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    Airframe Family: Avro 698 Vulcan
    Latest Model:Vulcan B.2
    Last Military Serial:XM606 RAF
    Latest Owner or Location:Barksdale Global Power Museum, Barksdale AFB (north west side), Shreveport, Louisiana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Vulcan B.2.

    20 December 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XM606.
    The date provided is the delivery date.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 2 BW/MU, Barksdale AFB, LA.

    7 June 1982

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Eighth Air Force Museum, Barksdale AFB (north west side), Shreveport, LA.
    This, the delivery flight, was the last flight of the airframe. It was formally presentation to the museum on this day.
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    13 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at Barksdale AFB, LA of the then recently retired Avro Vulcan B.2

    By 8 September 2012


    Photographer: Zane Adams

    Placed on display with Barksdale Global Power Museum, Barksdale AFB (north west side), Shreveport, LA.
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    4 June 2019

    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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