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Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B XW988

Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B XW988 (msn B3-3-72) of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Boscombe Down. XW988, with two more S.2Bs, was built especially for the Royal Aircraft Establishment for weapons and systems trials. After retirement XW988 was sold to Mike Beachy-Head in South Africa and registered as ZU-AVI to be operated by Thunder City World of Power at Cape Town - International (CPT - FACT), South Africa

Picture No
13129495
Media ID
47740934
Size
5906px x 2978px (2.0MB)
Credit
(c) The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
unattributed photographer - from an original slide
Date
1970s-1980s

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1970s-1980s Boscombe Buccaneer Especially Establishment Fact Operated Registered Retirement Thunder


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