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History

Robert Blackburn was born on 26 March 1885 in Kirkstall, Leeds, Yorkshire, the son of George Blackburn, works manager for Thomas Green and Sons Ltd, Smithfield Iron Works. He attended Leeds Modern School and graduated in engineering at the University of Leeds in 1906, whereupon he joined his father’s drawing office.

Leaving Thomas Green, Blackburn traveled through Europe, eventually working with a firm of civil engineering consultants in Rouen. The sight of Wilbur Wright flying at Issy in 1908 encouraged Robert Blackburn to leave the company and to devote his life to aeronautics. He took a room in Paris and there designed his first aircraft. With the lay-out complete, he returned to England with hopes of building the machine at the Green premises, but when this was denied and with some financial support from his father, he set up a small workshop in Benson Street, Leeds. In this he was assisted by one of Green’s apprentices, Harry Goodyear.

In April 1909, Blackburn began his trials along the wide stretch of sand between Marske-by-the-Sea and Saltburn on the northeast Yorkshire coast. Painstaking taxying trials continued, but the 35 hp Green gave insufficient power for sustained flight. This first machine was of the ‘Demoiselle’ type, with such weighty items as engine, tanks and pilot, well below the mainplane in order to obtain a low C.G. position, but the disadvantages of such an arrangement were not immediately obvious and on 24 May 1910, the aircraft side slipped, dug in the port wing, writing off the machine.

At Benson Street work began on an entirely new design, this time of the Antoinette type. After construction in Benson Street, it was moved to premises Blackburn rented by the coast at Filey. The machine was first flown at Filey on 8 March 1911 in the hands of Bentfield C. Hucks, who was to become Blackburn’s first test pilot.

Following the success of the second machine, a larger two seat machine, the ‘Mercury’, was designed and the works moved to larger premises in Balm Road, Leeds, which were the former Midland Railway stables. Blackburn, who by now styled himself The Blackburn Aeroplane Company, had also formed the Blackburn Flying School at Filey, initially with Hucks as instructor, eventually moving to Hendon in September 1912 under the management of Harold Blackburn (no relation). Blackburn’s monoplanes gained a good reputation with the school and raised Blackburn’s reputation as one of the eminent designers of the day.

In early 1914, Blackburn became a subcontractor for the manufacture of the B.E.2c and, with the need to move to larger premises, in June formed a limited company, The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co., Ltd., with capital of £20,000 to ‘acquire the business of an aeroplane designer and constructor carried on by R. Blackburn as the Blackburn Aeroplane Co.’ The company moved into a disused roller-skating rink on Roundhay Road, which became the Olympia Works. More government contracts followed for the Sopwith Cuckoo and Baby. Blackburn’s desire to develop his private venture seaplanes led to the acquisition of a site at Brough on the river Humber, and the experimental department moved there in 1916. The same year, the somewhat eccentric designer Harris Booth moved to Blackburn from the Air Department of the Admiralty, where his first project was a heavily-revised version of his AD Scout, the Blackburn Triplane.

In January 1918, the Admiralty issued specification N.1B. In response, Harris Booth designed the Blackburd, a large, three-bay biplane with unswept, unstaggered wings and a slab-sided fuselage, whose simple lines were designed to facilitate rapid production. In 1920, Booth designed an ‘aerial lorry’ to take advantage of the Alula wing designed by the Commercial Aeroplane Wing Syndicate, Ltd.

Meanwhile the air transport firm of North Sea Aerial Navigation Co Ltd. was formed on 23 April 1919 by Robert Blackburn and his brother, Captain Norman William George Blackburn (b. 25 May 1896 in Leeds, Yorkshire, d. 27 January 1966 in Bridlington, Yorks), as a subsidiary of the Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Company with the objective of providing scheduled services from Soldiers Field in Roundhay Park, Blackburn’s flying ground adjacent to the Olympia Works. Although a few flights were operated using demobbed Kangaroos, Rounday proved to be unsuitable and services were moved to Brough in 1920, with Soldiers Field reverting to its’ original use as a public park. The scheduled service proved to be a fruitless endeavor, but the company tried to stay afloat in the lucrative business of joyriding. Even this, however, eventually fell into a slump and, in order to keep the company going, made it responsible for all of Blackburn’s road transport. This was reflected in the change of name to the North Sea Aerial and General Transport Co. Ltd. at the end of 1920. Associated with the venture was Capt. T. A. Gladstone, who had a distinguished war record and was a flying-boat pilot of outstanding ability. In 1924, while on a tour of Central Africa, he was impressed with the possibilities of an air transport service along the Nile between Khartoum and Kisumu, which is in the north-east corner of Victoria Nyanza. About this time Sir Alan Cobham's firm became interested in the idea of an airline from Cairo to the Cape, and after sundry negotiations they joined forces with the Blackburn group, with the result that Cobham-Blackburn Air Lines, Ltd., were registered. The Africa service was however never to take place and towards the end of 1928 Cobham-Blackburn Air Lines, Ltd., entered into an agreement with Imperial Airways, Ltd., with the result that the resources of the two enterprises were amalgamated and a company was formed known as Imperial Airways (South Africa), Ltd., mainly to protect Imperial Airways' interests in South Africa.

The end of hostilities brought for Blackburn, like most of the aviation industry, a sudden loss of work. Luckily the company had become a major supplier of A.G.S. parts and this, along with production of bodies for cars and motor coaches (and even their own Blackburn car) kept the company afloat. The loss of Soldiers Field also left Blackburn without a suitable flying ground in Leeds, requiring all machines to be taken by road to Brough for final erection and test flying. This far from ideal situation was to continue until 1925 when the decision was made to concentrate all of Blackburn’s activities at Brough, closing down the Olympia works. This, however, proved to be a far from easy exercise, the move not being wholly complete until 1932.

Meanwhile, in 1920, Blackburn submitted a private venture submission for a naval torpedo bomber, designed by Major F.A. Bumpus. Frank Arnold Bumpus was born on 20 March 1886 in Loughborough, Leicestershire and trained as a mechanical engineer, gaining his B.Sc. from Imperial College, London in 1910. He received a Temporary Commission in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve with the rank of Lieutenant in April 1915 and was posted as the resident Air Board representative at Leeds during the war. Following the war he stayed on to become chief designer and, in 1919, was made joint managing director with Robert Blackburn. Bumpus had as his assistant the very capable George Edward Petty, who himself became chief designer in 1937 with Bumpus assuming the role of chief engineer.

Bumpus was responsible for all of Blackburn’s landplane designs up to the Nautilus of 1929, after which Petty assumed that role. The one exception was the little Bluebird touring biplane. Jackson [1] gives responsibility for this to A.C. Thornton but in a letter to Flight of 7 August 1931, Bumpus writes “The original design of the Bluebird was actually the work of Mr. G. E. Petty, who not only produced the original layout, but was also responsible for the whole of the aerodynamic design and the structural scheme and main stressing. At this stage the job was handed over to Mr. Thornton for completion of detail design and installation work”.

Although producing successful landplanes, Blackburn was also very interested in marine aircraft. To that end, in 1923 they secured the services of Major John Douglas Rennie (b. 1879) as float and hull designer, a post he held until his resignation in April 1946. From 1915, Rennie had been Chief Technical Officer to Cmdr. John Porte at Felixtowe, responsible for the engineering of the F-type flying boats. Under Rennie’s leadership, Blackburn produced a series of flying boats from the Iris of 1924 to the unsuccessful B.20 of 1940, his final project being the unbuilt Clydesman of 1945.

In 1924, Robert Blackburn was invited to take over the running of the Greek National Aircraft Factory at Old Phaleron, receiving the first of three contracts for this on 1 July 1925. During Blackburn’s thirteen year tenure, 12 Blackburn Velos, 24 Avro 504N and 10 Armstrong Whitworth Atlas aircraft were produced, alongside a considerable amount of reconditioning.

