LysanderUK wrote: Any chance this thread can be deleted to save any more embarrassment for us Brits??

I wouldn't fret too much, you Brits produced some true winners. Though as good as the Buccaneer was it was still kind of ugly. Then there is the Gannet which is fugly. But still, British aviation gave us the Spitfire, Mosquito, Camel, Hunter. But there still is that Gannet thing