Deliveries of the Victoria III started on 23 February 1926,[REF] with the type replacing Vernons and Vimys with 70 Squadron in Iraq and 216 Squadron in Egypt that year [REF].
The Victorias of the two operational squadrons also made a number of long range training flights, such as return trips from Cairo to Aden in 1931,[REF] and helped to pioneer air routes for Imperial Airways' Handley Page HP.42 airliners [REF].