Blackburn Buccaneer - The Last British Bomber (Individual Aircraft Histories & Colour Schemes)

Blackburn Buccaneer: The Last British Bomber (Individual Aircraft Histories)
http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk
This website was last updated:- 26^th February 2008

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Dedicated to the Blackburn & General Aircraft of Brough (East Yorkshire)
design B.103 - The 'Buccaneer'.

This website was originally conceived as a personal reference for myself. It has been enlarged to encompass more detail for anyone wishing to study the history of particular aircraft during their service life and those wishing to model specific aircraft in greater detail (like myself) rather than a 'generic model'. — Recent Additions are listed below, plus the 'Contents Page' now highlights Forthcoming Articles soon to be available.

This site currently includes:

— 193 Individual known histories, covering every 'Buccaneer' from NA.39 Prototype to the last S.Mk.2B Buccaneer delivered to the Royal Air Force.

— Over 200 individual full colour profile schemes of Buccaneers during their service life at a given date in their history, from the 'First Flight' in 1958, through Royal Navy service, to the Royal Air Force and their final retirement with the Royal Aircraft Establishment in 1995 (Verified wherever possible from photographic records).

— Precise information regarding 0ver 110 external payload and airframe layout configurations plus corresponding example aircraft, their colour scheme and historical date recorded, during 37 years of operational service of the 'Buccaneer'.

— Buccaneer Squadron service - with both Royal Navy and Royal Air Force - plus Aircraft Carrier 'Tours-of-Duty' with the Buccaneer, from 1963 to 1978.

— Additional detail; modelling information; links to other sites; references and further reading.

— New Additions include:
Buccaneer S.Mk.50, Export version — Link to Anton Dyason's article covering the Buccaneer's operational service with No.24 Squadron, South African Air Force (SAAF), from 1965 to the type's retirement in 1991
John Eacott Photo Gallery (Updated) — New website now includes Buccaneers, Phantoms, Gannets, etc.
Reference Library (Updated)
Survivor Airframe Histories (Updated) — XV344, XV863, XW986, XW987, XW988
Reference Library (Updated)

— Recent Additions include:
Buccaneer S.Mk.1 - XN959 — Model converted from the: 1/48 scale 'Airfix Buccaneer S.2B' by: Stewart Griffiths
New Book Release — Buccaneer S.1. Author: Michael J. Doust, AdHoc Publications (see: Reference Library)
Reference Library (Updated) — Buccaneer magazine articles: Air International, etc.
CMR Models (Updated) — Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer models win award at Nuremberg Toy Fair 2007 (Photo)
Early Fight Test Crews (Updated).
New Book Release — Blackburn Buccaneer. Author: Kev Darling, Crowood Press (see: Reference Library)
1994 Retirement 'Photo Call' (Correction) — Aircraft representing 12 Sqn. corrected to XV359 and not XX900

I hope you find this as beneficial to your research as I have done during the construction of this website. Revisions and corrections will remain an ongoing part of this website to ensure wherever possible total accuracy.

Any additional historical information will be very much appreciated

Regards Andy