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==Surviving aircraft== [[File:Wikivaliant.jpg|thumb|Vickers Valiant B1 ''XD818'', flown by [[Kenneth Hubbard]] during [[Operation Grapple]] β [[RAF Museum Cosford]] in 2006]] * Vickers Valiant B1 XD818 β [[Royal Air Force Museum Midlands]] at [[RAF Cosford]], on display with the other two [[V bomber]]s, the [[Handley-Page Victor|Victor]] and [[Avro Vulcan|Vulcan]] in the National Cold War Exhibition. This is the only fully intact example in existence, and so Cosford is the only place where an example of all three V bombers can be seen together.<ref>[http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/press_releases/cosford/60th_Anniversary_of_Valiants_First_Flight.pdf "60th Anniversary of Valiant's First Flight."] Royal Air Force Museum, 17 May 2011.</ref> * Cockpit sections surviving comprise XD816 at [[Brooklands Museum]] in Surrey<ref>[http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/explore/aircraft-gliders-cockpit-sections/ "Powered Aircraft, Gliders & Aircraft Cockpit Sections."] Brooklands Museum, Retrieved: 19 August 2012.</ref> and XD875 at [[Morayvia]], [[RAF Kinloss|Kinloss]].<ref>[https://www.morayvia.org.uk/exhibits "Exhibits"] Morayvia, Retrieved: 20 July 2020.</ref> A third surviving section is the cockpit of XD826 which is part of the [[Imperial War Museum Duxford]] in Cambridgeshire<ref>[https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/conservation-in-action "Valiant cockpit now part of the IWM."] Imperial War Museum, 18 December 2022.</ref> and the flight deck of XD857 is displayed at the [[Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum]] at Flixton, Suffolk.<ref>[http://www.aviationmuseum.net/our_aircraft.htm "Our Aircraft."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206184358/http://www.aviationmuseum.net/our_aircraft.htm |date=6 December 2013 }} Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Retrieved: 19 August 2012.</ref>
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