Serial - XK525 C/n - B3-02-59 |
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| Ordered |
02/06/1955 |
9th development aircraft of initial batch of 20, placed by 'Naval Requirement' 3rd 'Production-Jigged' airframe |
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1st aircraft to be built with complete weapons system 'package' |
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| First Flown | 15/07/1960 |
Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
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18/09/1960 |
To Naval Air Department (NAD)/RAE Bedford - 'Catapulting & Arresting' |
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07/10/1960 |
To Controller (Air) charge |
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11/10/1960 |
First carriage of dummy 'Slipper' tanks |
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13/10/1960 |
Returned to Blackburns, Holme-on-Spalding Moor - 'Development' flying |
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09/05/1961 |
To A&AEE Boscombe Down for pilot familiarisation |
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01/05/1961 |
Returned to Blackburns, Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
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29/06/1961 |
To Blackburns, West Freugh - 'Weapon System' trails |
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23/08/1961 |
Returned to Blackburns, Holme-on-Spalding Moor for engine change |
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31/08/1961 |
Returned to Blackburns, West Freugh - for continuation of 'Weapon System' trails |
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10/02/1964 |
To Hawker Siddeley, Holme-on-Spalding Moor for major repairs and modifications following under-carriage hydraulic failure and accident on landing at West Freugh 07/02/1964 |
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04/05/1964 |
Fitted with bulged wingtip camera pods to record weapons release |
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02/06/1964 |
Issued to 'C' Sqn. A&AEE Boscombe Down |
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12/08/1964 |
Returned to Hawker Siddeley, Holme-on-Spalding Moor for repairs due to canopy opening during dummy Low Altitude Bombing System (LABS) trial on 10/08/1964 |
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15/09/1964 |
Returned to A&AEE Boscombe Down for 'Armament' trials |
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11/08/1965 |
To Hawker Siddeley, Holme-on-Spalding Moor for maintenance checks |
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31/08/1965 |
Issued to 'C' Sqn. A&AEE Boscombe Down |
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16/03/1966 |
Returned to Hawker Siddeley, Holme-on-Spalding Moor for installation of 'Production Standard' Weapons/Electrical system |
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04/04/1967 |
Issued to RAE Farnborough - 'Weapons Development' trials |
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May 1967 |
To RAE West Freugh |
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24/07/1968 |
Issued to Marshalls Weapons Flight, West Freugh - from 24th July to 21st August |
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22/08/1968 |
To Hawker Siddeley, Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
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04/05/1970 |
Issued to 'B' Sqn. A&AEE Boscombe Down |
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Retained by 'B' Sqn. A&AEE Boscombe Down from May 1970 until 5th November 1972 (apart from regular servicing at Hawker Siddeley, Holme-on-Spalding Moor) |
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06/11/1972 |
Returned to Hawker Siddeley, Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
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16/03/1973 |
Withdrawn from service for spares recovery, West Freugh |
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06/05/1973 |
To Naval Air Department (NAD) RAE Bedford by road from RAE Farnborough |
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Dec. 1976 |
By now in fire pits, West Freugh |
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12/06/1978 |
By road to P&EE Shoeburyness |
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1989 |
Airframe still in existance at P&EE Shoeburyness |
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| Source - | Fleet Air Arm Fixed-Wing Aircraft since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant) Buccaneer: The story of the last all-British strike aircraft (Tim Laming) Buccaneer: Modern Combat Aircraft 7 (Maurice Allward) Hawker Siddeley/Blackburn Buccaneer (Paul Jackson & Peter Foster) (see Reference Library page for full details) |
Additional Info. - | R. Kelley: Airframe C/n |