ADF Serials - Vulcan

Serial	Type	Aircraft History
XA903	B.1	10/05/1957 first Flight, 31/05/1957 delivered to RAF, 16/11/1960 arrived in Australia, 17/11/1960 to Base Sqn Edinburgh fitted with Olympus 10101 Engines, 101110, 101082, 101102 & 101106, Used by A.V.Roe and Co in conjunction with 4 JSTU RAF on Blue Steel Trials, 06/02/1961 Returned to RAF, Served as Rolls Royce Olympus 593 (Concord) and later as Turbo-Union RB119 (Tornado) Engine test aircraft, 22/02/79 final flight to Farnborough for storage and finally scrapped in 1984, Nose section preserved Wellesbourne Mountford, UK.
XH538	B.2	First flight 1959, Retained for trials work, 1961 to 1968 joined 4JSTU at Woomera for Blue Steel trials, 05/69 had a major refit converting from a Blue Steel launcher to free fall configuration, see https://twitter.com/avrovulcan617/status/658337666598088704 Delivered to Scampton for squadron service, 10/03/81 flown to St Athan, 31/08/81 scrapped.
XH539	B.2	12/12/1961 Received at Edinburgh, SA from UK, Used by A.V.Roe and Co in conjunction with 4 JSTU RAF on Blue Steel Trials, On return to UK it was allocated to A&AEE at Boscombe Downs, 12/71 retired from A&AEE, 1972 flown to Waddington for crash rescue training, Being painted white it was considered an eyesore and received a coat of olive drab paint!, Scrapped Waddington 1989.