Aeroplane / bomber

Description

Avro Vulcan B.2 XM597. Delta-winged heavy bomber, built by Hawker Siddeley and powered by four Olympus turbojet engines, entered service 1963 and flew two missions in the 1982 Falklands Conflict

Museum reference

T.1984.47.1

Collection

Aviation

Object name

Aeroplane / bomber

Production information

Hawker Siddeley

Date

1963

Associations

Vulcan
R.A.F.
Falklands Conflict
Cold War

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