Vulcan Survivors

Thankfully with the Vulcan being such an iconic and popular aircraft it has done well in retirement. The good news if you want to see one for yourself is that there are nineteen more or less complete examples still in existence, and eleven further cockpits. The bad news though is if you want to see a complete B1 or B1a you are out of luck, all complete examples are Mk2 Vulcans.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find more detailed pages about each complete survivor.

A far more extensive and regularly updated library of surviving British military aircraft can be found at the website www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk

Complete Aircraft

Serial	Variant	Scheme	Location	Condition
XH558	B2 (ex K2)	Display wrap around	Robin Hood Airport, Doncaster	Taxiable, excellent
XJ823	B2.MRR	27 Sqn, camo over grey	Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle	Static, good
XJ824	B2	101 Sqn, camo over grey	IWM Duxford	Static, excellent
XL318	B2	617 Sqn, wrap around	RAF Museum, Hendon	Static, good
XL319	B2	Early camouflage	NELSAM, Sunderland	Live, good
XL360	B2	617 Sqn, camo over grey	Midland Air Museum, Coventry	Static, good
XL361	B2	9 Sqn, camo over grey	Goose Bay, Canada	Static, fair
XL426	B2	617 Sqn (L)/ 50 Sqn (R), wrap around	Southend Airport	Taxiable, excellent
XM573	B2	No. 1 Group, camo over grey	Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum, Ashland, Nebraska, USA	Static, under restoration
XM575	B2	44 Sqn, wrap around	East Midlands Aeropark, East Midlands Airport	Static, good
XM594	B2	44 Sqn, camo over grey	Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe	Static, good
XM597	B2	Black Buck, camo over dark grey	National Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, Scotland	Static, poor
XM598	B2	44 Sqn, Black Buck, camo over dark grey	RAF Museum, Cosford	Static, excellent
XM603	B2	White	Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford	Live, good
XM605	B2	No.1 Group, wrap around	Castle Air Museum, Atwater, California, USA	Static, poor
XM606	B2	No.1 Group, camo over grey	Eighth Air Force Museum, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, USA	Static, poor
XM607	B2	Black Buck, camo over dark grey	RAF Waddington	Static, under restoration
XM612	B2	Black Buck, camo over dark grey	City of Norwich Aviation Museum, Norfolk	Static, good
XM655	B2	50 Sqn, camo over grey	Wellesbourne Mountford Aerodrome, Warwickshire	Taxiable, excellent

Cockpits

Serial	Variant	Scheme	Location	Condition
XA903	B1 (testbed)	Early white	Stoneykirk Aviation Museum, Scotland	Excellent
Unknown (possibly XH502)	Mk1 (B1 or B1a)	Early camouflage	RAF Scampton Heritage Centre, Lincolnshire	Good
XH537	B2.MRR (early)	Early camouflage	Bournemouth Aviation Museum	Good
XH560	K2	Camo over grey	Privately Owned, Essex (stored)	Poor
XH563	B2.MRR	Camo over grey with black radome	Morayvia, Kinloss, Scotland	Good
XL388	B2	White	South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum	Good
XL445	K2	Wrap around	RAF Scampton Heritage Centre, Lincolnshire	Good
XM569	B2	Early camouflage	Jet Age Museum, Gloucestershire	Good
XM602	B2	Camo over grey	Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford	Good
XM652	B2	Wrap around	Welshpool, Powys, Wales	Good - converted to simulator
XA893	B1	Inacurate camo over grey	RAF Museum, Cosford (stored)	Good