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    Airframe Family: Blackburn Buccaneer
    Latest Model:Buccaneer S.1
    Last Military Serial:XN923 RAE
    Construction Number:B3-03-61
    Compressed ID:Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 sn XN923 RA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Gatwick Aviation Museum, London Gatwick Airport, Crawley, Surrey, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Buccaneer S.1.
    Second production Buccaneer S1

    11 March 1962

    First flight.
    From Holme on Spalding Moor.

    May 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XN923.

    May 1962

    Transferred to 700Z NAS, RNAS Lossiemouth.
    The Royal Navy Buccaneer Trials Squadron.

    July 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Aircraft Establishment with s/n XN923.

    July 1962

    Transferred to A and AEE, RAE Boscombe Down.
    For Deck clearance trials for the type.

    Circa 1963

    Transferred to RAE Farnborough.
    Carried out a lot of test and development work, which included the fitting of the fixed refuelling probe. It also had a detachable nose cone used for flying various pieces of equipment in.

    19 September 1970


    Photographer: John Smith
    Notes: 1970 photo taken by John Smith at RAF Coltishall

    1974

    Transferred to RAE West Freugh.
    For EMC trials.

    By 1977

    Assigned to RAE West Freugh dump for storage.

    By 1986

    Assigned to RAE Boscombe Down dump for storage.

    23 March 1990

    To Gatwick Aviation Museum, London Gatwick Airport, Crawley, Surrey, England.
    View the Location Dossier

    8 June 2013


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: 2013 photo at Gatwick Aviation Museum

    12 January 2014


    Photographer: Michael Vickers
    Notes: 2014 photo taken at Gatwick Airport Museum
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     Aeroplane Monthly by Kelsey Publishing Group
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Thunder and Lightnings
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
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