At RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, a small team of groundcrew are working in in their own time to restore Avro Vulcan B2 XM607, which famously cratered the runway at Port Stanley airfield on 1 May 1982 during the first 'Black Buck' mission of the Falklands conflict. Having already transited the 3,700 miles from its base with No 44 Squadron at Waddington to position to Ascension Island on 1 May 1982, with Flt Lt Martin Withers at the controls, XM607 flew more than 3,300 miles from Ascension to drop 21 1,000lb bombs on Stanley airfield in what was then the longest bombing mission ever undertaken. Five of the bombs failed to explode on impact, but of the other 16, one hit the centre of the 150ft-wide runway.
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