Serial - XN982 C/n - B3-09-63 |
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| Ordered |
08/01/1962 |
Production aircraft 49 - Originally ordered as S.Mk.1 by 'Ministry of Aviation', re-ordered as S.Mk.2 |
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| First Flown | ----- |
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| Date Delivered | 03/03/1965 |
To Royal Navy |
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Issued to 809 NAS, RNAS Lossiemouth - coded '024/R' |
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late 1973 |
Partial upgrade of avionics associated with the 'Martel' missile programme Re-designated S.Mk.2C - 'Non-Martel' missile capability |
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Damaged at Cecil Field, USA - coded '032/R' 809 NAS |
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18/07/1978 |
Returned to UK as deck cargo on RFA Fort Grange |
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Jul. 1978 |
To No.19 MU St. Athan for storage |
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18/09/1979 |
To RAE Farnborough for repairs |
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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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15/06/1982 |
Rebuild not completed - To Brough by road for 'Fatigue Test' specimen |
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May 1983 |
Airframe declared surplus |
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Jul. 1992 |
Scrapped - Brough |
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| Source - | Buccaneer: The story of the last all-British strike aircraft (Tim Laming) Buccaneer: Modern Combat Aircraft 7 (Maurice Allward) RAF Buccaneer (Peter R. Foster) Hawker Siddeley/Blackburn Buccaneer (Paul Jackson & Peter Foster) (see Reference Library page for full details) |
Additional Info. - | R. Kelley: Airframe C/n |