Aircraft Photo of XW537 | Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B | AirHistory.net #392425
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XW537
Military Code:G
Aircraft Original Type:Blackburn B-103 Buccaneer
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer
Aircraft Version:Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B
C/n (msn):B3-06-70
Location
City / Airport:LeeuwardenMap
Country:Netherlands
Airport Codes:ICAO: EHLW   IATA: LWR   Local: -   Other: -
Event:323-Squadron 35 years anniversary 1978
 
Photo Date:17 November 1978
Photo by:Mat Herben
Photo ID: 392425
Photo Comment

This a/c crashed in 1982. The aircraft stalled during a descending turn onto the approach to Wattisham, Suffolk. Both crew ejected and it crashed one mile short of the runway. Per a contemporary report: "4 March 1982 also provided spotters some excitement when, while on 'bolthole' from nearby Honington, Buccaneer XW537 from 237 OCU stalled on finals and deposited itself, minus crew, neatly in two pieces in a field between the airfield and the village of Battisford"

This photo is copyright © Mat Herben, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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