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Exercise 'Red Flag 77', Nellis AFB, Nevada, USA, August 1977
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Temporary 'Arctic' scheme applied in preparation for 208 Sqn. training exercise in Norway
| Serial - XV160C/n - B3-01-66 |
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| First Flown | 15/07/1966 |
Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
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| Date Delivered | 17/08/1966 |
To Royal Navy - AHU Lossiemouth (short-term storage) |
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06/03/1967 |
Issued to 800 NAS, RNAS Lossiemouth coded - '104/E', named 'LADY PENELOPE' |
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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 '104/E', 800 NAS |
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26/06/1967 |
Embarked HMS Eagle - coded '104/E' (Cruises: 1xHome & Mediterranean Sea + 1xFar East tour + 1xHome & Mediterranean Sea) |
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02/10/1968 |
Dis-embarked HMS Eagle, relocated to RNAS Lossiemouth - coded '104/E' |
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26/02/1969 |
To Hawker Siddeley, Brough for upgrade to S.Mk.2B standard |
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| First Flown | 23/01/1970 |
Holme-on-Spalding Moor - S.Mk.2B configuration |
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19/02/1970 |
To RNAY Sydenham, Belfast |
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| Date Delivered | 20/07/1970 |
To Royal Air Force - RAF Honington |
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12/03/1973 |
Issued to 237 OCU, RAF Honington |
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11/02/1976 |
Issued to 208 Sqn., RAF Honington |
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Aug. 1977 |
Exercise 'Red Flag 77' - Nellis AFB, Nevada, USA Main fuselage temporarily over-painted with 'Dark Earth and 'Light Stone' wraparound scheme |
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Nov. 1977 |
Painted in temporary 'Arctic' camouflage for 208 Sqn. low-level exercise in Norway - 'White' and 'Dark Sea Grey' upper surfaces and 'Light Aircraft Grey' undersurfaces |
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21/11/1979 |
Transferred to 12 Sqn., 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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10/12/1980 |
To No.19 MU St. Athan store |
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12/08/1981 |
Issued to 16 Sqn., RAFG Laarbruch, West Germany - coded 'X' |
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20/09/1982 |
Crashed off Sardinia after stalling during an attack manoeuvre |
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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) Buccaneer: Modern Combat Aircraft 7 (Maurice Allward) Hawker Siddeley/Blackburn Buccaneer (Paul Jackson & Peter Foster) Buccaneer the last British Bomber - DD Video, Impact Image (1994) (see Reference Library page for full details) |
Additional Info. - | R. Kelley: Airframe C/n |
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