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Thanks for the Videos guys. Here is one of the story of the Buccaneer:
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I once went to a lecture by a retired Buccaneer pilot who started as a midshipman in the Royal Navy, converted to the S1 Buccaneer and then the S2. When the Navy gave up the Buccaneers and all other fixed wing aircraft they went to the RAF (who didn't want Navy cast offs, but quickly grew to love them). He went with the Buccs to the RAF. He pointed out he was amongst the list of accsesories that came with the aircraft! He had a lot of stories to tell including a hurried deployment to Red Flag. They realised that they were going to the desert in aircraft painted in grey/ green camo and they would stand out a mile. So they despatched the junior pilot with several groundcrew to the local B&Q9Like Home Depot) store to buy all their Magnolia Emulsion paint, which they then used to change the colour to "desert camo". With the paint still wet, they took off on their trip accross the Atlantic. Well you can imagine what the aircraft looked like when they got to America. One wise guy asked " hey buddy, where did you get this heap? did you make itt in your backyard?" However, they scored extremely well in Red Flag and were even awarded a kill against an F15. Great work on the Bucc.
John