Page Last Updated: 24/08/2025
The Blackburn Buccaneer has done fairly well after retirement, with several complete airframes in museums, plus some taxiable examples too. A handful of cockpit sections are also preserved, and there were even three flyers in Cape Town, South Africa for a few years.
If you would like to contribute newer images to this page, please get in touch via our email, which can be found on the contact page.
For more information and a more in-depth dive into airframes’ individual histories, visit the Thunder & Lightnings website.
COMPLETE AIRFRAMES
XK488 – NA.39 – Fleet Air Arm Museum
(Stored)
XK532 – S.1 – Inverness
(Stored)
XN923 – S.1 – Gatwick Aviation Museum
Displayed/Under Restoration
XN957 – S.1 – Fleet Air Arm Museum
Displayed
XN964 – S.1 – Newark Air Museum
Displayed
XK526 – S.2 – Binbrook
Displayed
Image taken at RAF Honington
XN974 – S.2 – Yorkshire Air Museum
Displayed & Runner
XV361 – S.2 – Ulster Aviation Society
Displayed
XN981 – S.2B – Errol
Stored/Dismantled
XT288 – S.2B – National Museum of Flight
Stored
XV168 – S.2B – Yorkshire Air Museum
Displayed
XV333 – S.2B – Fleet Air Arm Museum
Displayed
XV350 – S.2B – East Midlands Aeropark
Displayed
XV359 – S.2B – Topsham
Private
XV864 – S.2B – RAF Manston History Museum
Displayed/Under Restoration
Image taken at Manston Fire School
XV865 – S.2B – Imperial War Museum (Duxford)
Displayed
XW530 – S.2B – The Scottish Deer Centre
Displayed
Image taken at Elgin
XW544 – S.2B – TBAG/Cotswold Airport
Taxiable
XW547 – S.2B – RAF Museum London
Displayed
XX885 (G-HHAA) – S.2B – RAF Scampton
Stored
XX889 – S.2B – South Wales Aviation Museum (SWAM)
Displayed
XX894 – S.2B – TBAG/Cotswold Airport
Taxiable
XX897 – S.2B – Atlantic Air Adventures
Displayed
XX900 – S.2B – Tatenhill Airport
Taxiable
XX901 – S.2B – Yorkshire Air Museum
Displayed
ZU-AVI (XW988) – S.2B – Diemerskraal Airfield, South Africa
For Sale/Stored
Image taken at Thunder City/Cape Town International Airport
ZU-BCR (XW987) – S.2B – Port Elizabeth International Airport, South Africa
For Sale/Runner
Image taken in the skies over Cape Town
ZU-NIP (XW986) – S.2B – Stellenbosch, South Africa
Private
Image taken at Thunder City/Cape Town International Airport
XV344 – S.2C – QinetiQ Complex
Gate Guardian
412 – S.50 – Waterkloof
Gate Guardian
414 – S.50 – SAAF Museum Swartkop
Displayed
416 – S.50 – SAAF Museum Ysterplaat
Undergoing Restoration
421 – S.50 – SAAF Museum Swartkop
Undergoing Restoration
422 – S.50 – National Museum of Military History
Displayed
COCKPIT SECTIONS
MDC Test Rig – Unknown – Gravesend
Private
XK533 – S.1 – Stoneykirk Aviation Museum
Displayed
XN928 – S.1 – Gravesend
Private
XN929 – S.1 – Location Unknown
Status Unknown
XN962 – S.1 – RAF Museum Cosford
Displayed
XN967 – S.1 – City of Norwich Aviation Museum
Displayed
Unknown Test Rig – S.2 – South Yorkshire Air Museum, Aeroventure
Displayed
XT277 – S.2A – Welshpool
Private
XT284 – S.2A – Felixstowe
Private
XV163 – S.2A – Stramproy
Private
XN983 – S.2B – Stoneykirk Aviation Museum
Displayed
Image taken at Fenland and West Norfolk Aviation Museum
XT280 – S.2B – Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum
Displayed
XV165 – S.2B – Ashford
Private
Image taken at Bruntingthorpe
XV352 – S.2B – RAF Manston History Museum
Displayed
XV867 – S.2B – Morayvia
Stored/Under Restoration
Image taken at Inverness
XW527 – S.2B – Vigolzone, Italy
Private
XW541 – S.2B – Lavendon
Private
XW550 – S.2B – Cotswold Airport
Displayed
XX888 – S.2B – South Yorkshire Air Museum, AeroVenture
Displayed
XX892 – S.2B – Lincolnshire
Private/Stored
XX893 – S.2B – Luftfahrt und Technik Museum, Germany
Displayed
XX895 – S.2B – Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre
Undergoing Restoration & Displayed
XX899 – S.2B – Newark Air Museum
Displayed
XZ431 – S.2B – South Yorkshire Air Museum, AeroVenture
Displayed
XV337 – S.2C – RAF Laarbruch Museum, Germany
Displayed
XK527 – S.2D – North Wales
Private