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Blackburn Buccaneer
Survivors

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Survivors Listing

The Buccaneer hasn't done too badly in retirement, with a substantial number of complete airframes in preservation, three flying in South Africa, several ground runners in the UK (plus one getting very close to flying) and various nose sections. The airframe, like the Sea Vixen, was built to handle the tough environment of carrier operations, and this stands them in good stead for display purposes, even in the great outdoors - especially if regular maintenance is carried out.

Click on the serial of a survivor entry for further information. Please comment on any individual survivor entry you feel requires an update!
XX900 taxiing at Bruntingthorpe; author

Complete aircraft

SerialMarkOwner & locationUpdated
XK488NA.39Fleet Air Arm Museum (stored), RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset24/10/2008
 
SerialMarkOwner & locationUpdated
XK532S.1Highland Aviation Museum, Inverness, Scotland10/11/2008
XN923S.1Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood, Surrey01/02/2000
XN957S.1Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset24/10/2008
XN964S.1Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Show Ground, Nottinghamshire20/06/2010
 
SerialMarkOwner & locationUpdated
XK526S.2RAF Honington (gate guard), near Thetford, Suffolk01/05/1999
XN974S.2Yorkshire Air Museum (taxiable), Elvington, North Yorkshire10/11/2008
XV361S.2Ulster Aviation Society, Long Kesh (stored), Lisburn, Northern Ireland14/04/2009
 
SerialMarkOwner & locationUpdated
XN981S.2BMorris Leslie (stored, dismantled), Errol, Scotland28/08/2009
XT288S.2BNational Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Lothian, Scotland27/11/2004
XV168S.2BBAe Brough (gate guard), near Hull, East Yorkshire25/10/2008
XV333S.2BFleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset24/10/2008
XV350S.2BEast Midlands Aeropark, East Midlands Airport, Leicestershire28/10/2008
XV359S.2BAndrew Landon, Topsham, Exeter, Devon06/04/2009
XV863S.2BPrivately owned, Weston Aerodrome, Dublin, Eire06/04/2009
XV864S.2BDefence Fire Services Central Training Establishment (crash rescue/fire training), Manston Airfield, Kent06/04/2009
XV865S.2BImperial War Museum, Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire28/10/2008
XW530S.2BIan Aitkenhead, Buccaneer Service Station, on the A941/North edge of Elgin, Grampian, Scotland06/04/2009
XW544S.2BRob Goldstone, Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire23/06/2010
XW547S.2BRAF Museum ('Pauline, Guinness Girl'), Hendon, London28/10/2008
XX885 (G-HHAA)S.2BHawker Hunter Aviation Ltd. (restoration to fly), RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire06/04/2009
XX889S.2BBuccaneer Society, Kemble, Gloucestershire25/10/2008
XX894S.2BGuy Hulme (taxiable), Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire24/06/2010
XX897S.2BQuicksilver Ltd., Bournemouth International Airport, Hurn, Dorset10/11/2008
XX900S.2BBritish Aviation Heritage (taxiable), Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire24/06/2010
XX901S.2BBuccaneer Aircrew Association, Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire04/05/2005
ZU-AVI (ex XW988)S.2BClassic Jets (flyer), Cape Town, South Africa06/04/2009
ZU-BCR (ex XW987)S.2BClassic Jets (flyer), Cape Town, South Africa06/04/2009
ZU-NIP (ex XW986)S.2BIan Pringle (flyer), Classic Jets, Cape Town, South Africa
 
SerialMarkOwner & locationUpdated
XV344S.2CDERA (gate guard in Qinetiq Complex), Farnborough airfield, Hampshire21/07/2003
 
SerialMarkOwner & locationUpdated
412S.50SAAF Waterkloof (gate guard by living quarters), Pretoria, South Africa04/12/2003
414S.50SAAF Museum, SAAF Swartkop, Pretoria, South Africa
416S.50SAAF Museum, SAAF Ysterplaat, Cape Town, South Africa06/04/2009
421S.50SAAF Museum, SAAF Swartkop, Pretoria, South Africa
422S.50National Museum of Military History, Saxonwold, Johannesburg, South Africa

