Handley Page Victor K2 Beer Mat

Handley Page Victors served as the RAF's refuelling tanker from 1965–1993. This beer mat commemorates the fleet's role in the Gulf War in 1991. Eight Victors from Nos. 55 and 57 Squadrons were deployed to Bahrain to support the coalition's air forces against Iraqi targets. Nearly 300 operational refuelling sorties were completed without incident, despite all the Victor airframes being over 30 years old.

Victor XH672 is on display in the Cold War exhibition at RAF Museum Cosford. The aircraft has rows of petrol pump symbols below the crew door indicating that it completed 52 of these refuelling sorties.