A work colleague of mine from the Airworthiness Dept at Brough took part in the subsequent investigation. He gave me a guide vane from one of the engines as a memento of the event. I kept it in my desk for about 30 years and I used to use it to remind people that no matter how good a job you think you have done, it might still not be good enough. At Brough we believed that the Buccaneer was one of the strongest and toughest airframes ever built. Sadly the Nellis accident and a number of other structural failures showed it could have been better, but hindsight is a wonderful thing and when you are pushing forwards the frontiers of aviation you occasionally get tripped up. It was a very sad and sobering time at Brough, especially after the very successful participation of the Buccaneer in Red Flag in 1977.