Blackburn Buccaneer Aircraft

Buccaneer S.2B, Cosford

Production Details

Design Company:

Blackburn Aircraft Ltd

First Flight:

30 April 1958

Buccaneer pre-production:

20 - Blackburn Aircraft Ltd

Buccaneer S.1:

40 - Blackburn Aircraft Ltd

Buccaneer S.2:

10 - Blackburn Aircraft Ltd 74 - Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd

Buccaneer S.2B:

46 - Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd

Buccaneer S.50:

16 - Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd

Type Specification

Applies to:

Blackburn B-103 Buccaneer S.2

Type:

High speed, low level naval strike aircraft

Wing:

Midwing, thin section cantilever wing without dihedral with 40 degrees sweep. All metal multispar construction, with folding outer wing panels

Fuselage:

All metal semi monocoque fuselage

Tail Unit:

Single large swept fin with tailplane mounted at top.

Landing Gear:

Retractable tricycle undercarriage

Power Plant:

Two 11,100 lb s.t. Rolls-Royce R.B.168-1A Spey turbofan engines mounted on either side of fuselage

Accommodation:

Crew of two in tandem, under a sliding canopy, seated on ejection seats

Armament:

Total warload 16,000 lb. Internal weapons bay can house 4 1,000 lb bombs. Four underwing pylons can carry bombs or anti ship missiles

Span:

44 ft

Length:

63 ft 5 in

Height:

16 ft 3 in

Wing Area:

514.7 sq ft

Empty:

29,980 lb

Loaded:

62,000 lb

Max Speed:

645 mph at sea level

Range:

2,300 miles

Preserved in British Museums

Buccaneer S.1:

XK488 - Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton Airfield - Stored XK532 - Highland Aviation Museum, Inverness - Display XN923 - Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - Display XN957 - Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton Airfield - Display XN962 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Nose XN964 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Showground - Display

Buccaneer S.2:

XN974 - Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Display XN979 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Nose Restoration

Buccaneer S.2B:

XN983 - Fenland and West Norfolk Aviation Museum, West Walton Highway - Nose XT280 - Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Dumfries - Nose XT288 - Museum of Flight, East Fortune - Display XV165 - Farnborough Air Sciences Trust, Farnborough - Nose XV333 - Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton Airfield - Display XV350 - Aeropark, Nottingham East Midlands Airport - Display XV352 - RAF Manston History Museum, Manston - Nose XV361 - Ulster Aviation Heritage, Langford Lodge Airfield - Display XV865 - Imperial War Museum, Duxford Aerodrome - Display XV867 - Highland Aviation Museum, Inverness - Nose XW547 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Display XX894 - Privately owned, Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome - Display XX897 - Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth Airport - Display XX899 - Midland Air Museum, Coventry - Nose XX900 - Cold War Jets, Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome - Taxiable XX901 - Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Display XZ431 - Phoenix Aviation, Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome - Nose

Buccaneer S.2C:

XW544 - Buccaneer Restorations, Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome - Display

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