Editing Vickers Valiant (section)

==Accidents and incidents==
* 12 January 1952; the first Valiant prototype WB210 crashed near Bransgore following a midair fire.<ref>"Sole British Jet Atom Bomber Crashes." ''New York Times'', 13 January 1952.</ref>
* 29 July 1955; Valiant B1 WP222 of [[No. 138 Squadron RAF|No. 138 Squadron]] crashed on takeoff at [[RAF Wittering]] following aileron malfunction, killing all four crew.<ref name="WA100-95" /><ref name="times53289">"Valiant Crash Inquest Verdict." ''The Times,'' Issue 53289, August 1955, p. 11.</ref>
* 11 May 1956; Valiant B1 WP202 of the Royal Aircraft Establishment lost control and crashed attempting to land at Southwick Recreation Ground, near Hove in Sussex.<ref name="WA100-95" />
* 13 September 1957: Valiant B(PR)K1 WZ398 of [[No. 543 Squadron RAF|No. 543 Squadron]] caught fire in a hangar at [[RAF Wyton]], not repaired.<ref name="WA100-128" />
* 11 September 1959: Valiant BK1 XD869 of [[No. 214 Squadron RAF|No. 214 Squadron]] flew into the ground after a night takeoff from [[RAF Marham]].<ref name="XA100-20" />
* 12 August 1960: Valiant BK1 XD864 of [[No. 7 Squadron RAF|No. 7 Squadron]] nosewheel failed to retract on takeoff from [[RAF Wittering]], while sorting it out the aircraft stalled and crashed into the ground at [[RAF Spanhoe]] disused airfield.<ref name="XA100-20">Halley 2001, p. 20.</ref>
* 11 July 1961: Valiant B1 WP205 of the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment overshot runway and hit control caravan at Boscombe Down.<ref name="WA100-95">Halley 2003, p. 95.</ref>
* 3 November 1961: Valiant B(PR)K1 WZ399 of [[No. 543 Squadron RAF|No. 543 Squadron]] abandoned takeoff at [[Offutt AFB]], Nebraska, United States, caught fire after overshooting runway onto a railway line.<ref name="WA100-128" />
* 14 March 1961 Valiant B. 1 WP200 at RRFU Pershore, failed to complete takeoff, written off.<ref name="WA100-95" /><ref>Morgan 1994, p. 32.</ref>
* 6 May 1964: Valiant B1 WZ363 of [[No. 148 Squadron RAF|No. 148 Squadron]] (although a 148 Sqn aircraft, it was on loan to, and crewed by, members of 207 Sqn) dived into the ground at night at [[Market Rasen]], Lincolnshire.<ref name="WA100-128">Halley 2003, p. 128.</ref>
* 23 May 1964: Valiant B(PR)K1 WZ396 of [[No. 543 Squadron RAF|No. 543 Squadron]] landed on foam with landing gear problems at [[RAF Manston]], not repaired.<ref name="WA100-128" />