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Blackburn Buccaneer S Mk 1 ex-736 NAS FAA RN XN954 B3-09-62 Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 0 Written off (damaged beyond repair) off HMS Ark Royal, English Channel, off Plymouth, Devon - United Kingdom Pushback / towing Military HMS Ark Royal, off Plymouth, Devon

Deliberately dropped into the English Channel off HMS Ark Royal during the making of a Royal Navy safety film about the accidental loss of XT269 (031/R) from Ark Royal 15/2/1972 (which see). The safety training film re-staged the accident, and showed what to do to prevent it happening again

Sources:

1. http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/S1_XN954_files/0_S1_XN954.html 2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1974.htm 3. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?88864-Buccaneer-pics&p=1377355 4. https://www.pprune.org/1136815-post117.html ___________________________Related occurence: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=156556

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Culdrose (EGDR)

26 July 1972; (c) Chris England

Photo of XN954 courtesy AirHistory.net

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