According to Wrecks & Relics 14, the Victors left flying by 30th September 1993 were,

XL161 20th October to Lyneham
XL190 19th October to St. Mawgan
XL164 11th November to Brize Norton
XL231 25th November to Elvington
XM715 25th November to Bruntingthorpe
XH672 30th November to Cosford
XM717 cut up for Hendon

And there were three left at Marham in 1994, not sure how many of them could fly.
XH673 (gate), XL160 (flier?) and XL192 (crach rescue).
The others were grounded earlier.
XH671 (march 1993), XL158 (1990), XL512 (1990).

The Lancaster over central London, as well as about fifty assorted Boeings and Airbuses. The first time I’ve ever seen a historic type out of the office window (or anything other than Boeings, Airbuses and the occasional Chinook).

Thanks from the VRT

Thanks very much from the Vulcan Restoration Trust for letting us swap one of our damaged fuel filters for one from XL319. It turned out to be in better condition than all our spares; it looked as good as the ones that had recently been overhauled. Not bad for 24 years standing still.
Thanks again, good to see all the progress.

A friend of mine (who was unfortunatley taken by the 2005 tsunami) said there were Halifaxes buried on his dad’s farm at the former RAF Acaster Malbis near York.
I’m not sure if anyone dug up much more than bullets, or what state they’d be in if they were there.

I think that the original specification called for a jettisonable crew compartment, like a giant F-111. In which case none of the crew would have needed ejection seats.

Perhaps when this was cancelled they found they couldn’t fit five seats in?

I also vaguely remember seeing a photograph of a grand slam in a V-bomber’s bomb bay in one of the many books and articles on them, perhaps in Flypast, or was it (sorry) Aeroplane’s Victor database?