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==Operators== [[File:Vickers Valiant B1 3-view silhouette.jpg|thumb|Silhouette of the Valiant B.1]] ;{{UK}} * [[Royal Air Force]] operated Valiants from [[RAF Gaydon]], [[RAF Finningley]], [[RAF Honington]], [[RAF Marham]], [[RAF Wittering]] and [[RAF Wyton]] by: ** [[No. 7 Squadron RAF|No. 7 Squadron]] β Reformed at Honington on 1 November 1956, moving to Wittering on 26 July 1960 and disbanding 30 September 1962.<ref name="Osprey p92">Brookes 2012, p. 92.</ref> ** [[No. 18 Squadron RAF|No. 18 Squadron]] β Valiant equipped C Flight of 199 Squadron renumbered 18 Squadron at Finningley on 17 December 1958 and disbanded 31 March 1963.<ref name="Osprey p92"/> ** [[No. 49 Squadron RAF|No. 49 Squadron]] β Reformed Wittering 1 May 1956, moving to Marham 26 June 1961 and disbanding 1 May 1965.<ref name="Osprey p92"/> ** [[No. 90 Squadron RAF|No. 90 Squadron]] β Reformed at Honington on 1 January 1957 and disbanded on 1 March 1965 .<ref name="Osprey p92"/> ** [[No. 138 Squadron RAF|No. 138 Squadron]] β Reformed at Gaydon on 1 January 1955, moving to Wittering on 6 July 1955 and disbanding 1 April 1962.<ref name="Osprey p92"/> ** [[No. 148 Squadron RAF|No. 148 Squadron]] β Reformed Marham 1 July 1956 and disbanded 1 May 1965.<ref name="Osprey p92"/> ** [[No. 199 Squadron RAF|No. 199 Squadron]] β C Flight of 199 Squadron received Valiants on 29 May 1957 at Honington in the ECM training role, replacing [[Avro Lincoln]]s, with the rest of the Squadron operating the Canberra. 199 Squadron was disbanded in December 1958, with C Flight becoming 18 Squadron.<ref name="Osprey p92"/><ref name="Halley80 p203">Halley 1980, p. 203.</ref> ** [[No. 207 Squadron RAF|No. 207 Squadron]] β Reformed at Marham on 1 April 1956, disbanding on 1 May 1965.<ref name="Osprey p92"/> ** [[No. 214 Squadron RAF|No. 214 Squadron]] β Reformed at Marham on 21 January 1956 and disbanded on 1 March 1965.<ref name="Osprey p92"/> ** [[No. 543 Squadron RAF|No. 543 Squadron]] β Reformed at Gaydon on 1 April 1955 in the strategic reconnaissance role and moved to Wyton on 18 November 1955. It received Victor Mk 1s to replace its grounded Valiants in 1965.<ref name="Osprey p92"/><ref name="Halley80 p315">Halley 1980, p. 315.</ref> ** [[No. 232 Operational Conversion Unit RAF]] β Formed at Gaydon 21 February 1955 to train Valiant flight crews, with Victor training added in 1957. The Valiant equipped B flight disbanded in February 1965.<ref name="Osprey p92"/> ** [[No. 1321 (Valiant/Blue Danube Trials) Flight]]<ref name="Osprey p34-5">Brookes 2012, pp. 34β35.</ref>
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