File:Open nose of Buccaneer S.2B ‘XX901 - N’ “The Flying Mermaid - Kathryn” (50726726013).jpg

Built in 1977 and served with 12 and 208 Squadrons as well as with 237 Operational Conversion Unit (237OCU). In 1983 she took part in the only deployment of Buccaneers to the Falkland Islands and later that year she was one of six deployed to Cyprus to support ‘Operation Pulsator’, the British peacekeeping efforts in Lebanon. During this operation she was one of the pair which carried out a low-level flight over Beirut to intimidate insurgents. In 1991 she flew 14 operational missions in the Gulf War, carrying a laser designator pod which at that time could not be carried by Tornado. Struck off charge in January 1995, she was saved by the Buccaneer Aircrew Association and arrived at Elvington in May 1996. She is preserved in her genuine Gulf War markings. Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire, UK.