Buccaneers

[MAINJAFAD]

Lucky bugger. DT_Xtremez_17: The Fox makes it 12 then. DT_Xtremez_26: I remember "The Fox" down Honington village - as frequented most Friday lunchtimes - had the 12 Sqn Fox as the pub sign.

Of course the Buccs had the fox on them, Seeing the film was called "12 Squadron Buccaneers", directed by Hugh Hudson, who happened to win a best film Oscar with his next effort, a little film about the 1924 Paris Olympics.

 

[Jim_P_Pulfrew]

has anyone got the vid of 1991 TV AM report with tonkas/jags?

cant find it on you tube :-(

Are you talking about the one where it has a montage of the first nights raids set to 'In The Air Tonight' by Phil Collins, intespersed with a CVR of a JP233 raid complete with "They are all asleep in their beds" comments?

If you are, I am pretty sure that I have a copy on DVD somewhere and will have a look for it tomorrow. May cost you a donation to this years E-Goat charity for me to burn you a copy though!!!!!!!!

Leave it with me?

Jimps

 

[patmac]

My Buc story.
Big NATO meeting at Wit', top brass by the bucket load, all gathered on the edge of the field down by the hangers, 67/68ish. Flypast of RAFs best ( in those days ), Vulcan transits field, pulls up in usual fashion. Belfast rumbles past, a huge white tube in the sky, Lightning flashes past, then reheat vertical blast into low dark cloud. Then comes the Buc, a fat aeroplane belting along at zero feet over the field. Gets to end and immitates Lightning. Unfortunately just at that point a crew bus transits across top of field, minding it's own business, but collects full blast of Buc's mighty thrust. Every window smashed!

 

[The Dog's]

Nice one. DT_Xtremez_28: Reminds me of my time as a Suffolk Bucc Man in the early '80s before they all went north. Memories of the joys of polishing cracks out the main spars, replacing jo-bolts by the dozen, riding the bomb door, BLC ducting, working up in the radio bay and aileron droop. :S I remember on the Buccaneer rigger Q course watching a video about 12 Sqn set to Vangelis. DT_Xtremez_26:

Were you on the polishing and grinding, pre-NDT teams in ASF as I was (as a fairy) after the Buccs were grounded? Quite a good three-shift system that gave you one week off in every four. I remember fun and games trying to replace BLC ducting!DT_Xtremez_35:

 

[Rigga]

I joined that wonderful Shift system in May 1980, and I gave the ex-navy cheif my Leave Pass just before he told me which Shift I was on - so he let me have three weeks off for two weeks leave! Sssshhh!

I remember those skin templates that were supposed to guide you to which Jo-Bolts to remove and drill holes through the skin - but only if you put them in the right place to begin with!!! ... a couple of Spars later....