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    Airframe Family: Avro 698 Vulcan
    Latest Model:Vulcan B.2
    Last Military Serial:XM598 RAF
    Construction Number:Set 62
    Compressed ID:Avro Vulcan B.2 sn XM598 RAF cn Set...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Vulcan B.2.

    3 September 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XM598.

    4 September 1963

    Transferred to No. 12 Squadron, RAF Coningsby.

    29 April 1982

    Ferry flight.
    At the start of the Falklands Island Conflict the first two Vulcans, XM598 and XM607 departed Waddington on a non-stop flight to Ascension Island.

    17 December 1982

    Withdrawn from use.
    At end of Conflict aircraft withdrawn from use and stored at RAF Waddington pending disposal.

    20 January 1983

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
    Flown to the museum for display.
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    5 May 2006

    Moved into new National Cold War Exhibition building at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford.

    28 November 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo of Avro Vulcan B.2, s/n XM598 at the RAF Museum at Cosford

    28 November 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo underneath the Avro Vulcan B.2, s/n XM598 at the RAF Museum at Cosford

    To Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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