Serial - XV350 C/n - B3-28-66 |
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Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
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| Date Delivered | 19/09/1967 |
To Royal Navy |
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To MoD(PE) |
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| Date Delivered | 01/01/1969 |
To Royal Air Force |
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| First Flew | 11/02/1969 |
Full upgrade to S.Mk.2B standard with Martel 'Anti-Ship' missile capability |
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Issued to 'A' Sqn., A&AEE Boscombe Down - 'In-Service' trials aircraft |
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Initially used for the development of 'Matra' rocket pods for the RAF |
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Jul. 1973 |
Detachment to Edwards AFB, California, USA - 'Trials' aircraft |
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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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Oct. 1980 |
Detachment to Elgin AFB, Florida, USA - 'Trials' aircraft |
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Dec. 1981 |
To A&AEE, Boscombe Down Shared the bulk of weapons development with XW529. Airframe undertook joint trials of Laser designate 'Pave' systems (AN/AVQ 23E 'Pave Spike' Pod and 'Paveway' 1000lb LGB Bomb) plus various types of Weapons containers |
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To BAC Hatfield Secondary aircraft for trials of the Sea Eagle 'Anti-Ship' missile along side XW529 (primary trials aircraft) |
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Nov. 1988 |
To BAe Scampton |
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28/04/1993 |
Withdrawn from service |
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To East Midlands Aeropark, East Midlands Airport Current position - On display (date currency at 15/09/2003) |
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| Source - | 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) RAF Buccaneer (Peter R. Foster) (see Reference Library page for full details) |
Additional Info. - | R. Kelley: Airframe C/n NJ. Roberson (Historian, Buccaneer Aircrew Association) British Aviation Review - Vol.36 No.4 |