Very well done, totally enjoyed your work and learned a lot about the Buccaneer, thank you.

I recall an American talking about an exchange he had been on. He asked the RAF pilots about how they were so certain of their altitude and got the answer (Something like) at 500 feet, cows have legs... at 200 feet... sheep have legs! That is such a British answer!

2 of the Buccaneers that went to the Gulf were in major servicing at RAF Abingdon in various states of strip down. We got the signal on Wednesday evening that they were required. A major servicing normally takes 90 days. Both aircraft flew out of Abingdon to Lossiemouth on the following Monday, painted desert pink, under 5 days after getting the order.

I was a FAA armourer and had to do a flight in a Buc to do some tests. My briefing from the pilot was 'If I say eject, don't say 'what', or you'll be talking to yourself'. And off we go.

I made an Airfix model of one of these....and fell in love.

Back in the 1970s the BBC had an early evening news programme called "Nationwide". On one show they proudly ran a short film of an exercise which showed RAF Buccaneers attacking U.S. defensive positions. We saw the actual screens the Americans were using to try and lock on to the buccaneer jets. They were flying so low and fast they couldn't lock on at all. The Americans were shouting in amazement. One saying he was going outside to take a look. The "Nationwide" presenters had smiles on their faces and were dead chuffed. I must say that I was dead chuffed too.

I was training as an ATC at Kirkwall on Orkney around 1991. The airport fire crew were at the end of the runway looking for a lost phone or pager when a buccaneer, which turned out to be still in desert storm colours, called up requesting a low pass. Permission was given and the reply was " better tell them to put their earplugs in".

In 1978, I was working atop a rail tank car at the US Army fuel depot in Giessen, Germany. Next to us was the munitions depot with a radar guided missle defense system to protect it. It was a clear summer day and I happened to see a fast moving dot darting behind the several hills that surrounded the area. I lost sight of it and carried on with my duties - that is, until the plane suddenly popped up behind two low hills and headed straight - I mean STRAIGHT at me getting larger and larger - those two giant intakes looking menacing as hell! I grabbed onto the handle on top of the tank car and braced for the enormous blast of shock wave and ear splitting roar that nearly blew me off the tanker. That RAF Bucaneer probably cleared me by 10 or 15 feet; what a moment of sheer terror and exhilaration! Anyway, that Bucaneer made a spectacular mock bombing run on the Munitions depot catching them totally by suprise. As the jet dissappeared off behind the hills, the air-raid siren finally began to wail - another beautifully executed run! Hats off to the lads in that RAF Bucanner - what a memory from my youth!

I was once on a Dutch destroyer on an exercise and we were 'attacked' by these . When they finished they did a flypast and I looked down on the pilot and navigator as each of the aircraft bade their farewell! Crazy!

I've flown the Buccaneer for about 60hrs, and I found it an outstanding low level strike aircraft, and a very docile aircraft to fly

I was working on a bombing range - China Rock(on the southeast coast of Malaya) - in 1963 when we had some Navy Buccaneers use the range with dummy bombs. the pilots apparently knew the location of the quadrant huts and decided to do a low pass over the northern hut. I was swimming in the sea at the time of the low pass and the two aircraft flew so low - and directly overhead of me that the suction of their passing lifted me out of the water.Your remark about the dust trails in Nevada reminded me of that. I'll never forget it.