Also in 1924, the North Sea Aerial and General Transport Co. Ltd. was to return to flying with the award of a contract to form an RAF Reserve training school, which was eventually to become No. 4 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School (later No. 4 EFTS) in 1935. A subsidiary company, Flying Training Ltd., was formed that same year to operate No. 5 E & RFTS at Hanworth.

In 1934, following the successful application of the Cirrus Hermes powerplant in the Bluebird, the Cirrus Hermes Engineering Co. Ltd transferred its works from Croydon to Brough, with Robert Blackburn becoming chairman. This, along with contracts to support the governments rearmament programme, created a need for extra manufacturing space leading to both expansion at Brough and the reopening of the Olympia works in Leeds. In order to support even larger contracts, Blackburn consolidated all their interests in a new public company, Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., registered on 2 April 1936.

In a move to support further expansion, Blackburn entered into an agreement with the Scottish shipbuilding firm of William Denny and Bros Ltd of Dumbarton to establish a new factory at Dumbarton on land owned by Denny, which was completed in 1937. This new enterprise was put under the leadership of Major Bumpus, with H.J. Steiger, late of General Aircraft, being taken on to assist him. The same year also saw the complete absorption of Cirrus Hermes Engineering into Blackburn, their product from then on being known as Blackburn Cirrus.

The years leading up to the Second World War were predominantly occupied with production of the Shark and development of the Skua and Botha. By the beginning of hostilities, though, the Shark was somewhat outdated and the others were perhaps less successful than hoped for. However, Blackburn did build many other aircraft under subcontract; Brough produced some 635 Fairey Barracuda, 250 Short Sunderland were built at Dumbarton and in 1940 a new factory was built at Sherburn-in-Elmet which produced 1700 Fairey Swordfish under the management of Norman Blackburn. Norman, a Blackburn director since 1920, was put in full charge of all Blackburn factories in Yorkshire from 1944.

In the immediate post war years, as with the end of World War one, an immediate reduction in military orders ensued. Production of the Firebrand was under way at both Brough and Olympia, and from 1948 Blackburn resources were also used for building 125 Percival Prentice trainers for the RAF. However, none of this could keep the existing facilities busy. Olympia and Sherburn were both closed. Brough undertook a variety of non-aviation related fabrication, while Dumbarton, reconstituted as Blackburn (Dumbarton) Ltd., was kept busy building prefabricated houses. Meanwhile, further south, the General Aircraft Co. Ltd was facing problems of a different nature. GAL were in the process of building the prototype GAL.60 tactical transport. If it were to go into production, not only would larger facilities be required, but GAL’s airfield at Hanworh, being only a grass strip, was ill suited for such a large machine.

As a result, the two companies merged to form Blackburn and General Aircraft Ltd., the company registered on 23 February 1949, GAL’s intellectual property having been transferred to the new company as of 1 January. H.V. Gort, managing director of General Aircraft, Ltd., and Capt. Norman Blackburn became joint managing directors in place of Robert Blackburn and Major Bumpus, with Major Bumpus remaining as managing director of Blackburn Aircraft (Dumbarton), Ltd. F.F. Crocombe, chief designer at GAL was appointed to the same position in the amalgamated company. None of these appointments were to last long, however. H.V. Gort and Norman Blackburn ceased as joint managing directors in August of 1950, being replaced by Major Bumpus as acting managing director, himself replaced by Eric Turner in May of 1951. Crocombe left to join Boulton Paul in 1952, to be replaced as chief designer by Barry P. Laight.

In mid-1953, under doctor’s orders, Robert Blackburn went into semi-retirement in Devonshire, where he died on 10 September 1955. Major Bumpus too had retired, and settled in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, where he died on 6 April 1980.

The next few years saw significant changes in the company, which by 1958 had reverted to being called Blackburn Aircraft Limited again. The lean times of the 1950s were also coming to an end with design of the highly advanced B.103, later to become the Buccaneer, well established. As part of the governments push to rationalise the aircraft industry, in the beginning of 1960 the Hawker Siddeley Group made a successful takeover bid for Blackburn and in May 1963 the company’s name was change to Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Hawker Blackburn Division. This unwieldy name was not to last and from 12 July 1963 the Blackburn name was lost altogether and Brough was just another facility in the Hawker Siddeley Group.

Company References
  1. Blackburn Aircraft since 1909, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1989)
  2. Flight 31 Jul 1914
  3. Flight 7 Aug 1931
  4. Flight 12 Nov 1936
  5. Flight 6 Jan 1949
  6. Flight 4 May 1950
  7. Flight 3 Aug 1950
  8. Flight 11 May 1951
  9. Flight 23 Sep 1955
  10. Flight 11 Dec 1959
  11. Flight 4 Mar 1960
  12. ancestry.com




Blackburn Type Designations top

The Alphabetic Sequence
As with most early pioneers of flight, Robert Blackburn unsurprisingly gave no thought to an organized Type Designation system for his early prototypes. By the introduction of the Mercury monoplanes an Alphabetic sequence was in use, the first known application being the Type B for the 1911 Mercury II. This sequence continued up to the Type L of 1914, although only seven of the possible 12 alphabetic identities have been positively identified. From 1914 to 1918 the various Blackburn designs appear to have received no form of Type Designation.

