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Operations Black Buck 1 to Black Buck 7 were seven extremely long-range airstrikes conducted during the 1982 Falklands War by Royal Air Force (RAF) Vulcan bombers of the RAF Waddington Wing, comprising aircraft from Nos. 44, 50 and 101 Squadrons, against Argentine positions in the Falkland Islands. Five of the missions completed attacks.
One Vulcan, XH558 (G-VLCN) Spirit of Great Britain, was used as a display aircraft by the RAF as part of the Vulcan Display Flight until 1993. After being grounded, it was later restored to flight by the Vulcan To The Sky Trust and displayed as a civilian aircraft from 2008 until 2015, before being retired a second time for engineering reasons.
Taken in 1982, at RAF Waddington stood in front of the Avro Vulcan just before it left for the Falklands war. The members of the General Engineering Firm, and the flight crew. The Vulcan went on to bomb Port Stanley during the war. Later in the 1980s my Dad went to help rebuild Port Stanley.
3 Harrier GR.3 RAF (shot down by shoulder-fired missile in Port Howard on 21 May, hit by anti-aircraft fire on 27 May over Goose Green and hit by ground fire near Port Stanley on 30 May) [13] 1 Scout AH.1 Royal Marines (shot down by Pucara at Goose Green on 28 May) [13] Flying accidents in the war zone
During the 1982 Falklands War, Vulcan bombers from Nos 44, 50 and 101 Squadrons, supported by Victor tankers from Nos 55 and 57 Squadrons, carried out a series of seven extremely long-range ground attack missions against Argentine positions in the Falkland Islands. The operation was codenamed Black Buck.
The squadron reformed again at RAF Waddington on 1 August 1962 equipped with the Avro Vulcan V bomber, using ex-617 Squadron aircraft made surplus after 617 Squadron re-equipped with Vulcan B.2s. [ 2 ] [ 18 ] It received Vulcan B.2s in December 1966, [ 2 ] and was still operating them when the Falklands War broke out in April 1982, with two ...
David Henry Spencer Morgan DSC (born 29 December 1947) is a former British Royal Navy and Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot who flew on attachment to the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during the Falklands War in 1982 where he became the most successful British fighter pilot of the conflict and was also involved in the last dogfight by British fighter pilots in which enemy aircraft were destroyed.
Royal Air Force Transport Command: Metropolitan Communication Squadron RAF at RAF Hendon: Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3: XZ997: Falklands Exhibition Boeing CH-47 Chinook HC.6A: ZA718: BN: Bravo November Falklands Exhibition Comper CLA.7 Swift: G-ACGL: de Havilland Chipmunk T.10: WP912: used by the Duke of Edinburgh for flight training Aberdeen ...