Avro Vulcan XL42 (RAF 617 Sqn Scampton 1969)

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Avro Vulcan XL42 (RAF 617 Sqn Scampton 1969) (1:144 scale)
- XL427 was completed in September 1962 before being equipped to carry the Blue Steel st&-off nuclear missile & put on strength with 83 Squadron.  After several years of operation with 83 Squadron, XL427 was transferred to the Scampton wing & 617 Squadron in 1969. This model represents the aircraft during its first spell with 617 Squadron, the famous > Dambusters>, in 1969, & is depicted carrying a Blue Steel missile & proudly displaying the triple lightning bolts of 617 Squadron"s crest on the tailfin. XL427 was to go on to have a somewhat nomadic career, serving variously with 27, 9, 50, 44 & 230 (OCU) Squadrons before finally being delivered to Macrihanish for crash rescue training in 1982.  The aircraft lingered on a little longer, finally being removed from the RAF"s books as destroyed in 1986, a sad end for such a fine aircraft.