These walk-around photos were taken at the RAF Museum London in Hendon in 2019. They show a Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B, serial XW547, still wearing its original Gulf War "desert pink" ARTF finish — the only preserved Buccaneer to retain this scheme. The Buccaneer was originally conceived as a low-level carrier-based strike aircraft for the Royal Navy, designed to penetrate Soviet air defences by flying below radar coverage at very high speed. When the Royal Navy's carriers were retired it transferred to the RAF, where it served in the low-level strike role in Germany and later in maritime attack, carrying the Pave Spike laser designator pod that would prove critical during the Gulf War. Built in 1972 and delivered to No. 15 Squadron at RAF Laarbruch in West Germany, XW547 went on to serve with Nos. 12, 208 and 237 OCU, accumulating a long career in low-level strike and maritime attack. In January 1991 it was prepared for Operation Granby, repainted in desert pink, named "The Macallan" and given the nose art "Guinness Girl/Pauline." Based at Muharraq in Bahrain, it flew eleven laser designation sorties in support of Tornado GR.1 attacks, its first mission on 2 February targeting a bridge over the Euphrates. It was retired immediately on return to the UK and has been on display at Hendon since 2003 — the first RAF Gulf War aircraft to be preserved.