<p>c/n B3-17-62
Built 1963 and delivered to the Royal Navy in July that year. During her Navy service she was embarked on HMS Eagle with 800 squadron on two occasions, the second time including a Far East tour. Retired in 1970 with the rest of the Buccaneer S.1 fleet. Reduced to a nose section for use as a Royal Air Force recruiting aid, painted in RAF camouflage but with the false serial XN972. Delivered to Cosford for the RAF Museum in 1995 and is currently on display as part of the National Cold War Exhibition.
RAF Museum, Cosford, Shropshire, UK.
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14th August 2016
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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