BUCCANEER/XW547
Serial #: XW547
Construction #: B3-08-71
Civil Registration:
None
Construction #: B3-08-71
Civil Registration:
None
Model(s):
S2B Buccaneer
Name: Guiness Girl
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2019
S2B Buccaneer
Name: Guiness Girl
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2019
History:
Delivered to the Royal Air Force as XW547.
RAF Museum, London, UK, ????-2019.
Delivered to the Royal Air Force as XW547.
- BOC: October 31, 1972.
- Assigned to 15 Squadron RAFG at RAF Laarbruch, November 2, 1972.
- Transferred to 12 Squadron.
- Transferred to 237 OCU.
- Transferred to 216 Squadron.
- Re-winged in late 1980.
- Transferred to 12 Squadron
- Recieved desert pink scheme, January 1991
- Flown to Muharraq Air Base in Bahrain to be part of Operation Granby.
- Withdrawn from use in 1993 and earmarked for preservation.
- Transferred to 208 Squadron.
RAF Museum, London, UK, ????-2019.
Photo Source(s):
Tony Chambers Photography
Michael Baldock.
Tony Chambers Photography
Michael Baldock.
