Avro Vulcan - Kev Darling

The Avro Vulcan is probably the most famous and best loved of the three V-Bombers that constituted the Royal Air Force's nuclear strike force during the 1960s.

Immediately recognisable thanks to its huge delta wing, it was at the forefront of Britain's strategic nuclear defences for over a decade. As the nuclear deterrent was passed to the Royal Navy at the end of the 1960s, the Vulcan was redeployed onto tactical interdiction duties. During the 1982 Falklands War, the Vulcan saw the only combat service of its career. (Our very own Chief Pilot, Martin Withers DFC was captain of Black Buck One)

This detailed study surveys the history of the aircraft from its inception in 1947 to its final role as an inflight-refuelling tanker in the mid-1980s, and beyond. 

This highly illustrated history examines every stage in the evolution of the type and the campaign to return XH558 to the air once more. 

Kev Darling spent more than twenty years in the Royal Air Force, engineering aircraft ranging in size from the Tiger Moth to the TriStar. Medically discharged after the first Gulf War he strengthened his writing career, which he had begun in 1986. 

A really nicely detailed book with plenty of rare photographs - a must for every keen Vulcan enthusiast.

Hardbacked: 216 pages - 225mm x 265mm approx 

Original Publishers Price: £29.95

Our Price: £25.00