Interesting BDRT video from 1983 featuring Buccaneer XN983 . Was this aircraft intentionally damaged for the video?, or was this genuine damage from an exercise? Aircraft continued to serve front line until being scrapped at Shawbury in 1994. Aircraft Battle Damage Repair: http://youtu.be/8Ah58lTSZvE
By: DaveF68 - 19th December 2016 at 18:54
Possibly XN956, which was a Ground Instruction/BDRT airframe at Laarbruch
http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/S1_XN956_files/0_S1_XN956.html
By: Robbiesmurf - 19th December 2016 at 18:51
Small intakes and flat bomb door.
By: sCOTT bROOKES - 19th December 2016 at 17:36
Just watched it again, and yes i see the smaller intakes, so it’s an S.1 painted up as XN983. Thanks Robbie!
By: Robbiesmurf - 19th December 2016 at 16:59
Are you sure it’s a 2B? It looked like an S1 to me.
BDR damage was always inflicted by the training section, normally with a fire axe.
After the grounding in ’79/80 they did allocate a number of S2 airframes for Loadex, storage and BDR.
By: smirky - 19th December 2016 at 16:40
Interesting BDRT video from 1983 featuring Buccaneer XN983 . Was this aircraft intentionally damaged for the video?, or was this genuine damage from an exercise? Aircraft continued to serve front line until being scrapped at Shawbury in 1994. Aircraft Battle Damage Repair: http://youtu.be/8Ah58lTSZvE
Cool video but can’t believe thay flew that one again.
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December 19, 2016 at 3:27 pm