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Doomsday-Clock-wide
The Doomsday Clock, a symbol created during the early years of the Cold War, serves as a metaphorical representa...
26 January 2024
558 and Lancaster
With funds once again depleted XH558 had to sit patiently in her hangar after her all too brief taste of freedom. It ...
28 October 2022
XM607
Following the transfer of the strategic deterrent role to the Royal Navy’s Polaris fleet, on 30th June 1969, the RAF ...
XM657
A complete change in the role of the V- Bomber came about during 1963, when it became clear that in the absence of a ...
Anti Flash White Vulcan
From the time of their arrival into service at the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU), all the Vulcans were painted si...
27 January 2022
v-bombers
Research into delta-wing aircraft had also been conducted by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough, a...
20 December 2021
XD822-RAF-Valiant-B.1.-Prestwick-28-May-1960.-Scanned-from-my-fathers-original-negative-©Jim-Cain
William Penney, the man in charge of Britain’s bomb design, William Cook, his deputy, and the scientists at the Atomi...
A-Blue-Danube-Mark-1-bomb-drops-away-from-a-Vickers-Valiant-B.1-bomber.-Ministry-of-Defense
On 16 July 1945, with the support of Britain, the United States detonated the world’s first atomic weapon. In August ...
Op_hurricane_earlystageexplosion
On 3 October 1952, Britain detonated their first atomic bomb.  Due to the small size and high-density populat...
Lancaster
On 9 January 1941, Avro test pilot, Captain Harry “Sam” Brown, made the first flight of the prototype Lancaster, BT30...
29 January 2021