The Mission Designation System
From 1918, probably inspired by the Sopwith system, a Mission Designation System was instigated, beginning with the Type R.T.1 Kangaroo and ending with the R.B.3A Perth of 1931. Surprisingly, neither the Blackburd nor the Sidecar, both of which were later designs than the Kangaroo, used this system. A full list of the Mission Designations, along with the designs to which they applied, is given in the table below. The Chronology Index Number is given to enable a cross reference between this table and the (approximately) chronologically listed project table given later.
 Type No  Name  Year CIN*  Type No  Name  Year CIN*  Type No  Name  Year CIN*
 Class B.T. Bomber-Torpedo      Class C.Bo. Civil Boat      Class T Torpedo    
 B.T.1  Beagle  1926 42  C.Bo.1    1923 14  T.1  Swift I  1920 2
 Class C.A. Commercial      C.Bo.2    1923 15  T.1A  Swift II, Swift F  1922 5
 C.A.0    1923 8  C.Bo.3    1924 24  T.1B  Swift III  1923 18
 C.A.01    1923 9  C.Bo.4    1924 25  T.??  Swift IV  1923 7
 C.A.02  Unknown  1923 10  Class D.B. Dive Bomber      T.O.1    1923 16
 C.A.03    1923 11  D.B.1  Skua  1935 111  T.2  Dart  1921 3
 C.A.04    1924 27  Class F Fighter      T.3  Velos  1925 36
 C.A.05    1924 28  F.1  Turcock  1926 41  T.4  Cubaroo  1923 21
 C.A.1    1923 12  2F.1  Nautilus  1928 55  T.4A  Cubaroo  1927 49
 C.A.2    1923 13  F.2  Lincock I  1928 65  T.4B  Cubaroo  1927 50
 C.A.3    1924 29  F.2A  Lincock II  1929 69  T.4C  Cubaroo  1927 51
 C.A.4    1924 30  F.2B  Lincock II  1929 70  T.5  Ripon  1925 37
 C.A.5    1924 31  F.2C  Lincock II  1929 71  T.5A  Ripon II  1928 59
 C.A.6    1924 32  F.2D  Lincock III  1930 85  T.5B  Ripon IIA & IIC  1929 75
 C.A.7    1924 33  F.2E  Lincock  1931 90  T.5C  Ripon  1928 62
 C.A.8    1924 34  F.3    1932 98  T.5D  Ripon IIF  1928 63
 C.A.9    1928 56  Class L Light Aeroplane      T.5E  Ripon III  1928 64
 C.A.10    1928 66  L.1  Bluebird  1924 26  T.5F  Ripon  1929 77
 C.A.11    1928 67  L.1A  Bluebird II  1926 39  T.5G  Ripon  1930 87
 C.A.11A    1930 82  L.1B  Bluebird III  1927 53  T.5H  Ripon  1931 88
 C.A.12    1928 68  L.1C  Bluebird IV  1928 58  T.5J  Ripon  1932 96
 C.A.13    1929 72  Class M Mailplane      T.6    1927 46
 C.A.14    1929 73  M.1  Night Mailplane  1923 17  T.7    1927 48
 C.A.15A    1929 78  Class R Reconnaissance      T.7A    1928 60
 C.A.15B    1929 79  R.1  Blackburn I  1921 4  T.7B  3MR4  1928 61
 C.A.15C    1929 80  R.1A  Blackburn II  1924 23  T.8  Baffin  1932 97
 C.A.15D    1932 100  R.2  Airedale  1923 22  T.9  Shark I  1933 107
 C.A.16    1930 83  R.3A  Airedale  1926 40  T.9A  Shark II  1935 110
 C.A.17    1930 84  Class R.B. Reconnaissance Boat      T.9B  Shark III  1936 112
 C.A.18  Segrave I  1931 92  R.B.1  Iris I  1924 35  Class T.C. Troop Carrier    
 C.A.18/1  Segrave Ambulance  1931 93  R.B.1A  Iris II  1926 43  T.C.1    1929 74
 C.A.18A  Segrave High Tourer  1931 94  R.B.1B  Iris III  1927 52  Class T.R. Trainer    
 C.A.19  Segrave III  1933 102  R.B.1C  Iris IV  1926 44  T.R.1  Sprat  1925 38
 C.A.19/1  H.S.T.8  1933 103  R.B.1D  Iris V  1931 89  Unclassified      
 C.A.20  Segrave II  1933 104  R.B.2  Sydney  1927 45    Chilean Type A  1923 6
 C.A.20A  Segrave II  1933 105  R.B.2A    1929 81    10-Seater  1923 19
 C.A.21    1933 106  R.B.3  Iris VI  1932 99    Pellet  1923 20
 C.A.21A  H.S.T.10  1933 108  R.B.3A  Perth  1932 101    Torpedo bomber (M.5/28)  1928 57
 C.A.21B  H.S.B.T.10  1934 109  Class R.T. Reconnaissance Torpedo        Oceanic  1929 76
 Class C.B. Commercial Boat      R.T.1  Kangaroo  1917 1    Mailplane (21/28)  1931 91
 C.B.1    1931 95  Class S Survey            
 C.B.2    1927 54  S.1    1927 47        
 C.B.2F  Nile  1930 86                
*CIN = Chronology Index Number. Note this is not a Blackburn numbering but just an indexing used by this site for convenience.
The B Series
In 1930, the system of Class B Registrations was introduced to enable test flying before the award of a Certificate of Airworthiness. This consisted of a single letter to identify the company, followed by a number. Blackburn were awarded, logically, the letter B and used Class B Registrations B-1 (the C.A.18 Segrave) through B-10 (an engine test bed version of the Bluebird). Thereafter this was adopted as the official Blackburn Type designation System and continued up until the B.130 of 1962. By then the company was part of the Hawker Siddeley Group and, in keeping with the rest of the Groups subsidiaries, changed the prefix from B to P, starting with the P.131. This system was to last beyond the demise of Blackburn as an individual entity and the sequence was retained by the Hawker Siddeley and British Aerospace Brough design offices.

The SBAC System
In 1945 the Society of British Aircraft Constructors introduced a universal designation system and Blackburn adopted this, although erratically and in parallel with its B series rather than replacing it. The company appears to have dropped use of this system by 1958.




Project Data top

The Alphabetic Sequence
Project No Type No Name Alternative Name(s) Year Spec Status Qty Description References
     1909 Monoplane  Heavy Type Monoplane  1909    Pro(n)  1  1S, 1E tractor monoplane  1,2,3,392
     1911 Monoplane  Light Type Monoplane  1911    Proto  1  1S, 1E tractor monoplane  1,2,3,301,395
     Mercury I    1911    Proto  1  2S, 1E tractor monoplane  1,2,,3,393
   A  Unknown (Possibly one of the Mercury aircraft)            
   B  Mercury II    1911    Proto  2  1S, 1E tractor monoplane  1,2,3,394
     Mercury III  (Mercury Passenger Type)  1911    Prdn  6  2S, 1E tractor monoplane  1,2,3
   C  Unknown (Possibly one of the Mercury aircraft)            
   D      1913    ??  ??  1S, 1E monoplane  (1)
   E      1912    Proto  2  1/2S, 1E tractor monoplane  1,2,3
     Military Type E    1912    Proj  0  Projected military dev. of the Type E 2-seater  1,2,3
     1912 Monoplane    1912    Proto  1  1S, 1E tractor monoplane  1,2,3
   F      1913    Proj  0  2S, 1E Hydro-biplane  (1)
   G      1913    ??  ??  1E monoplane  (1)
   H  Unknown              
   I      1913    Prdn  2  2S, 1E tractor monoplane  1,2,3,396
    1913 Hydro-Biplane    1913    Proj  0  2S, 1E Hydro-biplane  1,2
     Improved Type I    1914    Proto  1  2S, 1E tractor monoplane  1,2,3
     1914 Seaplane    1914    Proj  0  2S, 1E tractor seaplane derivative of Type I  (1)
   J  Unknown (Possibly one of the Type I variants)            
   K  Unknown (Possibly one of the Type I variants)            
   L      1914    Proto  1  2S, 1E Hydro-biplane  1,2,3,8,397
    1914 Hydro-Biplane    1914    Proj  0  2S, 1E Hydro-biplane - an enlarged Type L  (1),2
     T.B.  Twin Backburn  1914    Prdn  9  2S, 2E seaplane Zeppelin killer  1,7,8,15,43
     Land Sea Monoplane    1915    Proto   (1)  2S, 1E tractor monoplane; optional wheel/float uc  1,2,8
     White Falcon    1915    Proto  1  1S, 1E tractor monoplane  1,8
     G.P.    1916    Proto  1  3S, 2E General Purpose seaplane  1,7,8,15,59
     S.P.    1916    Proto  1  3S, 2E General Purpose seaplane  1,7,8
     Triplane    1916    Proto  1  1S, 1E pusher triplane scout  1,5,8,13,46
     N.1B    1917  N.1(b)  Pro(n)  1  1S, 1E pusher biplane flying boat  1,5,6,8,13
     Blackburd    1918    Proto  3  1S, 1E shipborne torpedo carrier  1,7,8,15,306,307
     Sidecar    1918    Proto  1  2S, 1E light aircraft  1,41,43

