Buccaneer S.2D XK527 damaged in the air, landed at Holme on Spalding Moor airfield.
On 16th March 1970 this aircraft was being flown on a test flight when it became overstressed owing to turbulence. The pilot was able to land normally at the test airfield at Holme on Spalding Moor and the aircraft was later repaired.
Pilot - Mr John Goodwin Burns.
Buccaneer XK527 was built to Contract 6/ACFT/11790/CB.9 by the Blackburn Aeroplane Company Ltd. and was first test flown on 12th October 1960 from Holme on Spalding Moor.
On 22nd October 1960 it was flown to 'C' Squadron, Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down then on 2nd November 1960 it was flown to Hal Far with the same unit. Between 11th November 1960 and 22nd November 1960 it was used for trials on HMS Ark Royal, then on 29th November 1960 it was flown back to A&AEE at Boscombe Down. In early 1961 it was flown to Blackburns at Holme on Spalding Moor then on 25th March 1961 it went back to A&AEE. On 21st July 1961 it was flown to Blackburns at Holme on Spalding Moor. On 5th April 1962 it was taken to Hawker Siddeley Aviation at Brough by road. It was converted to an S.2(P) variant over the next months and was first test flown from Holme on Spalding Moor on 19th August 1963. On 12th May 1964 it went back to 'C' Squadron, A&AEE. On 28th August 1964 it returned to Hawker Siddeley Aviation at Holme on Spalding Moor. On 11th January 1965 it went to Rolls Royce Ltd. at Hucknall. The following day it returned to Hawker Siddeley Aviation at Holme on Spalding Moor. On 14th June 1965 it went to 'C' Squadron at A&AEE and on 23th July 1965 it was flown to USNAS Pensacola. On 8th August 1965 it returned to A&AEE. On 29th March 1966 it returned to Hawker Siddeley at Holme on Spalding Moor. On 17th June 1966 it went back to A&AEE and returned to Hawker Siddeley on 21st October 1966. Eight days later it went to Hawker Siddeley at Brough for conversion to S.2D status. On 13th November 1967 it was taken by road to Hawker Siddeley at Holme on Spalding Moor then continued to Driffield for the first test flight. In January 1968 it was flown to Hawker Siddeley at Holme on Spalding Moor. On 8th August 1968 it went to A&AEE and returned to Hawker Siddeley at Holme on Spalding Moor on 18th September 1968. On 10th February 1969 it went to Hawker Siddeley at Brough and in June 1969 it returned to Holme on Spalding Moor. On 16th March 1970 it sustained overstressing in the air. Cat.LC damage was the damage assessment and it was repaired. On 29th April 1970 it was flown to 'B' Squadron at A&AEE then returned to Holme on Spalding Moor. On 23rd June 1970 it received a Cat.LQ assessment when it became unstable in flight due to the failure of the auto-stabilizer but the test pilot, Mr.D.G.Headley, was able to make a safe landing at Holme on Spalding Moor. On 16th April 1971 it was flown to A&AEE and returned to Holme on Spalding Moor on 19th May 1971. Over the course of the next twelve years it spent time with the A&AEE at Boscombe Down, NAD/RAE at Bedford and at Holme on Spalding Moor with Hawker Siddeley Aviation (became known as British Aerospace in 1977). On 6th December 1983 it was flown to Scampton for conversion to Ground Instructional Airframe 8818M and on 15th October 1984 it went by road to British Aerospace at Brough where, in 1985, it was then scrapped. In 1988 the nose was saved and sold to Peter Burton at New Milton. In February 1999 this was loaned to Jet Heritage in Bournemouth and in May 2000 it was sold to Mick Long and moved to Fleetlands Museum. In April 2001 it was sold to Les Taylor in Aberdeen and in January 2003 it was sold to a private collector in Wales where the cockpit is believed to still exist.