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    Airframe Family: Handley Page Victor
    Latest Model:Victor K.2
    Last Military Serial:XL164 RAF
    Construction Number:HP80/67
    Compressed ID:Hawker Siddeley Victor K.2 sn XL164...
    Latest Owner or Location:Bounemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth International Airport, Bournemouth, Dorset, England

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    Dates

    Event

    May 1961

    Constructed as a Victor B.2 by Handley Page at Radlett, Herts..

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ministry of Defence with s/n XL164.
    Retained by Handley Page autopilot trials, also spending time at A and AEE Boscombe Down 1963/64.

    Circa 1973

    Converted to a Victor K.2 by Hawker Siddeley.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XL164.

    1977

    Transferred to 57 Squadron, Marham.

    1981

    Transferred to 55 Squadron.

    1985

    Transferred to 57 Squadron.

    1986

    Transferred to 55 Squadron.

    September 1993

    Withdrawn from use.

    September 1993

    To Brize Norton.
    Markings added: 9215M
    Instructional airframe.

    1995

    Scrapped.
    Cockpit saved.

    August 1995

    To Gatwick Aviation Museum, London Gatwick Airport, Crawley, Surrey, England.
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    May 2013

    To Bounemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth International Airport, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
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    4 March 2023


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