Ex British Military- No.10 V – Bombers

UK – Cold War survivors No.9 – The V Bombers.
Having lived within walking distance of Woodford , I grew up seeing Vulcans in and out in the 60’s & 70’s . I remember the 617Sqn white Vulcans on Blue Steel trails with the lightning marks on the tail. Woodford also converted the Victor’s to K2 tanker standard .
I will add more pictures as I locate them.

Vickers Valiant
Whole aircraft
XD818 : Valiant BK1 : Displayed inside the Cold war museum at RAF Cosford in 49Sqn markings.
Nose section
XD816 : Valiant BK1 : Displayed inside –  Brooklands Museum – Weybridge – Surry.
XD826 : Valiant BK1 : Private – Cockpit collection – Rayleigh Essex ears “WZ826”.
XD875 : Valiant BK1 : Displayed outside at the  Morayvia Museum – Kinloss –, Moray
Cockpit section
XD857 : Valiant BK1 – Under restoration at RAF Marham Heritage Centre. 

Valiant Slide list.
Vickers Valiant
UK1-21-47  : XD818 Valiant BK1 :  – Preserved RAF Marham – 09/80 Camo
UK1-21-48 : XD875 Valiant BK1 : –  Nose section – Bruntingthorpe 07/01 White.

H.P Victor
Whole aircraft
XH648 : Victor B1A : Under Restoration at the Imperial War Museum – Duxford.
Back in 2011

Under restoration at Duxford.
XH672 : Victor K2 : Preserved inside the Cold War Museum – Cosford in 55Sqn markings.

XH673 : Victor K2 : Preserved at RAF Marham in 55Sqn markings.
XL231 : Vicker K2 : Preserved outside at the Yorkshire Air Museum Elvington in 55Sqn markings..

XM715 : Victor K2 : Preserved at Cold war Jets – Bruntingthorpe in 55Sqn markings.

Nose section
XA917 : Victor B1 : Private – Stored outside in the  Kemback area – Fife.
XH592 : Vicker B1A : Displayed outside at the Midland Air Museum – Bagington.
XH669 : Victor K2 : Preserved at the Cockpit Collection – Rayleigh Essex
XH670 : Victor B2 : Preserved at the Cockpit Collection – Rayleigh Essex
XL160 : Victor K2 : Under restoration at RAF Marham Heritage Centre.
XL164 : Victor K2 : Displayed outside the – Bournemouth Aviation Museum.
XL 190 : Victor K2 : Displayed at RAF Manston History Museum.
XM717 : Victor K2 : Displayed inside the RAF Museum – Hendon

H.P Victor – Slide list.
H.P Victor B1
UK1-21-10 XH592 : 232OCU : PR : RAF  Cosford : 12/85 Camo
H.P Victor B1A
UK1-21-04 : XA923 : A : Preserved  RAF Cosford  : 05/84 White.
H.P Victor K1A
UK1-21-07 XA932 : 214Sqn: Stored : RAF Marhan : 02/83 Camo
UK1-21-13 XH616  : 57Sqn  :  Dump : RAF  Manston : 06/83 Camo
UK1-21-17 XH648  : Preserved : 57SQN : Imperial War Museum  Duxford : 03/83 Camo
H.P Victor K2
UK1-21-20 : XH669 : 55Sqn : RAF Marham : 04/83 Camo.
UK1-21-20A : XH669 : 57Sqn : RAF  Marham : 02/84 Hemp.
UK1-21-21 : XH669 : 57Sqn : RAF Leuchars :  03/84 Hemp.
UK1-21-22 : XH671 :  55Sqn : RAF Waddington : 09/90 Hemp
UK1-21-23 : XH672 :  55SQN : RAF Waddington  : 04/88 Hemp
UK1-21-24 : XH673  : Special marks : 57Sqn : London Ontario : 06/86 Hemp.
UK1-21-26 : XH675 : 57SQN RAF Fairford 05/87 Hemp.
UK1-21-28 : XL160 :  Air to Air :  11/83 Hemp.
UK1-21-28A : XL160 : 57Sqn : Marham : 04/83 Hemp.
UK1-21-29 : XL161 : 55Sqn : London Ontario 06/83 Camo.
UK1-21-29A : XL161 : 55Sqn :  Marham : 05/91 Hemp.
UK1-21-30 : XL161 : 55Sqn :  Boscombe Down : 05/96 Hemp.
UK1-21-32 : XL164 : 57Sqn  DT  :RAF Brize Norton : 06/94 Hemp.
UK1-21-35 : XL188 : 55Sqn : RADF  Fairford : 07/85 Hemp.
UK1-21-36 :XL189 : 57Sqn : RAF Marham ; 04/83 Camo.
UK1-21-39 : XL231 :57Sqn : RAF Alconbury : 08/88 Hemp.
UK1-21-39A : XL231 :232OCU : RAF Marham : 02/84 Camo.
UK1-21-41 : XL511 : 55SQN : RAF Marham : 04/83 Camo
UK1-21-42 : XM715 : 55Sqn : RAF  Alconbury : 04/83 Camo
UK1-21-43 : XM715 : 55Sqn : RAF  Fairford :  06/88 Hemp.
UK1-21-44 : XM717 : 55Sqn : RAF  Mildenhall : 08/81 Hemp.
UK1-21-44A : XM717 Victor K2

