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Special Edition – Operation Black Buck 40th Anniversary Coin
This Special Edition coin has been commissioned for release on 2 April, the anniversary of the Falklands Conflict, which led to the only time in their entire service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) that Vulcans dropped a bomb in anger Operation Black Buck.
On the outer ring, 40th ANNIVERSARY FALKLAND ISLANDS and 1982 – 2022 is displayed in white text, with OPERATION BLACK BUCK displayed in the centre of the coin.
The coin measures 50mm (just slightly under 2 inches) in diameter and is supplied in a hard plastic capsule to safely store it away.
On 30 April, Black Buck One began. The target was the main runway at Port Stanley airfield and on the morning of 1 May the code word was signalled, superfuse – a successful attack.
Black Buck Missions 2 to 7 continued through May and into June 1982. The Argentine ground forces surrendered two days after the final Black Buck 7 mission.
Monday 14 June 1982, was the end of the ten-week conflict and the islands returned back to British control.