AFTER the EAGLE

The machinations over replacing the cancelled TSR2 turned into a saga in themselves. In the Buccaneer, the RAF ended up with a splendid low-level strike aircraft rather by default, but — via the F-111K and a host of other contenders — it took a long time to get there WORDS: CHRIS GIBSON TSR2 — or Eagle — XS944 in the markings of No 237 Operational Conversion Unit, earmarked as the OCU for the type. It went on to fulfil that