 


Avro Vulcan
Whole Aircraft
XH558 : Vulcan B2 : G-VLCN : Open storage at Robin Hood Airport – Doncaster.
XJ823  : Vulcan B2 : Displayed outside at the Solway Aviation Society – Carlisle in 27Sqn markings.
XJ824 : Vulcan B2 : Displayed inside the Imperial War Museum Duxford in 101Sqn markings.

XL318 : Vulcan B2 : Displayed inside the RAF museum Hendon in 617Sqn markings.
XL319 :Vulcan B2 : Displayed outside the NEAM Sunderland in 44Sqn markings.
XL360 :Vulcan B2 : Displayed outside at the Midland Air Museum – Bagington in 617Sqn markings.

XL426 :Vulcan B2 : G-VJET : Displayed at London Southend Airport by the Vulcan restoration trust in 50Sqn markings.
XM575 :Vulcan B2 : Displayed outside at East Midlands aeropark in 44Sqn markings.

XM594 :Vulcan B2 : Displayed outside the Newark Air Museum in 44Sqn markings.

XM597 :Vulcan B2 : Displayed outside at East fortune Aviation Museum.
XM598 :Vulcan B2 : Displayed inside at the RAF Museum Cosford.

XM603 :Vulcan B2 : Displayed outside at the Avro Heritage Centre Woodford – All white scheme.

XM607 : Vulcan B2 : Displayed at RAF Waddington on the A15 side of the base.

XM612 :Vulcan B2 : Displayed outside at the Norwich Aviation Museum .
XM655 :Vulcan B2 : G-VULC : Displayed at Wellesbourne Mountford in 50Sqn markings  Taxy condition.

Nose sections
XA893 : Vulcan B1 : Stored inside the RAF Museum store at Cosford.
XA903 : Vulcan B1 : Private in the Stoneykirk, area Dumfries and Galloway. 
XH537 : Vulcan B2 MRR : Displayed outside the Bournemouth Aviation Museum – Hurn Airport.
XH560 : Vulcan K2 :Preserved at the Cockpit Collection – Rayleigh Essex
XH563 : Vulcan B2 MRR : Displayed at Kinloss – Morayvia Museum , Moray.
XL388 : Vulcan B2 : Displayed at AeroVenture – Doncaster.

XL445 : Vulcan K2 : Preserved at the Norfolk & Suffolk aviation Museum – Flixton.
XM569 : Vulcan B2 : Preserved outside at the Jet age Museum – Staverton.
XM602 : Vulcan B2 : Displayed inside the Avro Heritage centre – Woodford.
XM652 : Vulcan B2 : Private Welshpool area, Powys.

