Serial - XX892 C/n - B3-01-74 |
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| Date Delivered | 14/08/1975 |
To Royal Air Force |
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14/08/1975 |
Issued to 16 Sqn., RAFG Laarbruch, West Germany |
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Feb. 1980 |
Buccaneer fleet grounded for six months following crash of XV345 at Nellis AFB, Nevada, USA during Exercise 'Red Flag 80' |
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By 1982 |
Transferred to 15 Sqn., RAFG Laarbruch, West Germany - coded 'M' |
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15/03/1984 |
Transferred to 237 OCU, RAF Honington - coded 'F' |
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Oct. 1984 |
237 OCU relocated to RAF Lossiemouth |
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03/12/1984 |
237 OCU, RAF Lossiemouth - coded 'FC' |
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By 1986 |
Mod's 1724 to 1727 completed - Sea Eagle 'Anti-Ship' missile capability (1 of 20 airframes modified Pre-ASR1012 (Avionics Upgrade Programme) |
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04/08/1986 |
Issued to 208 Sqn., RAF Lossiemouth - coded '892' |
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| Date Received | 15/09/1988 |
To BAe Woodford - ASR1012 (Set No.031) Avionics Upgrade Programme (AUP) - 28wks cycle |
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| Date Delivered | 29/03/1989 |
'AUP' completed - returned to 'Operational Status' |
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30/03/1989 |
To 'Station Flight', RAF Lossiemouth |
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Apr. 1989 |
Re-Issued to 208 Sqn., RAF Lossiemouth - coded '892' |
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(unknown) Aug.1989 Jan. 1991 |
Mod.1736 'Modified' - Smaller Wingtips — Fitted to extend airframe flying hours by reducing wing-loading. Result of fatigue testing of XN982 at HS Brough, to determine cause of the crash of XV345 while participating in 'Red Flag 80' on 07/02/1980 - (Fatigue testing commenced Jun. 1982 - solution implimented to specific airframes from Aug.1989-onwards) |
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Jan. 1991 |
Prepared for Operation 'Granby' - painted Desert 'ARTF' (Alkali Removable Temporary Finish) - coded 'I' |
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26/01/1991 |
Direct Transit to Muharraq Air Base, Bahrain - with In-Flight Re-Fuelling 1st six aircraft: XX899/ P XX892/ I XW547/ R XW533/ A XX889/ T XW530/ E No 'Nose Art' added during the campaign, but named - 'Glen Lossie' By the end of campaign, eight mission symbols displayed on starboard nose below cockpit canopy |
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17/03/1991 |
Returned to RAF Lossiemouth form the Gulf |
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Mar. 1991 |
Re-joined 208 Sqn., RAF Lossiemouth |
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1992 |
Desert 'ARTF' (Alkali Removable Temporary Finish) removed 208 Sqn., RAF Lossiemouth - coded '892' |
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Mar. 1994 |
Scrapped - Lossiemouth (nose section salvaged) |
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Nose section Current position - To be found on a Paintball site in the Perth area, Scotland (date currency at 15/09/2003) |
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| Gulf War History of XX892 - "I" Glen Lossie | ||
| Date: | Additional Information: | |
| 26/01/1991 | Transit from RAF Lossiemouth to Muharraq Air Base, Bahrain | Direct flight - (8 hrs 30 mins) |
| Date: | Target: | Additional Information: |
| 05/02/1991 | As Samawah — Road/Rail bridge | |
| 08/02/1991 | Ar Ramadi — Highway bridge | |
| 09/02/1991 | As Samawah — Rail bridge Ad Diwaniyah — POL (Petrol, Oil, Lubricant) |
DNCO (Duty Not Carried Out) - weather |
| 10/02/1991 | Al Fallujah — Road/River bridge | DNCO - weather |
| 11/02/1991 | Al Amarah — Highway bridge | |
| 12/02/1991 | Al Asad Airfield — HAS* sites | *Hardened Aircraft Shelter |
| 13/02/1991 | Al Asad Airfield — HAS sites | |
| 15/02/1991 | Kut Al Hayy East Airfield | |
| 18/02/1991 | Tallil Airfield | |
| 19/02/1991 | Shaibah Airfield | DNCO - weather |
| 20/02/1991 | Kut Al Hayy East Airfield | DNCO - weather |
| 21/02/1991 | Ar Rumaylah South West Airfield — Fascilities | DNCO - weather |
| 22/02/1991 | Kut Al Hayy East Airfield — Runway, Taxiway & POL (Petrol, Oil, Lubricant) | |
| 23/02/1991 | Qal'at Salih Airfield | |
| 24/02/1991 | Jalibah South East Airfield | DNCO - smoke |
| 24/02/1991 | Tallil Airfield — HAS sites | |
| Date: | Additional Information: | |
| 17/03/1991 | Transit from Muharraq Air Base, Bahrain to RAF Lossiemouth | Direct flight - (8 hrs 45 mins) |
- by courtesy of the 'Buccaneer Aircrew Association'
| Source - | Buccaneer: The story of the last all-British strike aircraft (Tim Laming) Hawker Siddeley/Blackburn Buccaneer (Paul Jackson & Peter Foster) RAF Buccaneer (Peter R. Foster) (see Reference Library page for full details) Survivor's current position - The Blackburn Buccaneer Society |
Additional Info. - | R. Kelley: Airframe C/n NJ. Roberson (Historian, Buccaneer Aircrew Association) for information on: ASR1012 'Avionics Upgrade Programme' + 'Modified'-Smaller 'Wingtip' Airframes British Aviation Review - Vol.36 No.4 |