XV156 - Buccaneer S.Mk.2A
Copyright © 2004 - 2006 |
Copyright © 2004 - 2006 |
XV156 - Buccaneer S.Mk.2A
Copyright © 2004 - 2006 |
| Serial - XV156C/n - B3-22-65 |
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| First Flown | 20/05/1966 |
Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
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| Date Delivered | 16/06/1966 |
To Royal Navy - AHU Lossiemouth |
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19/06/1966 |
Issued to 800 NAS, RNAS Lossiemouth - coded '100/E' |
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28/03/1967 |
One of the Buccaneers which took part in the bombing of the 118,000-ton supertanker 'Torrey Canyon' that had run aground on the Seven Stones Reef, 16 miles off Land's End' - coded '100/E', 800 NAS |
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26/06/1967 |
Embarked HMS Eagle - coded '100/E' (Cruises: 1xHome & Mediterranean Sea + 1xFar East tour + 1xHome & Mediterranean Sea) |
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02/10/1968 |
Dis-embarked HMS Eagle - coded '100/E' |
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07/10/1968 |
To RNAY Sydenham, Belfast |
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07/05/1969 |
To NASU Lossiemouth |
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16/09/1969 |
Issued to 809 NAS, RNAS Lossiemouth - coded '020/R' |
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14/06/1970 |
Embarked HMS Ark Royal - coded '020/R' (Cruises: 2xHome & Mediterranean Sea + 1xAtlantic + 2xHome & Mediterranean Sea + 1xAtlantic + 3xHome & Mediterranean Sea) |
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11/12/1972 |
Dis-embarked HMS Ark Royal - coded '020/R' |
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16/02/1973 |
To (RN Unit), RAF Honington |
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16/04/1973 |
Re-issued to 809 NAS, RAF Lossiemouth - coded '020' |
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02/05/1973 |
Embarked HMS Ark royal - coded '020/R' (Cruises: 1xAtlantic) |
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24/07/1973 |
Dis-mbarked HMS Ark Royal - coded '020/R' |
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01/08/1973 |
To RNAY Sydenham, Belfast |
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| Date Delivered | 16/10/1973 |
To Royal Air Force |
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1974 |
To Hawker Siddeley, Brough for upgrade to S.Mk.2A standard |
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Issued to 208 Sqn., RAF Honington |
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20/09/1977 |
Transferred to 237 OCU, RAF Honington |
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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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Jan. 1981 |
Dis-assembled for roading |
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21/01/1981 |
To No.19 MU St. Athan store |
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Declared 'Surplus' - Allocated 'Maintenance airframe' number 8773M |
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To 'Battle Damage Repair Flight', St. Athan |
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Jul. 1991 |
Destroyed - St. Athan |
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| Source - | Fleet Air Arm Fixed-Wing Aircraft since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant) Wings of Fame - volume 14 (Aerospace Publishing Ltd) Buccaneer: The story of the last all-British strike aircraft (Tim Laming) The Buccaneers (Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork) Hawker Siddeley/Blackburn Buccaneer (Paul Jackson & Peter Foster) RAF Buccaneer (Peter Foster) (see Reference Library page for full details) |
Additional Info. - | R. Kelley: Airframe C/n |