Hi Guys,
I am looking for more information on Vulcan XH477.
I have this in my database as being crashed in Scotland on the 12th of June 1963. I also have that it was with 44Sqn when it crashed but in The Vulcan Story by Tim Laming it has 477 as being with 44 Sqn then onto 50 Sqn when it crashed.
Can anyone confirm the true fate and sqn of 477. Also does anyone have the crew names etc.
Would love to see a photo of 477 if anyone has one.
By: Merlin3945 - 26th September 2004 at 21:27
Thanks guys.
Nice to know I got it right this time.
By: Papa Lima - 26th September 2004 at 17:53
Robert Jackson’s book on the Vulcan also says that XH477 was with 50 Sqn when it crashed while on a low-level sortie from Waddington on that date. All five crew were killed; no names in the book.
By: Buddy Boy - 26th September 2004 at 17:01
Confirmation of it being with 50 Sqn – from Postwar Military Aircraft 4:Avro Vulcan by Andrew Brookes
XH477 No 83 Squadron, 18 February 1958;No 44 Squadron; converted to B.1A 1960;No 50 Squadron; crashed St Colm Hill, Aboyne, near Aberdeen, 12 June 1963 – crew killed
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September 26, 2004 at 11:16 am