Avro Vulcan B2, XM610 of 44 Squadron RAF crashed in the village of Wingate, County Durham, England on January 7th 1971.
It came down within metres of the Wingate Junior School and a major disaster was narrowly averted.

What began as a routine mission for the crew will rapidly turn into a struggle for their very survival and place the residents and school children of the village of Wingate, County Durham in serious danger.

44 Squadron had been operating the Avro Vulcan since 10th August 1960 with the introduction of the B1 variant but this was upgraded to the B1A in Jan 1961 and this in turn was upgraded to the latest B.2 variant in September of 1966.

It was an Avro Vulcan B2 model that took part in this sortie over the Northern England Low Flying Zone close to the Scottish borders.

Fortunately, no lives were lost in this accident with all 5 crew members making successful exits from the aircraft.

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