Mission Symbol Type Designations top
CIN*  Type No  Name  Alternative Name(s)  Year  Spec Status  Qty  Description  References
1  R.T.1  Kangaroo    1917    Prdn  23  3S, 2E reconnaissance bomber  1,7,8,9,11,15,30,36,59,303,354,398,820
2  T.1  Swift I    1920    Prdn  8  1S, 1E carrier based torpedo bomber  1,7,9,15
3  T.2  Dart    1921  3/20 (DoR Type 8)  Prdn  120  1S, 1E carrier based torpedo bomber  1,7,9,10,15,340,376,400
4  R.1  Blackburn    1921  3/21 (DoR Type 7A)  Prdn  62  3S, 1E deck-landing reconnaissance biplane  1,10
5  T.1A  Swift II, Swift F    1922   See T.1 Swift I
6    Chilean Type A    1923    Proj  0  2E flying boat  (1)
7  ??  Swift IV    1923    Proj  0  3S, 1E fleet spotter  1
8  C.A.0    BN-8  1923    Proj  0  1E, 8 passenger transport  (1)
9  C.A.01    BN-10  1923    Proj  0  1E, 10 passenger transport  (1)
10  C.A.02      1923    Proj  0  3E Cubaroo transport derivative  (1)
11  C.A.03      1923    Proj  0  3S, 1E land or seaplane transport  (1)
12  C.A.1  Unknown              
13  C.A.2      1923    Proj  0  3E, 8 passenger commercial biplane  (1)
14  C.Bo.1    B.L.6  1923    Proj  0  1E, medium range 6 passenger flying boat  (1)
15  C.Bo.2    B.R.5  1923    Proj  0  1E, medium range 5 passenger flying boat  (1)
16  T.O.1      1923    Proj  0  3S, 1E carrier based torpedo bomber for Sweden  1
17  M.1  Night Mailplane  Swift M.1  1923    Proj  0  1S, 1E mailplane based on the Swift IV  (1)
18  T.1B  Swift III    1923    Proj  0  1S, 1E amphibious torpedo bomber  1
19    10-Seater    1923    Proj  0  1E, 10 passenger airliner based on the Swift IV  1
20    Pellet    1923    Proto  1  1S, 1E racing seaplane  1,45,377
21  T.4  Cubaroo I    1923  16/22 (DoR Type 9)  Proto  2  4S, 1E coastal defence aircraft  1,7,15
22  R.2  Airedale    1923  37/22  Proto  2  3S, 1E deck landing reconnaissance monoplane  1
23  R.1A  Blackburn    1924  11/23 See R.1 Blackburn I
24  C.Bo.3      1924    Proj  0  1E, 6 passenger flying boat  (1)
25  C.Bo.4      1924    Proj  0  3E biplane flying boat  (1)
26  L.1  Bluebird    1924    Prdn  79  2S, 1E touring and training biplane  1,9,29,41,318,321,399,403
27  C.A.04      1924    Proj  0  3E transport studies with 8 to 24 passengers  (1)
28  C.A.05      1924    Proj  0  4S, 1E touring land or seaplane  (1)
29  C.A.3      1924    Proj  0  3E, 14 passenger commercial biplane  (1)
30  C.A.4      1924    Proj  0  3E, 14 long range version of C.A.3  (1)
31  C.A.5      1924    Proj  0  3E, 14 long range version of C.A.3  (1)
32  C.A.6      1924    Proj  0  3E, 8 passenger commercial biplane  (1)
33  C.A.7      1924    Proj  0  1E, 4 passenger biplane  (1)
34  C.A.8      1924    Proj  0  1E, 4 passenger monoplane  (1)
35  R.B.1  Iris I    1924  R.14/24  Prdn  5  5S, 3E reconnaissance flying boat  1,6,11,327
36  T.3  Velos    1925    Prdn  21  2S, 1E torpedo bomber and trainer for Greece  1,7,9,15,40,369
37  T.5  Ripon    1925  21/23  Proto  97  2S, 1E torpedo reconnaissance bomber  1,7,10,15,64,328,334
38  T.R.1  Sprat    1925  5/24  Proto  1  2S, 1E deck landing trainer  1,357,401,816
39  L.1A  Bluebird II    1926   See L.1 Bluebird
40  R.3A  Airedale    1926    Proj  0  3S, 1E deck landing reconnaissance biplane  1
41  F.1  Turcock  Blackcock  1926  F.9/26, N.21/26  Proto  1  1S, 1E fighter  1,5,9,13
42  B.T.1  Beagle    1926  23/25, 24/25  Proto  1  2S, 1E day bomber, recce/torpedo bomber  1,7,15
43  R.B.1A  Iris II    1926   See R.B.1 Iris I
44  R.B.1C  Iris IV    1926   See R.B.1 Iris I
45  R.B.2  Sydney    1927  R.5/27  Proto  1  5S, 3E maritime reconnaissance flying boat  1,6,808
46  T.6    3MR4  1927    Proj  0  Enlarged Ripon for Japan  (1),7,15
47  S.1      1927    Proj  0  1E survey biplane  (1)
48  T.7      1927    Proj  0  Enlarged Ripon for Japan  (1)
49  T.4A  Cubaroo II    1927   See T.4 Cubaroo
50  T.4B  Cubaroo III    1927   See T.4 Cubaroo
51  T.4C  Cubaroo IV    1927   See T.4 Cubaroo
52  R.B.1B  Iris III    1927  R.31/27 See R.B.1 Iris I
53  L.1B  Bluebird III    1927   See L.1 Bluebird
54  C.B.2  Nile    1927    Pro(n)    3E, 14 passenger flying boat  1,30,402,808
55  2F.1  Nautilus    1928  O.22/26  Proto  1  2S, 1E, fleet spotter / interceptor  1,5,13,312
56  C.A.9      1928    Proj  0  1E, 8 passenger commercial biplane  (1)
57        1928  M.5/28  Proj  0  2S, 1E torpedo reconnaissance bomber  (1)
58  L.1C  Bluebird IV    1928   See L.1 Bluebird
59  T.5A  Ripon II    1928  3/28 See T.5 Ripon
60  T.7A      1928    Proj  0  T.7 variant for Spain  (1)
61  T.7B    3MR4  1928    Proto  1  3S, 1E carrier attack bombe  1
62  T.5C  Ripon    1928   See T.5 Ripon
63  T.5D  Ripon IIF    1928   See T.5 Ripon
64  T.5E  Ripon III    1928   See T.5 Ripon
65  F.2  Lincock    1928    Proto  7  1S, 1E light fighter  1,5,9,13,382
66  C.A.10      1928    Proj  0  3E commecial landplane  (1)
67  C.A.11      1928    Proj  0  1E, 4 passenger land or sea monoplane  (1)
68  C.A.12      1928    Proj  0  4E, 23-38 passenger monoplane transport  (1)
69  F.2A  Lincock    1929   See F.2 Lincock
70  F.2B  Lincock    1929   See F.2 Lincock
71  F.2C  Lincock    1929   See F.2 Lincock
72  C.A.13      1929    Proj  0  3E, 10-12 passenger monoplane transport  (1)
73  C.A.14      1929    Proj  0  4E, 17 passenger monoplane transport  (1)
74  T.C.1      1929  C.16/28  Proj  0  3E high wing troop carrier  (1)
75  T.5B  Ripon IIA & IIC    1929  2/29 & 13/31 See T.5 Ripon
76    Oceanic    1929  20/28  Proj  0  6E civil flying boat  386,404,819
77  T.5F  Ripon    1929   See T.5 Ripon
78  C.A.15A      1929    Proj  0  3E, 11 passenger monoplane or biplane transport  1
79  C.A.15B      1929    Proj  0  3E, 9 passenger monoplane or biplane transport  1
80  C.A.15C      1929  6/29  Proto  2  2E, 10 passenger biplane or monoplane airliner  1,30,405
81  R.B.2A      1929    Proj  0  Projected development of R.B.2 Sydney  (1)
82  C.A.11A      1930    Proj  0  6/7 seat variant of C.A.11  (1),807
83  C.A.16      1930    Proj  0  3E, 12 passenger biplane transport  (1)
84  C.A.17      1930    Proj  0  3E, 9 passenger biplane transport  (1)
85  F.2D  Lincock III    1930   See F.2 Lincock
86  C.B.2F  Nile    1930    Proj  0  3E, 14 passenger flying boat  1
87  T.5G  Ripon    1930   See T.5 Ripon
88  T.5H  Ripon    1931   See T.5 Ripon
89  R.B.1D  Iris V    1931   See R.B.1 Iris I
90  F.2E  Lincock III    1931   See F.2 Lincock
91        1931  21/28  Proj  0  2S, 1E mailplane  1
92  C.A.18  Segrave I    1931    See B.1 Segrave
93  C.A.18/1  Segrave Ambulance    1931    Proj  0  Ambulance version of C.A.18  (1)
94  C.A.18A  Segrave High Tourer    1931    Proj  0  High performance version of C.A.18  (1)
95  C.B.1      1931    Proj  0  14-28 pass. flying boat based on the Iris IV  (1)
96  T.5J  Ripon    1932   See T.5 Ripon
97  T.8  Baffin    1932  4/33,   17/34  Prdn  29 (64)  2S, 1E torpedo reconnaissance bomber  1,7,10,15,44,328
98  F.3      1932  F.7/30 (OR.1)  Pro(n)  1  1S, 1E biplane fighter  1,5,13,43,383
99  R.B.3  Iris VI    1932    Proto   (1)  Iris V with 37mm C.O.W. cannon  1
100  C.A.15D      1932    Proj  0  2E, 10 passenger monoplane airliner  143,900
101  R.B.3A  Perth    1932  20/32  Prdn  4  5S, 3E reconnaissance flying boat  1,6,11,327
102  C.A.19  Segrave III    1933    Proj  0  2E, 8 or 12 passenger monoplane transport  1
103  C.A.19/1  H.S.T.8    1933    Proj  0  2E passenger monoplane transport  (1)
104  C.A.20  Segrave II  B.1  1933    See B.1 Segrave
105  C.A.20A  Segrave II    1933    Proj  0  Re-engined version of C.A.20  (1)
106  C.A.21      1933    Proj  0  2/4E, 8 passenger transport/survey monoplane  (1)
107  T.9  Shark I  B.6  1933  S.15/33  See B.6 Shark
108  C.A.21A  H.S.T.10  B.9  1933    See B.9 HST.10
109  C.A.21B  H.S.B.T.10    1934    Proj  0  2E coastal reconnaissance bomber  (1)
110  T.9A  Shark II  B.6  1935  13/35  See B.6 Shark
111  D.B.1  Skua  B.24  1935  O.27/34  See B.24 Skua
112  T.9B  Shark III  B.6  1936  19/36  See B.6 Shark

