List of surviving Blackburn Buccaneers

Main article: Blackburn Buccaneer
S2B XX889 at Kemble Aerodrome in 2009

The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British low-level strike aircraft that served with the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force (RAF) between 1962 and 1994 and the South African Air Force (SAAF) until 1991. Three former Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) aircraft remain airworthy in South Africa and one is being restored to flight status in the United Kingdom.

Ireland

On display

South Africa

Airworthy
On display
A Buccaneer S.50 at the South African Air Force Museum in 2008.

United Kingdom

On display
XN974 at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire in 2007
XV865 at IWM Duxford in 2006, in 208 Sqn. markings
Stored or under restoration

References

Notes

  1. Ellis 2008, page 47
  2. Ellis 2008, page 202
  3. Ellis 2008, page 282
  4. Ellis 2008, page 208
  5. 1 2 3 Ellis 2008, page 192
  6. Ellis 2008, page 171
  7. 1 2 Ellis 2008, page 267
  8. Ellis 2008, page 281
  9. Ellis 2008, page 129
  10. Ellis 2008, page 299
  11. Ellis 2008, page 23
  12. Ellis 2008, page 143
  13. Ellis 2008, page 93
  14. Ellis 2008, page 91
  15. Ellis 2008, page 67
  16. Ellis 2008, page 264
  17. Ellis 2008, page 46
  18. Ellis 2008, page 137
  19. blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk: CAA Approval to Fly! XX885 (G-HHAA) To Return to the Sky
  20. Ellis 2008, page 174

Bibliography

  • Ellis, Ken (2008). Wrecks and Relics. Manchester: Crecy Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85979-134-2. 
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