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Date Posted: 23/09/15 13:25:39
Author: dick turner
Subject: Re: vulcan accident
In reply to: B. Valentine 's message, "vulcan accident" on 28/02/04 15:13:12

As a young instrument mech working on the line at RAF Coningsby in 1964 I remember well Vulcan b/2 XM601 crashing on the airfield perimeter . It cartwheeled as it touched down on a misty night. If I recall correctly only 3 of the 5 man crew were the regular crew. Unfortunately none survived.

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[> [> Re: vulcan accident -- Wilf Johnston, 24/05/17 21:09:36

As a young J/T airframe fitter I was on crash guard duty at this crash.
I seem to remember it rained all night as we picked thro the mess.
Not a job I would care to do again.!!

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[> [> [> Re: vulcan accident -- David, 26/06/18 4:16:43

Hello Wilf,

I am putting together a database with stories behind all of the V Bomber crashes with the hope of writing a book. XM601 is one of the only crash sites I don't have the precise position for. I am lead to believe from other sources that the site was "300 yards up the runway and some 175 yards to the right of the runway centreline" but I am unsure which runway was in use at the time 07 or 25. Do you remember whether the crash was north or south of the runway?
I do intend to trawl through the records at Kew when I get the time which will provide this info.
Kind regards Dave

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