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On the 3rd of July 1967, 803 squadron was reformed at Lossiemouth as the Buccaneer Headquarters Squadron. Various trials were undertaken and in August 1968 a detachment of 4 aircraft flew out to join HMS Hermes in the Indian Ocean. The squadron, which operated Buccaneer S1 and S2 aircraft, finally disbanded on the 18th of December 1969. |
| Commanding Officers |
Page last updated 10 February 2018 (Recent additions highlighted) |
| Lt/Cdr | MJA | Hornblower | RN | 03 Jul 1967 |
| Lt/Cdr | GB | Hoddinott | RN | 26 Feb 1968 |
| Lt/Cdr | R | Wren | RN | 22 May 1969 |
| 803 Personnel |
| Surname | First Name | Nickname | Rate/Rank | Start | End | Photo | |
| Bailey | John | Bill | AA1(AE) | 1967 | 1968 | Yes | |
| Baxter | Mervyn | Jim | LREM(A) | 1967 | 1968 | Yes | |
| Beech | Ted | . | JNAM(AE) | 1968 | 1969 | Yes | |
| Cassidy | Charles | Cass | AMN1 | 1969 | 1969 | Yes | |
| Cooke | Richard | Cookie | LEM(A) | 1968 | 1969 | Yes | |
| Coppard | Brian | REM(A) | 1967 | 1969 | Yes | ||
| Ewing | Barclay | Jock/Barcs | NAM(AE) | 1968 | 1970 | Yes | |
| Heron | William | A/POEL(A) | 1969 | 1970 | Yes | ||
| Jordon | Carl | Pugwash | NAM(AE) | 1969 | 1969 | Yes | |
| Kemp | Peter | Biscuits / Oz | RELM2 | 1968 | 1969 | Yes | |
| Looker | John | EM(A), A/LEM(A) | 1967 | 1968 | Yes | ||
| McCormick | Ian | Mac | NAM(AE) | 1968 | 1968 | Yes | |
| McDonald | George | Mac/Jock | LAM(AE) | 1968 | 1968 | Yes | |
| McQueen | Robert | Mac | NAM(AE) | 1966 | Yes | ||
| Martin | Ian | Pincher | EM(A) | 1967 | 1968 | Yes | |
| Mitchell | Mike | Mitch | LEM(A) | 1967 | 1968 | Yes | |
| Muir | Alex | Ginge | EM(A) | 1969 | 1969 | Yes | |
| Nunney | Ian | NAM(AE) | 1968 | 1969 | Yes | ||
| Saunderson | William | Sandy | AMN3/AMN2 | 4/1968 | 4/1969 | Yes | |
| Wiltshire | Roger | JNAM(AE) | 1967 | 1970 | Yes | ||
| Wyatt | Raymond | Ray | NAM(O) | 1969 | 1969 | Yes |
