ePub Valour and Gallantry: H.E.I.C and Indian Army Victoria Crosses and George Crosses 1856 - 1946 by Chris Kempton in History

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Designed in the 1950s to operate on long-distance routes; the four-jet Vickers VC10 saw service with BOAC and a number of other airlines from the 1960s to 1981. It enjoyed a further career with the RAF as a strategic transport and later as an aerial refuelling aircraft. The last VC10 K3 tanker was retired by the RAF in 2013. Keith Wilson examines the design; construction and use of the VC10; using as his centrepiece ex-RAF VC10 C1K (XR808) and VC10 K3 (ZA147) tankers at Bruntingthorpe; Leicestershire.