The collection is in storage and is all under cover, at the moment I am not allowed to identify the location! I am sure that a number of people reading this may already be aware of that location; if so please keep it to yourself. When we are in a position to say more, details will be posted!
XV361 was purchased from the Ministry of Defence in 1994 for the sum of £9000, by the Ulster Aviation Society. During her operational life she served on HMS Eagle and HMS Ark Royal; after transfer to the RAF in 1978 she went on to fly with 15 Squadron in Germany and No’s 12 and 208 Squadrons at RAF Lossiemouth.
On the 7th April 1994 XV361 made what was intended to be her last flight when she flew from Lossiemouth to RAF Aldergrove for onward transport by road to the UAS facility at Langford Lodge. Due to logistic problems it was decided that one last flight would provide an easier means of getting the aircraft to its final destination, permission having been obtained XV361 departed Aldergrove at 1100 Hrs on the 18th April 1994 and landed on runway 21 at Langford Lodge 92 seconds later!
This 92 second epic was we believe the shortest planned Buccaneer flight, it was also I believe, the last flight of an RAF Buccaneer in the United Kingdom, whilst under RAF command
I await correction!
Cheers Everyone
Eric
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