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Registration: XL390

Construction Number: SET40

Military Unit: 617 Squadron

Model Avro 698 Vulcan B2

Operator: Royal Air Force

Airport: RAF St Mawgan / Newquay (NQY / EGDG), UK - England

Airshow: St Mawgan - BoB Display - 1974

Photographer: Chris England

Date Taken: 06/08/1974

Date Submitted: 16/11/2016

Arriving at St Mawgan for the air display on the following day. Sadly, this aircraft was destroyed and all 4 members of the crew killed when it crashed during a display rehearsal at Glenview NAS, Illinois, 4 years later on 11th August 1978.

Picture ID:1134074

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