretary, Kutosuova, accusing them of spying and sabotage. Metropolitan-Vickers trial, Moscow, Russia. Date: April 1933

Vickers Viscount 814 G-AWXI (msn 339) of British Midland at East Midlands Airport (Castle Donington). Date: 1969

Royal Air Force Vickers Warwick GR Mk. V PN698
Royal Air Force Vickers Warwick GR Mk.V PN698, the second Warwick GR Mk.V, showing the Leigh light installation that replaced the mid-upper turret and was lowered through the floor when in action

Vickers Varsity T. 1 VX828 - 1st prototype
Vickers Varsity T.1 VX828, - 1st prototype flown on 17 July 1949 from Wisley aerodrome. Flight testing and production was carried out rapidly with first deliveries of production aircraft to No.201

Vickers Viscount 630, G-AHRF 1st prototype
The first prototype Vickers Viscount 630, G-AHRF, seen here on the grass airfield at Wisley. A British medium-range turboprop airliner

BAR (British Air Ferries) Vickers Viscount 812 C-N 358
BAR (British Air Ferries) 1958 Vickers Viscount 812 C/N 358 aircraft at Southend Airport - 16th April 1973 Date: 1973

Vickers Wellington B. Mk. X RP550
Vickers Wellington B.Mk.X RP550s 9X of No. 2 Ferry Pool Date: circa 1944

Vickers Viking IB G-AJJN was retained by Vickers and flown on a demonstration flight to New Zealand in April 1947. On its return it was used y Vickers as a communications aircraft until it was later

Vickers Warwick C. Mk. III
Vickers Warwick C.Mk.III Date: circa 1943

Vickers Wellington B Mk. X
Vickers Wellington B Mk.X Date: circa 1942-43

Squadron Leader D. S. Don - Kings Cup Air Race
Hanworth Aerodrome, Kings Cup Air Race. Hawker Tomtit G-aLL, powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose IIIA, belonging to the then Prince of Wales (Edward VIII), flown by Squadron Leader D.S

Merchantman - G-AXNT
Vickers Merchantman - G-AXNT of Invicta Air Cargo (freighter conversion of Vickers Vanguard). Date: 1980s

RAF Valleta T Mk. 4 - RAF Ternhill
Royal Air Force Vickers Valetta T.Mk4 WJ483 R of No.2 Air Navigation School at RAF Ternhill Date: 1963

Isabel Sewall on her wedding day - Studio Portrait
Isabel Sewall (nee Vickers) on her wedding day - Studio Portrait (1/2). Date: 1887

Three RAF Valentias over the Citadel in Cairo
Three RAF Vickers Type 264 Valentia aircarft flying over the Citadel in Cairo, Egypt en route to Palestine Date: circa 1938

Vickers VC-10
Wind-Tunnel Testing with a Vc-10 with Tip-Tanks Date: 1950s

Vickers Viscount 707
Channel Airways Vickers Viscount 707

Vickers Virginia Biplane Aircraft flying in formation - ?
Vickers Virginia Biplane Aircraft flying in formation - Empire Air Day Preview at Henlow, UK - Parachute Testing and Dropping with 24 Parachutists

Vickers Varsity VX 835 which was the second prototype Varsity. In the photo it is shown with Napier Eland engines (with a go-faster stripe on narcel)

Vickers Valetta
RAF Royal Airforce Flying College Vickers Valetta Date: 1940s

Vickers Viscount 806
Bea British European Airways Vickers Viscount 806 Airliner Date: 1950s

Vickers Viscount 802
Bea British European Airways Vickers Viscount 802 Airliner Named Sir John Franklin on the Production-Line at Weybridge Date: 1950s

Vickers Viscount 800
Passenger Eating a Meal in the Economy-Class Cabin of a Bea British European Airways Vickers Viscount 800 Airliner Date: 1957

Vickers 668 Varsity T-1
A Vickers 668 Varsity T-1 from the Rae Bedford - Blind Landing Experimental Unit Bleu Flying During Autoland Trials and Test-Flights Date: 1953

Vickers F. B. 19 Mk 2 / II
Vickers F.B.19 Mk 2 of the UK - Royal Flying Corps Rfc 111 Squadron Parked in Palestine with a Pilot Inside in 1917 Date: 1917

Vickers Vulcan Type 61
Instone Air Line Vickers Vulcan Type 61 Parked Date: 1920s

Vickers Vimy Commercial FB-28
Instone Air Line Vickers Vimy Commercial Fb-28 with a Cargo of Strawberries Arriving from France at 6.30Pm - These Go Direct to the Jam-Factory of Messrs Crosbies Ltd in the Truck with Crosbies Nap

Vickers Type 660 Valiant
The Vickers Type 660 Valiant Prototype Landing at the Farnborough Airshow in 1951 with Media Photographers Date: 1951

Vickers Viscount 630
The Vickers Viscount Prototype Parked at the Farnborough Airshow in 1948 Date: 1948

Harold Barnwell, Vickers test pilot, standing by the first SPAD two-gun fighter built by Blriot for the French Government

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