Vulcan slide list.
Avro  Vulcan B1
UK1-20-03 : XA893 : Nose section Dump  RAF Abingdon : 01/85 White.
Avro Vulcan B1A
UK1-20-06 XH500 : Dump  RAF Scampton : 03/84 Camo.
Avro Vulcan B2 MRR
UK1-20-09 : XH537 : 27Sqn : ST RAF Abingdon : 05/84 Camo.
UK1-20-14 : XH560 : 27Sqn  Mildenhall : 06/81 CAMO
UK1-20-20 : XJ782 : Stored  Finningley : 06/83 CAMO
Avro Vulcan B2
UK1-20-12B : XH558 : Mildenhall  06/86 Camo
Avro Vulcan B2K
UK1-20-12 : XH558 : 50Sqn : RAF Greenham Common : 06/83 Camo.
UK1-20-12A : XH558 : 50Sqn : RAF  Cottesmore : 10/82 Camo.
UK1-20-14A : XH560 : 50Sqn : RAF Waddington : 04/84 Camo.
UK1-20-14B : XH560 : 50Sqn : RAF  Mildenhall  : 05/83 Camo.
UK1-20-14C  : XH560 : 50Sqn : RAF Waddington : 03/84 Camo.
UK1-20-15  : XH561  : 50Sqn :
UK1-20-25 : XJ825 : 50Sqn : RAF  Waddington : 03/84 Camo.
Avro Vulcan B2
UK1-20-17 : XH563 : 230Ocu :  Stored Scampton  : 03/84 Camo
UK1-20-24 XJ824 : 101Sqn PR Duxford 04/85 Camo
UK1-20-24 XJ824 : 101Sqn PR Duxford 03/85 Camo
UK1-20-27 XL360 : PR Midland Air Museum Bagington  :04/83 Camo
UK1-20-28 XL388 :  50Sqn  : Stored  Honnington  : 03/83 Camo
UK1-20-28A XL388 :  9Sqn Stored  Honnington : 05/84 Camo
UK1-20-29 XL391 : Waddington AW  04/83 Camo
UK1-20-30 XL391 :  Waddington AW  04/83 Camo
UK1-20-31 XL426 : 50Sqn : London Ontario AW : 06/82 Camo
UK1-20-32 XL426 : 50Sqn : Marham  AW 04/83 Camo
UK1-20-34 XL444 : 50Sqn : Brize Norton AW  06/82 Camo
UK1-20-35 XL445 : 50Sqn Dump Lynham :  11/85 CAMO
UK1-20-36 XL446 :
UK1-20-37 XM569 : 44Sqn : Preserved Rhoose 03/83 Camo.
UK1-20-38 XM569 : 44Sqn :Mildenhall 06/82 Camo
UK1-20-40 XM575 : 44Sqn Mildenhall 06/82 Camo.
UK1-20-40A XM575 : 44Sqn Waddington  03/82 Camo.
UK1-20-40A : XM575 : 44Sqn Preserved  East Midlands : 03/00 Camo
UK1-20-43 : XM594 : 44Sqn Odiham  07/82 Camo
UK1-20-44 : XM595 :
UK1-20-46 : XM597 : Leuchars : 06/84 Camo
UK1-20-46A : XM597 : Waddington 06/82 Camo
UK1-20-46B : XM597 : Preserved East Fortune : 03/02 Camo
UK1-20-47 : XL426 : 50Sqn : AW  WaddingtonN 03/84 Camo
XH560 : 50Sqn
XH561 :  50Sqn
XJ825 :  50Sqn
UK1-20-48 : 35Sqn : London Ontario : 06/80 Camo
UK1-20-51 : XM602 : 101Sqn : London Ontario:  06/81 Camo
UK1-20-52 : XM603 : Preserved Woodford  12/05 White.
UK1-20-56 : XM607 : Preserved  Waddington 06/01 Camo.
UK1-20-58 : XM652 : 50SQN Dump  Waddington  04/84 Camo.
UK1-20-60 : XM655 : 50SQN Preserved  Wellsbourne  09/86 Camo.
UK1-20-61 : XM655 : 50Sqn PR Wellsbourne 06/90 Camo
UK1-20-63 : XM657 : 44SQN DT Manston 06/86 Camo
Nose section
UK1-20-10 XH537 : MRR : ST Bruntingthorpe 07/02 Camo
UK1-20-37A : XM569 : Stored Enstone  04/97 Silver.
UK1-20-62 : XM656  :  Dump : Cottesmore  11/85 Camo.
UK1-20-51A : XM602 : IAT Fairford static 07/02 Camo.