On a bitterly cold and windswept day, the Buccaneer Aviation Group celebrated the 25th anniversary of the retirement of this iconic FAA/RAF strike aircraft. XX894 as well as XW544/O, in 16 Squadron c/s, made a fast taxi run down the runway.
XX894 received this 809 Squadron c/s for the 'Farewell to the Buccaneer' event, held at Lossie on 31st March, 1994. 809 was the last naval unit to operate the Buccaneer.
This classic cold war jet is kept in fantastic running order at Bruntingthorpe.Seen wearing Royal Navy markings despite having never serving with the Navy during her operational life. It's lovely to see one of these birds moving under her own steam
One of the remaining Buccaneers that were given the markings of former operating squadrons; '894 carries the markings of 809 NAS, acknowledging the time when the Buccaneer was operated by the Fleet Air Arm. Scanned from Kodachrome 64 slide