Airfix Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B Gulf War (1:72)

Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B Gulf War

Includes:

– Plastic kit

– Cockpit detail including pilot

– Optional undercarriage (up or down position)

– Body panelling detail

– Armament detail

– Rear Parachute Flaps can be modelled open or closed

– Waterslide transfer/decals for the following:

  – (A) Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B, XW533/A, Fiona/Miss Jolly Roger, Operation Granby/Desert Storm, Muharraq Airport, Bahrain, January to March 1991.

  – (B) Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B, XV863/S, Debbie/Sea Witch, Operation Granby/Desert Storm, Muharraq Airport, Bahrain, January to March 1991.

– Kit requires glue and paint to complete NOT included

– 1:72 Scale

Aircraft information and history:

During RAF air operations in the Gulf War of 1991, the effectiveness of Iraqi anti-aircraft defences resulted in Tornado and Jaguar strike missions having to be flown at higher altitudes, thus reducing their effectiveness. 

They needed the support of the RAF’s ageing Blackburn Buccaneer jets with their ‘Pave Spike’ laser designator equipment to deliver ‘smart’ munitions effectively, the only trouble was, these aircraft were back at their home base in Scotland. 

The race was on to prepare and fly twelve Buccaneers in newly applied ‘Desert Camouflage’ and their laser designator equipment to the Persian Gulf and in just a matter of days, the self-titled ‘Sky Pirates’ were on their way.