Blackburn Buccaneer - Insane Low Level Bomber Americans couldn't shoot down - (Full Story)

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

I remember reading a post about one of the Red Flag exercises, an USAF General was given the chance to be 'ballast' in a buccaneer when he got out of the plane he was shaking, and said 'we had to climb to get over a horse'.

I always remember the Buccaneer operational usage guide 1. Accelerate to take off speed. 2. Raise landing gear. 3. Descend to operational altitude.

True story. In 1979 I was a F-15 crew chief with the 8th TFS Black Sheep at Holloman AFB, NM. We attended our first Maple Flag at Cold Lake CAFB in Alberta, Canada. Other nations there were England, France and Germany to participate in the exercises. Day 1 had our Eagles defending an area to prevent the Buccaneer aggressors from attacking targets there. Kudos to the Buc pilots for not only destroying the targets but egressing the range undetected. And to add insult to injury, they tagged our F-15s the night before they were all to return to England by tagging the squadron decal with the 208 squadron logo.

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 will always remember as a child of the 70's and 80's in the Highlands of Scotland waving down at the pilots of Buccaneers if we were even a small way up a hill when they passed

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!

When I was a kid, me and my parents were on holiday in Scotland. Out for a drive one day, two Buccaneers came at our car at really low level. As they got close they waggled their wings. We thought it was a kind of wave at us. I later learned the waggle meant we were being "bombed".

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.

As a young father, I once sat with my family at a picnic table in the mountains above Betws-y-Coed, in Wales, watching a Buccaneer fly by below us. Memorable event.

I remember fishing from the shore on Chesil Beach, Dorset, as a sixteen year-old in the summer of 1966, and being absolutely astonished by a Fleet Air Arm Buccaneer making a low-level pass at about 50 foot height and 200 yards off-shore. An awesome spectcle I'll always remember.

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".

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

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 made an Airfix model of one of these....and fell in love. A friend introduced me to a Buccaneer pilot in the pub. He was so interesting we had a lock-in!

In South Africa, the Buccaneer was to be used in the delivery of a nuclear bomb. I was told there was one on standby at all times to be ready to do the job. My friends dad was a fighter pilot, and I would listen when him and other pilots were talking. Got lots of info from listening to them. The Buccaneer is an amazing aircraft, and how those guys were flying was amazing. We had a fantastic Airforce in South Africa. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

An hour long video on the Buccaneer? Yes please

Thank you for this video! Having grown up in Lower Saxony, Germany I often have seen Buccaneers screaming over my hometown during NATO exercises in the 80´s. When I became a TORNADO WSO myself in the early 90´s with the German Air Force, I was jealous about the capabilities of the Buccaneers. Why didnt´t we have LGB like the BUCC? Surely we carried on with the low level flying at Goose Bay, Canada and Nellis during RED FLAG! Launched many HARMs into Serbia during Allied Force. I am retired now, but GAF TORNADOs still fly into their sunset. To me it is always sad to see, that combat aircraft types are getting retired at their peak of combat effectiveness. BUCC, TORNADO, TOMCAT are best examples… Again, thanks for the in depth dive! I subscribe and will follow your channel.

1979, SA Loot, on top of a hill with some troopies, one passed over my head from behind so close I felt the jet wash, pitched up..wing waved... Was awesome, never forgot it. Much much later I was able to fly a Strikemaster from Thunder City where a few of these were based in the company of Hunters and Lightenings. Seriously impressive machines. Another time, another life, great video

Heard alot from RAF and USAF pilots and navigators about the Buccaneer, no one had a bad word to say. Most were specifically in awe of its low level stability at speed.