A short potted ‘history’ of the three examples of the Buccaneer attack aircraft that the Yorkshire Air museum has on display. A great chance for military aircraft enthusiasts to see this plane’s service life-cycle in one place!
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The yire a museum is in the rather unusual position of having not only one example of a very exceptional strike aircraft but three of them the buccaneer was introduced in 1962 as the Royal Navy’s Carri a born low-level anti-ship attack aircraft it carried on the maritime strike rooll until 1979 and the
Last of the UK’s large conventional carriers were decommissioned the first example of the Museum’s Trio of Buccaneers that I’ll highlight is in fact my favorite example and that one is the one that’s in its original Royal Navy Livery incidentally you’ll notice that this display also includes some examples
Of the marel longrange heavy attack anti- ship missiles that the naval Buccaneers used but the museum isn’t just unique in the number of duplicate examples of the same aircraft type it’s actually a wonderful chance for visitors to witness the complete life cycle of this superb attack S aircraft the second of the Museum’s
Buccaneers is tucked away in the Museum’s holding pen area behind the main display hanger and represents an interesting twist in the story of the type’s lifespan the retirement of the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers in 1979 might have spelled the premature end to the buccaneer service were it not for
The cancellation of the raf’s own Advanced supersonic trs2 attack aircraft program the RAF was now in the market for something that could fulfill the vacant strike aircraft role this necessitated the purchase of brand new Buccaneers designated sp2s and now built by Hawker sidley followed in 1978 with
The transfer of the last of the Navy’s Buccaneer S2s to the RF and so this exhibit an sb2 middle career variant is displayed in the rf’s green and gray disruptive camouflage pattern these remain in service as a low-level strike aircraft until in turn they were retired
In 1994 in favor of the panavia tornado mrca and that would or perhaps should should have been the end of the buccaneer story except we still have one more exhibit to look at one which provides the final twist in the tail as mentioned Yuki’s plan was that the RS
Buccaneers were just an interim measure until the panavia tornado attack variant was available but by sheer chance the Gulf War in 1991 came along and saw both the tornado gr1 and the buccaneer in action over Iraq the Buccaneers hastily adopted desert camouflage and they saw action alongside their successor the
Tornado gr1 initially they filled the role of laser designators for the tornadoes but later they conducted numerous bombing missions themselves in all the venerable Buccaneers completed over 218 missions including the destruction of bridges airfields and they even undertook some low-level dive bombing of Iraqi targets A fitting swans
Song for an aircraft that was all but retired but which was now undertaking active duty for the first time since it was introduced almost 30 years before the buccaneer was finally retired altogether this time in 1994 a wonderfully impressive and formidable aircraft it proved itself Adept at Reinventing itself and finding new roles
Remaining effective right up to the end of its 32-year career thanks for watching my little video and as usual I’d love to get some feedback even if it’s just to tell me what I’m doing wrong