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===Production=== A total of 134 production Vulcans were assembled at Woodford Aerodrome, 45 to the B.1 design and 89 were B.2 models, the last being delivered to the RAF in January 1965.<ref name = 'brookes10'/> {|class="wikitable" |- !Contract date !Quantity !Variant !Notes |- |6 Jul 1948 |{{right|2}} |Prototypes |Two prototypes were delivered in Aug 1952 and Sep 1953<ref name="laming217-227">Laming 2002, pp. 217β227.</ref> |- |14 Aug 1952 |{{right|25}} |Vulcan B.1 |First flight of production aircraft 4 Feb 1955, delivered between Jun 1955 and Dec 1957<ref name="laming217-227" /><ref name="XA898">Halley 2003, p. 8.</ref> |- |30 Sep 1954 |{{right|20}} |Vulcan B.1 |Delivered between Jan 1958 and Apr 1959<ref name="laming217-227" /><ref name="XH475">Halley 2003, p. 41.</ref> |- |30 Sep 1954 |{{right|17}} |Vulcan B.2 |Delivered between Sep 1959 and Dec 1960<ref name="laming217-227" /><ref name="XH475" /> |- |31 Mar 1955 |{{right|8}} |Vulcan B.2 |Delivered between Jan and May 1961<ref name="laming217-227" /><ref name="XJ780">Halley 2003, p. 50.</ref> |- |25 Feb 1956 |{{right|24}} |Vulcan B.2 |Delivered between Jul 1961 and Nov 1962<ref name="laming217-227" /><ref name="XL317">Halley 2003, p. 54.</ref> |- |22 Jan 1958 |{{right|40}} |Vulcan B.2 |Delivered between Feb 1963 and Jan 1965, one aircraft not flown and used as a static test airframe<ref name="laming217-227" /><ref name="XM569">Halley 2003, p. 63.</ref> |- !Total |'''{{right|136}}''' | | |}
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