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Old 24th Dec 2003, 07:09
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I was privileged to work with the Bucc community when I worked as a PDS engineer on the Paveway 2 LGB. We did some special work for them prior to one of the Red Flag detachments - can't recall the year but one of the Banana Bombers was credited with killing a F15. The defenders were so hacked off with the Buccs hitting every target they were assigned that one of them decided to mix it at (very) low level. Big mistake - the Bucc took him out with a (simulated) 1000-pound retarded bomb. The umpires declared that the F15 had been caught by the blast and had been destroyed. Buccs 1, Eagles 0.

I got a very good last look at a Bucaneer during its last public display at Cranfield. The two aircraft concerned used the village where I live as the IP for the display. Superb sight (and sound).
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