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Buccaneer S.2 with wings folding, a space-saving feature typically employed by carrier aircraft. Blackburn's first attempt to sell the Buccaneer to the Royal Air Force (RAF) occurred in 1957–1958, in response to the Air Ministry Operational Requirement OR.339, for a replacement for the RAF's English Electric Canberra light bombers, with supersonic speed, and a 1,000-nautical-mile (1,900 km ...
No. 801 Naval Air Squadron Blackburn Buccaneer Re-formed 17 July 1962 27 May 1965 Disbanded FAA No. 809 Naval Air Squadron Blackburn Buccaneer Former 700Z NAS 15 January 1963 26 March 1965 Re-designated 736 NAS FAA No. 800 Naval Air Squadron Blackburn Buccaneer Re-formed 18 March 1964 23 February 1972 Disbanded FAA No. 800B Naval Air Squadron
The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British low-level attack aircraft that served with the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Air Force (RAF) between 1962 and 1994, and the South African Air Force (SAAF) until 1991. Three former Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) aircraft remain airworthy in South Africa, and one is being restored to flight status in the ...
The station then became home to Hawker Siddeley (Blackburn) Buccaneer bombers from November 1969. Squadron Nos. 12, 15 and 16 were formed. 15 and 16 squadrons moved to RAF Laarbruch in West Germany in 1971. No. 237 OCU (Operational Conversion Unit) was formed at Honington when the RAF took over Buccaneer training from the Royal Navy.
Blackburn Buccaneers joined the Group in the mid 1970s, and with the retirement of the final Royal Navy Buccaneers in December 1978, Nos 12, 208, and 216 Squadrons began to operate them at RAF Honington, before shifting north to RAF Lossiemouth from July 1980. No. 216 Squadron however disbanded as a Buccaneer unit in late 1980 due to a shortage ...
Fulmars of 809 NAS aboard Victorious in 1942. Formed on 15 January 1941 at RNAS St Merryn with 12 Fairey Fulmars, [5] the squadron embarked in HMS Victorious in July 1941. [6] At first involved in operations against Petsamo and Bodø, and then the convoys to North Russia, Victorious and her air group fought in the Mediterranean from July 1942, including participating in Operation Pedestal.
No. 41 Squadron RAF; No. 54 Squadron RAF; Blackburn Buccaneer [2] No. 12 Squadron RAF; No. 208 Squadron RAF; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod [2] No. 42 Squadron RAF; No. 120 Squadron RAF; No. 201 Squadron RAF; No. 206 Squadron RAF; Lockheed C-130 Hercules [2] No. 24 Squadron RAF; No. 30 Squadron RAF; No. 47 Squadron RAF; No. 70 Squadron RAF; Handley ...
This is a list of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA).. Fleet Air Arm Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber. On 1 April 1918 the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was merged with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) to form the Royal Air Force (RAF) which directly operated and controlled all naval aircraft.