In this video we look at the tragic plane crash involving an iconic British Cold War VBomber aircraft. The Vulcan Bomber is synonymous in Britain as a plane that could have dropped the nuclear bomb should it needed to during the Cold War. The Vulcan's unmistakable size and wing shape have led it to go down in history as a truly recognisable British aircraft.
Today though we look specifically at the story of Vulcan Bomber 'VX770.' It was one of the first prototype Vulcans built however suffered a rather tragic fate when it crashed in 1958. It was Battle of Britain day across the United Kingdom and many RAF bases were throwing open their doors to visitors and hosting fly pasts. RAF Syerston in Nottinghamshire was doing this too, and they had hastily arranged a Vulcan flypast following the aircraft completing a routine testing mission checking out it's new RollsRoyce engines. However tragedy would soon hit with the aircraft breaking up and crashing, leaving the spectators watching on horrified.
In this video we look at the tragic story and crash of Vulcan Bomber VX770 and look at why this iconic aircraft broke up, killing in total 7 people.
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