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    Airframe Family: Avro 698 Vulcan
    Latest Model:Vulcan B.2
    Last Military Serial:XJ823 RAF
    Compressed ID:Avro Vulcan B.2 sn XJ823 RAF
    Latest Owner or Location:Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle Airport, Carlisle, Cumberland / Cumbria, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1960

    Constructed as a Vulcan B.2.
    At Woodford

    20 April 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XJ823.

    20 April 1961

    Flown from Woodford by Wing Commander Cramer and his crew, to 27 Squadron at Scampton.

    Circa 1968


    Photographer: Breeden Collection

    By August 1982

    Transferred to 50 SQN, RAF Waddington.

    11 August 1982


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF St Mawgan Airshow

    4 September 1982


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Finningley Airshow

    By January 1983


    Photographer: Unknown

    25 January 1983

    To Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle Airport, Carlisle, Cumberland/Cumbria, England.
    View the Location Dossier

    30 May 1988


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Vulcan B.2A of the Solway Aviation Museum as displayed at Carlisle Airport in the Summer of 1988.

    21 July 1997


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Vulcan B.2A of the Solway Aviation Museum as displayed at Carlisle Airport in the Summer of 1997

    Circa 2007


    Photographer: David Kirkpatrick
    Notes: XJ823 will be having a complete repaint in 2017 having had major refurbishment during 2016, she is now the last MRR version left.

    8 October 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Solway Museum at Carlisle UK

    Unknown


    Photographer: David Kirkpatrick
    Notes: Vulcan XJ823 is still improving year after year and it is maintenance team are about to start this years painting programme
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
    Peter Nicholson
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