Just out of interest can anyone name all of the named Victors from Operation Granby?

If you look in Roger Brooks books on the Victor you will find all the details of the Nose art from Operation Granby as well as the FULL history of XL164 the only RAF Service had was as a K2 with 55 and 57 Squadrons

All the best

Victor XH648 Repaint

I totally agree with all of you regarding 648 Roger Brooks and his wife and the team left in the early 1990’s after having had discussions with Chris Knapp on the way he wanted them to work with him in charge doing what he wanted us to do not on the Victor or Vulcan. Sorry but you dont even know what we were talking about my team at that time had a Vulcan Electrical Specialist (Ch/Tech, a Airframe Sergeant with Battle Damage Instructional Experience, Another Ex SNCO Airframe an Ch/Tech Victor Mk1 and 2 Crew Chief , three Civilian Mechanical Fitters, A Civillian Avionics Specialist and a Proffesional Drive. And 4 others all having been at Duxford for quite a few years. We were banned from running the Hydraulic and orther services as the sysytems paticularly Hydraulic were out of “Life” despite RAF Marham Hydraulic bay willing to service them for NOTHING. When it stared to pickle Chris Chippington asked us to paint it again this time in the open we declined after all it was the IWM and Chris Chippington in particular they made us spray it with MATT Varnish. The Victor does not have a main spar there are 3 spars and spar at the trailing edge of the wing No 4,Chris Knapp tried to have it scrapped in the MID 1990’s he was advised to forget it after Fellows and Members of the RAeS advised the museum that they were wrong Roger and Heather will not be returning to Duxford having been advised not to rejoin on their return from Yorkshire and XL231

Dessicant in Aircraft Intakes WHY !!!

Iin all my 12 years with the Sapphire and Conway in Victors on the Flight Line and in the hangars I never saw anything like this placed in an intake even aircraft in the hangars under long term repair it was not used. The only place an engine man might find dessicant was in the MVP bags that the engine came with from the overhaul location and that was in the Engine Bay

With the Conway which turned in the breeze quite often with the bungs in and it was a tail wind nothing was ever put in the intake except the correct three bungs. This was a By Pass Engine not like the Olympus

Any case with the aircraft in the hangar there was no need for this item as the engines were designed to stay out in the open on QRA etc. If in doubt always have a look you self its saves a possible Court Marshal or loose your job if in Civilian life.

Converting a HP Victor Back to a B1

I have read all the items under this post and all I can say is that you cannot convert a B2 or K2 back to a B1
If you want accurate data why not have a look at the Handley Page book by Roger Brooks from Pen and Sword as this has the facts not fiction in it The Nmk 2 wing is much deeper at the rear and its span ias 120ft and the B1 is 110ft The K2 is 117 ft with 18inches removed from each wing tip. If you wish to check on facts please send me a private message.

Manxman

RAF Persnal Records

If you go to the Veterans Web site it will give you all the details on obtaining a copy of a persons records. Best of Luck

RAF Crew Chiefs

Godfrey Lee was the designer of the Victor (Handley Page’s chief designer?).

Cpl Graham Jones used to be one of Lindy’s crew chiefs but very sadly died sometime before early 2003 (just before I joined the team, so I never had the pleasure of meeting him).

No way was Graham Jones a Crew Chief I heard he was a Rigger (airframe Technician) RAF Crew Chiefs were all Chief Technicians fron the Airframe and Engine trades!!!

RAF Goose Bay

WV904 88th

Thanks for confirming the Blue Steel data. While in Woomera with 15JSTU a Radar Tracking trial of the Blue Steel drop was undertaken and it was a sucess as if we had fired a missile it would have caught the Blue Steel and the second missile would have downed the Victor or Vulcan.

I spent two weeks with 4 JSTU in 63 genning up and taking my Corporal Techs board as they would not send me to Singapore. I think it was a Ch/Tech Baker who took for the oral. Who later was my Boss as a F/O at RAF Marham 1966

I was at Goose bay in 1972 when the Victor tankers took the Harrier to the Trenton Air show and two of us had flights in the RCMP Otter.

I was a Victor Tanker Crew Chief from 1973 -1978 on all versions of the tanker