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Registration: XM597

Construction Number: SET61

Model Avro 698 Vulcan B2

Operator: National Museum of Flight Scotland

Airport: East Fortune - Museum, UK - Scotland

Photographer: Malcolm Clarke

Date Taken: 06/06/1993

Date Submitted: 27/09/2007

This aircraft lost it's re-fuelling probe whilst taking on fuel from a Victor tanker after participation in Operation 'Black Buck' during the Falklands conflict. It was forced to divert to Galeao Airport in Brazil, where the crew were briefly interned before their eventual return with the aircraft to Ascension Island.

Picture ID:1074241

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