ADF Serials - Vulcan

Serial	Type	Aircraft History
XA903	B.1	10/05/1957 first Flight, 31/05/1957 delivered to RAF, 16/11/1960 arrived in Australia , 17/11/1960 to Base Sqn Edinburgh fitted with Olympus 10101 Engines, 101110, 101082, 101102 & 101106, Used by A.V.Roe and Co in conjunction with 4 JSTU RAF on Blue Steel Trials, 06/02/1961 Returned to RAF , Served as Rolls Royce Olympus 593 (Concord) and later as Turbo-Union RB119 (Tornado) Engine test aircraft, 22/02/79 final flight to Farnborough for storage and finally scrapped in 1984 Nose section preserved Wellesbourne Mountford, UK.
XH538	B.2	First flight 1959 Retained for trials work\| 1961 to 1968 joined 4JSTU at Woomera for Blue Steel trials 05/69 had a major refit converting from a Blue Steel launcher to free fall configuration see https://twitter.com/avrovulcan617/status/658337666598088704 Delivered to Scampton for squadron service 10/03/81 flown to St Athan 31/08/81 scrapped
XH539	B.2	12/12/1961 Received at Edinburgh, SA from UK Used by A.V.Roe and Co in conjunction with 4 JSTU RAF on Blue Steel Trials, On return to UK it was allocated to A&AEE at Boscombe Downs 12/71 retired from A&AEE 1972 flown to Waddington for crash rescue training Being painted white it was considered an eyesore and received a coat of olive drab paint! Scrapped Waddington 1989.