Nose/cockpit/other sections

SerialMarkOwner & locationUpdated
UnknownMDC test rigPrivately owned, Kent02/11/2008
 
SerialMarkOwner & locationUpdated
?S.?ATC, Mitcham, South London
 
SerialMarkOwner & locationUpdated
XK533S.1National Museum of Flight (reserve hangar), East Fortune, Lothian, Scotland10/11/2008
XN928S.1Gary Trigg, Gravesend, Kent10/11/2008
XN967S.1City of Norwich Aviation Museum, Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk24/06/2010
'XN972' (really XN962)S.1RAF Museum Cosford, Shropshire28/10/2008
 
SerialMarkOwner & locationUpdated
N/A (simulator)S.2Flight Simulation Centre, Navenby, Lincolnshire
N/A (test rig)S.22157 Squadron ATC, Croydon, Greater London
XN979S.2Bill Fern, Aeroventure, Lakeside and Leisure Complex, Doncaster, South Yorkshire06/04/2009
 
SerialMarkOwner & locationUpdated
XT277S.2ASue & Roy Jerman, Welshpool, Powys, Wales
XT284S.2AGlenn Cattermole, Felixstowe, Suffolk01/11/2008
XV163S.2AInternational Aircraft Solutions Park, Zeist, Netherlands02/11/2008
 
SerialMarkOwner & locationUpdated
XN983S.2BFenland and West Norfolk Aviation Museum, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
XT280S.2BDumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland10/11/2008
XV165S.2BPrivately owned, Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire30/10/2008
XV352S.2BRAF Manston History Museum, London - Manston Airport, Kent
XV867S.2BHighland Aircraft Museum, Inverness, Scotland06/04/2009
XW527S.2BAlbino Panigari, Italy24/10/2008
XW541S.2BSue & Roy Jerman, Welshpool, Powys, Wales05/2007
XW550S.2BRick Kelley, West Horndon, Essex05/2006
XX888S.2BTim Jones, Barnstaple, Devon06/04/2009
XX892S.2BBlue Sky Experiences, Perth, Scotland06/04/2009
XX893S.2BBrian McLain, Manchester10/11/2008
XX895S.2BMalcom Coe, near Bicester, Oxfordshire30/10/2008
XX899S.2BRobin Phipps, Midlands Air Museum, Coventry Airport, Warwickshire06/04/2009
XZ431S.2BJohn Hoole, Shropshire21/04/2010
 
SerialMarkOwner & locationUpdated
XV337S.2CRAF Laarbruch Museum, Laarbruch-Weeze, Germany06/04/2009
 
SerialMarkOwner & locationUpdated
XK527S.2DPrivately owned, North Wales

Leading Particulars

VariantNA.39S.1S.2S.2AS.2BS.2CS.2DS.50
First flight30 Apr 195823 Jan 196217 May 196311 Feb 19698 Jan 1970?Nov 1967Jan 1965
CrewTwo - pilot and observer/navigator
ArmamentNoneEight 1,000 lb bombs, WE177 tactical nuclear weapon, rocket podsAs S.1 plus an additional four 1,000 lb bombsAs S.2 plus three Martel ARMs, two Bullpup AGMs, four Sea Eagle ASMs, 1,000 lb LGBs, Sidewinder AAMAs S.2 plus four AS.30 AGMs
Powerplant?Two 7,100 lb de Havilland Gyron Junior turbojetsTwo 11,100 lb Rolls Royce Spey RB168-1A Mk 101 turbojetsAs S.2 plus 8,000 lb BS.605 rockets
Max. speed??562 knots (mach 0.85) at sea level, 600 knots at altitude
Service ceiling?40,000 ftNot published but 40,000 ft plus
Range??2,300 miles on a hi-lo-hi attack mission with slipper tanks
Empty weight?30,000 lb
Max. take off weight??62,000 lb
Wing span??44 ft
Wing area?514.7 sq ft
Length?63 ft 5 in
Height?16 ft 3 in16 ft 6 in

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