Vickers Vernon
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vickers-vernon-204-9520571
title:
Vickers Vernon
text:
The Vickers Vernon was a British biplane troop carrier used by the Royal Air Force. It entered service in 1921 and was the first dedicated troop transport of the RAF. The Vernon was a development of the Vickers Vimy Commercial, a passenger variant of the famous Vickers Vimy bomber, and was powered by twin Napier Lion engines or Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII engines. 55 were built. In February 1923, Vernons of Nos. 45 and 70 Squadrons RAF airlifted nearly 500 troops to Kirkuk, Iraq after the civilian ar
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Type of aircraft
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Vernon
date created:
2005-10-20T07:34:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T22:50:57Z
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13
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