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| Date: | Monday 18 April 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Vulcan B.2 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | XH556 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Finningley (EGCN) |
XH556's back was found to have broken after the undercarriage collapsed during engine start up at Finningley, Yorkshire. Declared a write off and used for fire practice.
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, published 2001
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1966.htm
http://www.avrovulcan.org.uk/malcolm_taylor/556_finningley.htm
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1046939/
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=107991
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2011 22:24 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Mar-2012 06:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-May-2012 18:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 05-Feb-2014 15:54 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Nov-2023 09:41 | Caberra1339 | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative, ] |
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