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    Airframe Family: Blackburn Buccaneer
    Latest Model:Buccaneer S.2B
    Last Military Serial:XX889 RAF
    Construction Number:B3-05-73
    Compressed ID:Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B sn XX889 R...
    Latest Owner or Location:South Wales Aviation Museum, Saint Athan Airport, Eglwys-Brewis, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

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    Dates

    Event

    1974

    Constructed as a Buccaneer S.2B.

    1 January 1975

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XX889.
    The delivery date is provided.

    16 May 1983


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Buccaneer S.2B of 12 Squadron preparing to join the active runway at RAF Lossiemouth in May 1983.

    4 September 1984


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Buccaneer S.2B of 208 Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth returning to base after a mission in September 1984.

    7 April 1994

    Last flight.
    To Saint Athan for disposal.

    By October 1994

    To Gary Spoors, Enstone Airfield, Oxfordshire.

    February 1997

    To Jet Age Museum, Staverton.
    For restoration.

    30 April 2007

    To Blackburn Buccaneer Society, Kemble Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire, England.
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    Markings Applied: XX889

    13 September 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Stored at Kemble Airfield in 2008

    8 May 2011

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Buccaneer Restorations, Great Barrington Airport, Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire/Leics, England.
    Moved from Kemble to Bruntingthorpe.
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    Markings Applied: T

    18 November 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Bruntingthorpe

    18 November 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 Photo at Bruntingthorpe

    2 June 2018

    Placed on display with Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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    23 February 2023

    To South Wales Aviation Museum, Saint Athan Airport, Eglwys-Brewis, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
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     South Wales Aviation Group
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     Andrew Appleton
    Terry Fletcher
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