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During the Falklands War, a team of Vulcan Bombers staged the longest bombing raid ever attempted. We tell the amazing story of the machines that undertook the near impossible mission of bombing Port Stanley.
The Vulcan was designed in 1947, as the Cold War Iron Curtain hung threateningly over Europe; it first took to the skies in 1953. We trace the dramatic service record of the Royal Air Force’s ‘V’ Bomber division, which was charged with transporting Britain’s nuclear arsenal. We talk to the pilots who flew this sleek yet deadly craft.
The programme features archive footage spanning the Vulcan’s entire dramatic history, including newsreels, amateur video and film shot by the pilots themselves. We also make use of an enormous array of archival sources, including the plane’s original design specification, and orders for construction from the War Office.
We also take viewers inside a fully working cockpit simulator, providing a unique insight into the way Operations Black Buck 1 to Black Buck 6 were carried out.