The 'B' Series Type Designations top
Project No  Type No (1)  Name  Alternative Name(s)  Year  Spec Status  Qty  Description  References
   B.1  Segrave  C.A.18, C.A.20  1930    Prdn  3  4S, 2E touring monoplane  1,9,29,30,351,406
   B.2    Bluebird V  1931    Prdn  43  2S, 1E trainer  1,9,29
   B.3      1931  M.1/30  Proto  2  2S, 1E torpedo reconnaissance bomber  1,7,15
   B.4  Ripon V  T.5J  1932    See T.5 Ripon
   B.5  Ripon V  T.5J  1932    See T.5 Ripon
   B.6  Shark  T.9  1933  S.15/33, S.12/34  Prdn  253  3S, 1E torpedo reconnaissance bomber  1,7,10,12,15,40,49,54,325,366,367,374,384,408
   B.7      1931  G.4/31 (OR.2)  Proto  1  2/3S, 1E general purpose biplane  1,7,15,332,409
   B.8      1934    Proj  0  2S light aircraft  (1)
         1933  R.2/33 (OR.8)  Proj  0  4E long range flying boat  (1)
   B.9  H.S.T.10  C.A.21A  1933    Pro(n)  1  2E, 12 passenger transport  1,30,387,407
         1933    Proj  0  4E High Speed Transport & Air Survey variant of the
 H.S.T.10
 900
     H.S.T.20    1935    Proj  0  2E long range bomber  (1)
     H.B.N.T.10    1935    Proj  0  2E coastal reconnaissance bomber  (1)
   B.10  Bluebird IV      1935    See L.1 Bluebird
   B.11  Sparrowhawk    1936    Proj  0  Details unknown  (1)
   B.12  Not Used              
   B.13  Not Used              
   B.14  Not Used              
   B.15  Not Used              
   B.16  Not Used              
   B.17  Not Used              
   B.18  Not Used              
   B.19  Not Used              
   B.20      1936  R.1/36 (OR.32)  Proto  1  4S, 2E reconnaissance flying boat  1,6,18,20,27,34,48,333,343,353,368,413,812
   B.21      1937  S.24/37 (OR.53)  Proj  0  Torpedo bomber reconnaissance aircraft  18
   B.22      1937  S.30/37  Proj  0  2E fleet spotter recce aircraft based on C.A.21B  (1),18
   B.23  Botha II    1938    Proj  0  4S, 2E reconnaissance torpedo bomber  (1),18
   B.24  Skua    D.B.1  1935  O.27/34, 25/36  Prdn  192  2S, 1E dive bomber  1,5,7,10,13,15,18,32,50,54,65,304,308,316,345,
 372,410
         1935  A.39/34  Proj  0  2S, 1E fleet turret fighter based on B.24  1
         1935  R.12/35 (OR.21)  Proj  0  4E high performance flying boat.  (1)
           M.15/35 (OR.22)  Proj  0  2E shore based torpedo bomber  (9),18
         1935  G.24/35 (OR.25)  Proj  0  2E general purpose recconnaissance landplane  (9),18
       B.B.5  1936    Proj  0  5S, 2E naval amphibian  (1)
   B.25  Roc    1936  O.30/35, O.15/37  Prdn  136  2S, 1E fleet turret fighter  1,55,10,13,14,18,24,32,43,47,49,50,54,65,305,
 316,323,372, 805
   B.26  Botha    1936  10/36 (OR.29)  Prdn  580  4S, 2E reconnaissance torpedo bomber  1,7,11,15,18,33,43,54,313,314,320,322,361,362,
 375
   B.27  Botha II    1936    Proj  0  4S, 2E reconnaissance torpedo bomber    (1)
   B.28      1940  B.3/40 (OR.80)  Proj  0  2E light bomber  18,20,811
   B.29      1939  S.24/37 (OR.53)  Proj  0  1E torpedo bomber reconnaissance aircraft  1,18,817
   B.30      1939  B.1/39  Proj  0  4E bomber  18
   B.31      1939  N.9/39  Proj  0  2S, 1E fleet turret fighter  18,65
   B.32      1939  R.5/39 (OR.69)  Proj  0  Flying boat  18
   B.33      1939  N.8/39  Proj  0  Naval fighter  18,65
   B.34      1939  A.7/39 (OR.70)  Proj  0  Army co-operation aircraft  (1)
   B.35    B.P.1  1938    Proj  0  1S, 1E deck landing amphibian fighter  (1)
   B.36      1938  S.24/37 (OR.53)  Proj  0  1E torpedo bomber reconnaissance aircraft  18
   B.37  Firebrand I & II    1940  N.11/40 (OR.88)  Prdn  223  1S, 1E shipborne fighter / torpedo fighter  1,5,10,13,18,18,18,35,43,47,54,61,63,65,302,
 310,311,317,324,326,344,346,365,371,388,412
   B.38      1940    Proj  0  Amphibian flying boat  (1)
   B.39      1940  R.5/39 (OR.69)  Proj  0  2E long range reconnaissance flying boat  18
   B.40      1940    Proj  0  4S, 2E reconnaissance flying boat  18,20,333,810
   B.41      1940    Proj  0  1S, 1E fighter  (1),18,65
   B.42      1942    Proj  0  B.37 with high lift wing  (1),18,65
   B.43      1942    Proj  0  1S, 1E seaplane fighter  (1),18,65
   B.44      1943  N.2/42 (OR.114)  Proj  0  1S, 1E seaplane fighter  1,18,20,329,333,803
   B.45  Firebrand III    1943  S.8/43 (OR.124)  See B.37 Firebrand
   B.46  Firebrand Mk.4 & 5    1945    See B.37 Firebrand
   B.47      1944  O.5/43 (OR.144)  Proj  0  2S, 1E dive bomber  18
           S.11/43  Proj  0  2E reconnaissance bomber  18
   B.48    Y.A.1, (Firecrest)  1944  S.28/43 (OR.150)  Proto  2  1S, 1E shipborne torpedo fighter  1,5,13,18,20,61,65,300,342,355,800
   B.49  Clydesman    1944    Proj  0  6E 160 passenger large flying boat  1,23,356,380,411,804
   B.49B  Clydesman    1945    Proj  0  Tandem wing version of B.49  23
   B.50      1945    Proj  0  1E jet naval strike aircraft  16,18,65
   B.51      1945    Proj  0  5S, 1E light transport  (1),23
   B.52      1945  T.7/45 (OR.159)  Proj  0  2S, 1E trainer  (1)
   B.53 Torpedo Research    1945    n/a  n/a    n/a
   B.54    Y.A.5, Y.A.7, Y.A.8, Y.B.1  1946  GR.17/45
 (OR.220 & NR/A.9)
 Proto  2  2/3S, 1E torpedo / anti-submarine bomber  1,7,15,17,55,381
   B.55    Y.A.4  1946    Proj  0  24 passenger, 4E airliner  1,23
   B.56  Not Used              
   B.57  Not Used              
   B.58  Not Used              
   B.59  Not Used              
   B.60      1946    Proj  0  2E civil transport  (1),23
   B.61      1946    Proj  0  Naval strike aircraft  (1),17
   B.62    Y.A.6  1946    Proj  0  Projected turbine development of B.48  (1),18
   B.63      1946    Proj  0  High speed transport  (1)
   B.64 Torpedo Research    1946    n/a  n/a    n/a
   B.65      1946  8/46 (OR.222)  Proj  0  20 passenger, 2E airliner  1
   B.66      1946    Proj  0  Transonic delta  17
   B.67      1946  N.40/46
 (OR.246 & NR/A.14)
 Proj  0  Night fighter  16
   B.68      1946    Proj  0  Naval fighter  (1),16
   B.69      1946    Proj  0  64 passenger, 4E airliner  (1)
   B.70      1947  2/47  Proj  0  4E medium range transport  1,23
   B.71      1947    Proj  0  Experimental naval aircraft  (1),16
   B.72      1947    Proj  0  Short range transport  (1),23
   B.73A      1947  5/48  Proj  0  4E, 48-100 pass, double-deck long range transport  23
   B.73B      1947  5/48  Proj  0  4E 40-60 pass single deck long range transport  23
   B.73C      1947  5/48  Proj  0  4E 32 pass long range transport  23
   B.74      1947  N.9/47
