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S2B - XW988 - A&AEE Boscombe Down
Just tucking it's undercarriage up after an aborted approach, this example sports a distinctive black, white & yellow colour scheme, and shows its serial number large on the bomb bay doors.
This example is now in private hands and has just been granted a license to fly to South Africa.
- Paul Crossley's (RAF)
Plane Page
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| ARN-bucc-s1.jpg |
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Blackburn Buccaneer -
S1 Strike Bomber landing aboard a carrier
In the mid 1950's the RN identified a requirement for a low-level high-speed nuclear strike aircraft capable of attacking the Soviet fleet. The contract for these aircraft was won in 1955 by Blackburn (later Hawker Siddeley) with their B.109 design. The B.109 was developed into the NA.39 which was the prototype for the Buccaneer. A boundary-layer control system allowed exceptional low-level agility, ideal for the delivery of weapons against enemy warships. The main problems with the S1 were its underpowered Gyron Junior engines, requiring an extremely long take-off run when not being used with a catapult, and the lack of an inertial navigation system.
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Blackburn Buccaneer -
S2 Strike Bomber landing with a RNAF Phantom in the background
The Buccaneer S2 corrected several of the problems of the S1, in particular replacement of the Gyron Junior turbojets for much more powerful Rolls Royce Spey (for which the engine inlets were enlarged, allowing easy differentiation between the two types). Other improvements included strengthened wings (allowing a greater bomb load) and an inflight-refueling probe, although the lack of an inertial navigation system was not corrected. The first S2 prototype, converted from an S1, flew on 17th May 1963 with the first production S2 flying in June 1964 and entering service in 1965. The last production aircraft was delivered in December 1968.
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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| bucc11.jpg |
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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| bucc12.jpg |
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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| bucc13.jpg |
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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| bucc14.jpg |
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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| bucc6.jpg |
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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| bucc7.jpg |
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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| bucc8.jpg |
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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| bucc9.jpg |
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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| buccane1.jpg |
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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| buccane2.jpg |
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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| buccane3.jpg |
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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| buccane4.jpg |
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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| buccane5.jpg |
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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| buccseat.jpg |
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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S2B - XW546 - now scrapped at Lossiemouth
Taxiing down to take off from RAF Lossiemouth
in north east Scotland. Bucc operations largely ceased in early 1994 as Tornado GR.1s took over their maritime role.
- Paul Crossley's (RAF)
Plane Page
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| mbucc1.jpg |
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Buccaneer
- Paul Crossley's (RAF)
Plane Page
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no description - (c) Damien Burke
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