Vulcans in Square Deal

Thaanks everyone for the input so far. I too would love to see the photos. I came across the photo in a batch concerning the Square Deal deployment to Aussie and NZ by PACAF aircraft and wrongly assumed that the Vulcan trip was part of the same celebrations of the opening of Brisbane airport amongst other things.
I’ve attached another photo below taken at the same time which may be of interest.
Doug

The Robert Jackson book has some great pic’s

One of XH-498 at the point of impact, and a few of three Vulcans on the ground, can’t make out the serials. The text says 4, 3 in the images as one was damaged – and the written text describing says 4 – don’t mean to start a my dad is bigger than your dad type of thing,am just quoting the text, it goes on to say that XH498 flew out 7 months later, returned home and later became an instuctional airframe. Hope you can post the piccies. Read today that they may at one stage, paint 558 in the 60’s white scheme, that would be cracking:)

The 3 (not 4) Vulcans were XH498, which had the accident at Wellington Airport and made a forced landing at Ohakea, XH502 and XH499 which was OC 617 sqdns personnal mount. They were accompanied by an RAF Brittania for the ground crew and the Beverley for the spares and ground equipment.
I have several photographs of the detachment a various points around the globe as my father was the crew chief of XH499. I will try to scan and post when I have a few minutes.

Yes it was 617 Sqn. XH498 is the one, as mentioned above, that suffered a main gear collapse when it touched down too early. It then powered up and made a successful (!?) crash landing at it’s deployment base at Ohakea. XH502 was another, the pilot of which says that a Brittannia was used as support. Would make more sense, for the aforementioned reasons.
Also Brittannia has also been quoted elsewhere.
I didn’t realise untillnow that BOAC sent a support Brittannia to accompany the first, ill fated Aussie Vulcan flight.

I presume they sent the support Beverley off down-route several months before the Vulcans departed. 12,000 miles at 120 kts is 100 hrs flying time! And how many Haystacks were used to ferry spares to the (to the almost certain!) AOG Beverley? The exploits of the Support Crew(s) would make almost as good reading as those of the Vulcan mob. I was in a Beverley, coming home from the Med, when we were overtaken by a train whilst flying up the Rhone Valley into the teeth of a spirited Mistral!
Jeepers, is that long ago?
Resmoroh

617 I think

they sent 4 aircraft ona tour in 1959, XH498 undershot the runway at Wellington and crash landed at Ohakea. It was repaired and flown out 7 months later (quick check in the Robert Jackson Vulcan book)