 (OR.254 & NR/A.17)
 Proj  0  Naval fighter aircraft  (1),16
   B.75A    Y.A.9  1947    Proj  0  2E, 4/5 passenger feeder-liner  (1),23
   B.75B    Y.A.9  1947    Proj  0  2E, 8/10 passenger feeder-liner  (1),23
   B.76      1948    Proj  0  Commercial freighter  (1),23
   B.77A      1948    Proj  0  4E, 14 passenger light airliner  (1),23
   B.77B      1948    Proj  0  4E, 14 passenger light airliner  (1),23
   B.77C      1948    Proj  0  4E, 12 passenger light airliner  (1),23
   B.78      1948  R.2/48 (OR.231/2)  Proj  0  Reconnaissance flying boat  18
   B.79      1949    Proj  0  Anti-submarine aircraft  (1),(8),17
         1949    Proj  0  1S, 1E & 2E v.g. supersonic research aircraft studies  341
   B.80      1949  T.16/48 (OR.257)  Proj  0  2S, 1E basic trainer  4
   B.81      1949    Proj  0  Naval reconnaissance aircraft  (1)
   B.82      1949  N.14/49 (NR/A.14)  Proj  0  2S, 2E naval night fighter  (1),16
   B.83      1949  M.123D (NR/A.32)  Proj  0  3S, 1E naval recce/anti-submarine aircraft  4,17,331
   B.83A      1949    Proj  0  3S, 1E naval recce/anti-submarine aircraft  (1)
   B.84A      1949  26/49  Proj  0  4E 18/20-seat light airliner  1,4,23
   B.84B      1949  26/49  Proj  0  4E 12/14-seat light airliner  (1),23
   B.84C      1949  26/49  Proj  0  4E 17-seat light airliner  (1),23
         1949  X.30/46 (OR.201)  Proj  0  General purpose glider  31
   B.85      1950    Proj  0  Composite aircraft  (1)
   B.86      1950    Proj  0  Coastal Command aircraft  (1)
   B.87      1950    Proj  0  Training aircraft  (1)
         1950  E.16/49  Proj  0  1S, 1E v.g. supersonic research aircraft  341
   B.88    Y.B.2  1950  GR.17/45 (OR.220)  Proto  1  2/3S, 1E torpedo / anti-submarine bomber  1,7,15,17,28,381
   B.89      1950  N.114T (NR/A.14)  Proj  0  2S, 1E naval fighter  4,16,336
   B.90      1951  ER.110T  Proj  0  1S, 1E v.g. supersonic research aircraft  4,16,16,335,341,801
   B.91      1951  M.123D (NR/A.32)  Proj  0  3S, 1E light general recce/anti-submarine aircraft  17
   B.92      1950    Proj  0  Jet trainer  (1)
   B.92A      1950    Proj  0  1E basic trainer derived from B.92  (1)
   B.92B      1950    Proj  0  2E basic trainer derived from B.92  4
   B.93  Highlander    1951    Proj  0  5S, 2E feeder airliner  1,4,23
   B.94      1951    Proj  0  2S, 1E undercarriageless naval fighter  4,16
   B.95      1951    Proj  0  2S, 1E naval fighter  16
   B.96      1952    Proj  0  Development of Y.B.1  (1),17
   B.97      1952  F.124T (OR.301)  Proj  0  1S rocket powered interceptor fighter  4,16,337
   B.98      1952    Proj  0  Short range transport  (1),23
   B.99      1952  F.124T (OR.301)  Proj  0  Rocket powered naval interceptor fighter  (1),16
   B.100  Universal Freighter  GAL.65  1952  C.3/46 (OR.161)  See B.101 Beverley
   B.101  Beverley    1952  C.3/46 (OR.161)  Prdn  48  4E heavy transport  1,9,11,21,21,21,315,330,349,364,373,389,390,
 391,414,415,416,815
   B.102      1952    Proj  0  Naval all-weather interceptor  16
   B.103  Buccaneer  Y.B.3  1952  M.148T (NR/A.39)  Prdn  209  2S, 2E naval strike aircraft  1,7,10,15,17,25,26,28,38,39,42,51,52,53,57,58,
 60,62,309,319,338,347,350,357,358,359,363,370,
 385,417,420,421,821,822
   B.103A      1957  (GOR.339)  Proj  0  2S, 2E tactical strike aircraft  26,339
   B.104A      1953  (OR.323)  Proj  0  2E turboprop medium range transport  (1),4,23
   B.104B      1953  (OR.323)  Proj  0  4E turboprop version of B.104  (1)
   B.104C      1953  (OR.323)  Proj  0  2E turboprop smaller version of B.104  (1)
   B.105  Baronet    1953    Proj  0  4E, 18-seat light transport  1,4,23
   B.106      1954    Proj  0  4E, 26 seat transport  (1),4,23
         1954  AEW.154 (NR/A.64)  Proj  0  3S, 1E AEW development of B.54  55
   B.107      1956    Proj  0  4E tactical transport - Beverley development  1,4,21,23,360,818
   B.107A      1956    Proj  0  4E tactical transport - Beverley development  1,21,418
   B.107B      1956    Proj  0  4E coomercial development of B.107A  21
   B.108      1957  (GOR.339)  Proj  0  B.103 development for RAF  4,17,26,339
   B.109      1957    Proj  0  B.103 development for Canada  4,16,17
   B.110      1958    Proj  0  2E, 28-seat civil transport  4,23
   B.111      1958  (OR.333)  Proj  0  B.103 development  17
   B.112      1958    Proj  0  B.103 development for C.A.P.  4,16,19
   B.113      1958    Proj  0  B.103 development for Australia  (4),17
         1959  (NA.107T)  Proj  0  3S, 2E carrier borne AEW with dorsal rotodome  55
   B.114      1960    Proj  0  2E, 5-seat jet flap light transport/comms aircraft  21,23,813
   B.115      1960  ER.189D  Proj  0  Jet flap research aircraft  (4),(21)
   B.116      1960    Proj  0  B.103 development for Germany  (4),17
   B.117      1960    Proj  0  B.103 high altitude development  4
   B.118      1960    Proj  0  Vertical rising heavy lift transporter frame  56
 SP.60  B.118A  Helicrane    1960    Proj  0  Heavy lift crane helicopter  22,23,56,419,806
   B.119      1960  (NA.107)  Proj  0  Naval AEW derivative of the B.103  55
   B.120      1960    Proj  0  Light transport and communications aircraft  (4),23
   B.121      1960  C.225 (OR.351)  Proj  0  Tactical freighter  (4),(21)
   B.122      1961  NBMR4  Proj  0  2E STOL freighter  4,23
   B.123      1961  ER.206 (OR.346)  Proj  0  2S, 2E advanced strike aircraft  4,17,315,814
   B.124      1961  NBMR4  Proj  0  B.103 development  (4),17
   B.125      1961    Proj  0  2E STOL freighter  4,21,23
   B.126      1961    Proj  0  B.103 development  (4),17
   B.127      1962    Proj  0  B.103 variable geometry development  (4),17
   B.128      1962    Proj  0  B.103 development  (4),17
   B.129      1962    Proj  0  B.103 supersonic development  (4),16
   B.130      1962    Proj  0  Advanced strike aircraft  (1),17
   P.131      1962    Proj  0  Low level strike aircraft  (1),17
   P.132      1962    Proj  0  B.103 Buccaneer S.1 STOL development  (4),17
   P.133      1962    Proj  0  B.103 Buccaneer S.2 STOL development  (4),17
   P.134      1962    Proj  0  B.103 development  (4),17
   P.135      1962    Proj  0  2S, 2E variable geometry strike aircraft  4,17,309
   P.136      1962    See B.103 Buccaneer
   P.137  Not Used              
   P.138      1962    Proj  0  Counter insurgency strike aircraft  (4),16,17

