Click on the picture on the left to open a PDF copy of an article published in Air Forces Monthly in April 1994, about a typical 208 Squadron training sortie as the Buccaneer entered the last phase of its operational career. This will open in a new window.
Going Bananas
Click on the picture on the right to read an article by Lindsay Peacock that was first published in the 1992 Coastal Command Yearbook, and which describes a 208 Squadron maritime strike/attack training mission in which the author took part. John Tait, Damian D’Lima and Phil Walters play a starring role.
Exercise RED FLAG 1977
3rd August 2022 marked the 45th Anniversary of the first participation in Exercise RED FLAG by any RAF squadron and, of course, 208 was that Squadron. Click on the picture on the left to read an extract from Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork’s book ‘Buccaneer Boys’ in which David Wilby gives his recollections of the deployment.
