S.2B XX893 at Portmoak, 11th November 2004; Eoin McDonald	S.2B XX899 at the Midland Air Museum, 2nd December 2004; author

Eoin and John took delivery of the cockpit section of XX893 in mid November 2004, and it is now being stored at Portmoak airfield in Fife. Their plan is to restore it over the next few years, with the objective being to bring 893 up to a good display standard so that it can be placed in a museum or other suitable indoor establishment where the general public can have a look at it. Information current as of 11/11/2004.

Robin Phipps bought the nose section of Buccaneer XX899 and has loaned it to the Midland Air Museum where it is on display. The cockpits appear to be in good shape and Robin retained enough of the fuselage to allow the canopy to be slid open correctly and has kep the nose in good condition throughout its stay at Coventry. Information current as of 15/05/2005.

S.2B XZ431 at Marham (top), 6th April 2002 and Bruntingthorpe (bottom), 1st May 2004; both author	S.2D XK527 at Aberdeen, September 2001; Les Taylor

On retirement XZ431 was flown to Marham for ground instructional and BDRT use but was kept in good condition, and often hangared. As a result she was in pretty good condition for a good while until kept out of doors for several years, which left her corroded and fading. Auctioned off in 2000, she was bought by a collector who planned to transport her to a museum in Belgium - sadly this fell through, as did another plan to display her somewhere in the UK as a memorial to the Buccaneer's chief designer, Roy Boot. She was put up for sale once more and bought by the OFMC to provide spares for XX885, and scrapped once spares recovery was complete. The nose was earmarked for the Belgian collector but once again he's failed to transport her out of the UK so she went to Phoenix Aviation before being bought by her current owner. John intends to mount her on a trailer for use as a travelling exhibit. Information current as of 14/01/2006.

The nose of XK527 was to be found at the Bournemouth Aviation Museum at Bournemouth (Hurn) Airport, on loan from Peter Milton who restored it from a gutted wreck. This particular Buccaneer was used for various trials work until it was finally scrapped. The transition from gutted wreck to the restored exhibit on display was shown in photographs and was most impressive! Put up for sale, it was bought by Mick Long who intended to continue the restoration by building up the currently empty navigator's position, and adding the missing intakes. He did get hold of some bits including intakes but then put the nose up for sale and she moved up to Scotland and new owner Les Taylor in Aberdeen. He mounted her on a specially-designed trailer which holds her 'invisibly' via the nose wheel leg mount. Les had planned to use for fund-raising for special kids, but sadly circumstances now mean he has had to sell her too, and she is now with a new owner who has moved her to Wales!