Notes
  1. 'B' or 'P' prefix: some sources show all projects following the B.103 as being prefixed 'P'. Both Boot [4] Buttler [8] states that the change from B to P occurred with the integration of Blackburn into Hawker Siddeley. This occurred 1962, although the Blackburn name was retained until they became fully integrated into Hawker Siddeley in July 1963.

Integrated into the Hawker Siddeley Aviation numbering system from July 12, 1963

The SBAC System
Project No Type No Name Alternative Name(s) Year Spec Status Qty Description References
   Y.A.1      1947  S.28/43 See B.48
   Y.A.2  Unknown              
   Y.A.3  Unknown              
   Y.A.4      1946   See B.55
   Y.A.5      1948   See B.54
   Y.A.6      1946   See B.62
   Y.A.7         See B.54
   Y.A.8         See B.54
   Y.A.9      1947   See B.75
   Y.B.1      1950  GR.17/45 See B.88
   Y.B.2      1950  E.6/48 See  Handley Page H.P.88
   Y.B.3      1958  N.A.39  See B.103 Buccaneer

Project References                    To show project references in a floating window

Project References      

1        Blackburn Aircraft since 1909, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1989)

2        British Aircraft Before The Great War, Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)

3        British Aircraft 1809-1914, Peter Lewis (Putnam, 1962)

4        From Spitfire to Eurofighter: 45 Years of Combat Aircraft Design, Roy Boot (Airlife, 1990)

5        The British Fighter since 1912, Peter Lewis (Putnam, 1965)

6        British Flying Boats and Amphibians 1909-1952, G.R. Duval (Putnam, 1966)

7        The British Bomber since 1914, Peter Lewis (Putnam, 1967)

8        British Aeroplanes, 1914-1918, J.M. Bruce (Putnam, 1969)

9        British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 2nd Ed., 1973)

10      British Naval Aircraft since 1912, Owen Thetford (Putnam, 1978)

11      Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918, Owen Thetford (Putnam, 1979)

12      Canadian Aircraft since 1909, K.M. Molson and H.A Taylor (Putnam, 1982)

13      The British Fighter Since 1912, Francis K. Mason (Putnam, 1992)

14      Boulton Paul Aircraft since 1915, Alec Brew (Putnam, 1993)

15      The British Bomber Since 1914, Francis K. Mason (Putnam, 1994)

16      British Secret Projects: Jet Fighters since 1950, Tony Buttler (Crecy, 2nd Ed. 2017)

17      British Secret Projects: Jet Bombers since 1949, Tony Buttler (Midland, 2003)

18      British Secret Projects: Fighters and Bombers 1935-1950, Tony Buttler (Midland, 2004)

19      British Secret Projects: Hypersonics, Ramjets and Missiles, Chris Gibson and Tony Buttler (Midland, 2007)

20      British Experimental Combat Aircraft of World War II, Tony Buttler (Hikoki, 2012)

21      On Atlas' Shoulders, Chris Gibson (Hikoki Publications, 2016)

22      Project Cancelled, Derek Wood (Janes, 2nd Ed., 1986)

23      Stuck on the Drawing Board, Richard Payne (Tempus, 2004)

24      Turret Fighters, Alec Brew (The Crowood Press,2002)

25      Blackburn Buccaneer, Kev Darling (The Crowood Press, 2006)

26      BAC TSR2 - Britains Lost Bomber, Damien Burke (The Crowood Press, 2010)

27      British Research and Development Aircraft, Ray Sturtivant (Haynes, 1990)

28      Combat Aircraft Prototypes since 1945, Robert Jackson (Airlife, 1985)

29      British Light Aeroplanes 1920-1940, Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume (GMS Enterprises, 2000)

30      British Commercial Aircraft 1920-1940, Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume (GMS Enterprises, 2003)

31      British Aircraft Specifications File, K.J. Meekcoms and E.B. Morgan (Air-Britain Publications, 1994)

32      Aircraft of the Fighting Powers, Vol.I, H.J. Cooper and O.G. Thetford (Harborough, 1940)

33      Aircraft of the Fighting Powers, Vol.II, H.J. Cooper and O.G. Thetford (Harborough, 1941)

34      Aircraft of the Fighting Powers Vol.VI, C.B. Maycock and O.G. Thetford (Harborough, 1945)

35      Aircraft of the Fighting Powers Vol.VII, E.J. Riding and O.G. Thetford (Harborough, 1946)

36      Reconnaissance and Bomber Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War, W.M. Lamberton (Harleyford, 1962)

37      RAF Bomber Command 1936-1940, James Gouding and Philip Moyes (Ian Allan, 1975)

38      Modern Combat Aircraft #7 - Buccaneer, Maurice Allward (Ian Allan, 1981)

39      Ian Allan Aircraft Special - RAF Buccaneer, Peter R Foster (Ian Allan, 1987)

40      Spanish and Portuguese Military Aviation, John M. Andrade (Midland Counties Publications, 1977)

41      Ultralights, The Early British Classics, Richard Riding (Patrick Stephens, 1987)

42      Buccaneer, Tim Laming (Patric Stehens Ltd, 1998)

43      Back To The Drawing Board, Bill Gunston (Airlife 1996)

44      Aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, David Duxbury, Ross Ewing and Ross Macpherson (Heinemann, 1987)

45      Schneider Trophy Seaplanes and Flying Boats, Ralph Pegram (Fonthill, 2012)

46      Warplanes of the First World War: Fighters Vol.1, J.M. Bruce (McDonald, 1965)

47      Warplanes of the Second World War: Fighters Vol.2, William Green (McDonald, 1961)

48      Warplanes of the Second World War: Flying Boats Vol.5, William Green (McDonald, 1962)

49      Warplanes of the Second World War: Floatplanes Vol.6, William Green (McDonald, 1962)

50      An Illustrated Guide to Allied Fighters of World War II, Bill Gunston (Salamander, 1981)

51      An Illustrated Guide to NATO Fighters and Attack Aircraft, Bill Gunston (Salamander, 1983)

52      Modern Air Combat, Bill Gunston & Mike Spick (Salamander, 1983)

53      An Illustrated Guide to Modern Attack Aircraft, Mike Spick (Salamander, 1987)

54      The Hamlyn Concise Guide to British Aircraft Of The WWII, David Mondey (Hamlyn, 1982)

55      Project Tech Profile 02 - The Admiralty and AEW, Chris Gibson (Blue Envoy Press, 2011)

56      Project Tech Profile 06 - The Air Staff and the Helicopter, Chris Gibson (Blue Envoy Press, 2017)

57      Aeroguide #5 - Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S Mk.2, (Linewrights Ltd, UK)

58      Aeroguide #30 - Blackburn Buccaneer S Mks 1 & 2, (Ad Hoc Publications Ltd, UK)

59      Windsock Datafile #137 - Blackburn Kangaroo, (Albatros Productions Ltd, 2009)

60      Wings Of Fame No 14

61      Wings Of Fame No 17

62      Warpaint Series 2 #2 - Blackburn Buccaneer, Paul Jackson & Peter Foster (Alan W. Hall (Publications) Ltd, UK, 1996)

