Only two Vulcans, both prototypes, were flying in 1953, VX770 as shown in BEagle's Post and VX777. VX770 first flew 30 Aug 1952 and VX777 first flew on 3 Sept 1953. The first production aircraft, the Vulcan B Mark 1, (XA889) did not fly until 4th Feb 1955.
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