The Handley Page Victor was one of the three British “V-bombers”, which were, besides the Victor, the Vickers 667 Valiant and the Avro 698 Vulcan. The Victor was first flown on 24th December 1952; however the prototype was lost on 18th July 1954. So that service entry was delayed to take place three years later. In the year 1958, 50 Victor BMk.1 were delivered to the Royal Air Force. The more advanced variant BMk.1A, the reconnaissance bomber BPR.Mk.1 and the B.K.Mk.1 were based on it.