63      Warpaint Series 2 #56 - Blackburn Firebrand, Tony Buttler (Warpaint Books Ltd, 2006)

64      Aircraft Special #6073 - Finnish Air Force 1939-45, Kalevi Keskinen (Squadron/Signal Publishing, 1998)

65      British Secret Projects 3: Fighters 1935-1950,  Tony Buttler (Crecy, 2018)

300    Aeroplane Monthly Aug 1976

301    Aeroplane Monthly Apr 1977

302    Aeroplane Monthly May 1978

303    Aeroplane Monthly Aug 1979

304    Aeroplane Monthly Feb 1990

305    Aeroplane Monthly Mar 1990

306    Aeroplane Monthly Nov 1991

307    Aeroplane Monthly Dec 1991

308    Aeroplane Monthly Feb 1995

309    Aeroplane Monthly Mar 1995

310    Aeroplane Monthly Apr 1996

311    Aeroplane Monthly May 1996

312    Aeroplane Monthly May 1997

313    Aeroplane Monthly Jan 1999

314    Aeroplane Monthly Feb 1999

315    Aeroplane Monthly Nov 2001

316    Aeroplane Monthly Dec 2007

317    Aeroplane Monthly Sep 2011

318    Aeroplane Monthly Dec 2011

319    Aeroplane Monthly Apr 2012

320    Aeroplane Monthly Feb 2013

321    Aeroplane Monthly Jul 2016

322    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1975/4 (Air-Britain Publications)

323    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1982/1 (Air-Britain Publications)

324    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1987/2 (Air-Britain Publications)

325    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1992/2 (Air-Britain Publications)

326    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1994/3 (Air-Britain Publications)

327    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1994/4 (Air-Britain Publications)

328    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1995/1 (Air-Britain Publications)

329    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2000/3 (Air-Britain Publications)

330    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2002/2 (Air-Britain Publications)

331    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2002/3 (Air-Britain Publications)

332    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2003/3 (Air-Britain Publications)

333    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2007/2 (Air-Britain Publications)

334    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2010/3 (Air-Britain Publications)

335    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2012/1 (Air-Britain Publications)

336    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2012/2 (Air-Britain Publications)

337    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2012/3 (Air-Britain Publications)

338    Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2014/1 (Air-Britain Publications)

339    Air Enthusiast Quarterly No 59

340    Air Enthusiast Quarterly No 63

341    Air Enthusiast Quarterly No 69

342    Air Enthusiast Quarterly No 82

343    Air Enthusiast Quarterly No 124

344    Air Enthusiast Quarterly No 129

345    Air International Nov 1977

346    Air International Jul 1978

347    Air International Aug 1982

348    Air International Nov 1983

349    Air International Nov 1991

350    Air International Mar 1994

351    Air Pictorial Feb 1955

352    Air Pictorial Jun 1957

353    Air Pictorial Aug 1957

354    Air Pictorial Dec 1961

355    Air Pictorial Nov 1978

356    Air Pictorial Mar 1982

357    Air Pictorial Oct 1985

358    Air Pictorial Jan 1986

359    Air Pictorial Feb 1986

360    Air Pictorial Jun 1986

361    Air Pictorial Aug 1988

362    Air Pictorial Sep 1988

363    Aircraft Engineering Sep 1965

364    Aircraft Illustrated Jan 1972

365    Aircraft Illustrated May 1972

366    Aircraft Illustrated Oct 1973

367    Aircraft Illustrated Nov 1973

368    Aircraft Illustrated Feb 1974

369    Aviation Historian No 7

370    Aviation News Vol 6 No 4

371    Aviation News Vol 6 No 25

372    Aviation News Vol 7 No 16

373    Aviation News Vol 7 No 25

374    Aviation News Vol 10 No 19

375    Aviation News Vol 11 No 25

376    Aviation News Vol 15 No 1

377    Aviation News Vol 18 No 19

378    Aviation News Nov 2013

379    Aviation News Oct 2013

380    Aviation Week 1 Jun 1945

381    The British Roundel May 1998

382    Insignia No 11

383    21st Profile No 10

384    21st Profile No 14

385    Planes No 2

386    The Aeroplane 28 Jan 1931

387    The Aeroplane 06 May 1936

388    The Aeroplane 28 Sep 1945

389    The Aeroplane 24 Mar 1950

390    The Aeroplane 07 Jul 1950

391    The Aeroplane 23 Nov 1951

392    Flight 13 Aug 1910

393    Flight 5 Aug 1911

394    Flight 16 Nov 1912

395    Flight 5 Apr 1913

396    Flight 27 Dec 1913

397    Flight 25 Sep 1914

398    Flight 13 Nov 1919

399    Flight 25 Sep 1924

400    Flight 7 May 1925

401    Flight 27 May 1926

402    Flight 11 Oct 1928

403    Flight 17 Jan 1929

404    Flight 15 May 1931

405    Flight 27 Oct 1932

406    Flight 8 Aug 1934

407    Flight 29 Nov 1934

408    Flight 13 Dec 1934

409    Flight 2 May 1935

410    Flight 10 Aug 1939

411    Flight 12 April 1945

412    Flight 27 Sep 1945

413    Flight 18 April 1946

414    Flight 11 Jul 1952

415    Flight 22 Aug 1952

416    Flight 4 Feb 1955

417    Flight 9 May 1958

418    Flight 29 Aug 1958

419    Flight 8 Jul 1960

420    Flight 4 Apr 1963

421    Flight 25 Jul 1968

800     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,876.0.html

801     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1443.0.html

802     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1625.0.html

803     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,2276.0.html

804     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3313.0.html

805     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3537.0.html

806     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,4424.0.html

807     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5005.0.html

808     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5028.0.html

809     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5028.0.html

810     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5809.0.html

811     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,7839.0.html

812     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,8035.0.html

813     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,11395.0.html

814     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14052.0.html

815     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14056.0.html

816     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,17466.0.html

817     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,17502.0.html

818     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,20958.0.html

819     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,22486.0.html

820     https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,23806.0.html

821     http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/buccaneer/history.php

822     http://www.airvectors.net/avbucc.html

900    RAeC Files via Ralph Pegram

Books & Booklets
  
1.Blackburn Aircraft since 1909, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1989)
2.British Aircraft Before The Great War, Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
3.British Aircraft 1809-1914, Peter Lewis (Putnam, 1962)
4.From Spitfire to Eurofighter: 45 Years of Combat Aircraft Design, Roy Boot (Airlife, 1990)
5.The British Fighter since 1912, Peter Lewis (Putnam, 1965)
6.British Flying Boats and Amphibians 1909-1952, G.R. Duval (Putnam, 1966)
7.The British Bomber since 1914, Peter Lewis (Putnam, 1967)
8.British Aeroplanes, 1914-1918, J.M. Bruce (Putnam, 1969)
9.British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 2nd Ed., 1973)
10.British Naval Aircraft since 1912, Owen Thetford (Putnam, 1978)
11.Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918, Owen Thetford (Putnam, 1979)
12.Canadian Aircraft since 1909, K.M. Molson and H.A Taylor (Putnam, 1982)
13.The British Fighter Since 1912, Francis K. Mason (Putnam, 1992)
14.Boulton Paul Aircraft since 1915, Alec Brew (Putnam, 1993)
15.The British Bomber Since 1914, Francis K. Mason (Putnam, 1994)
16.British Secret Projects: Jet Fighters since 1950, Tony Buttler (Crecy, 2nd Ed. 2017)
17.British Secret Projects: Jet Bombers since 1949, Tony Buttler (Midland, 2003)
18.British Secret Projects: Fighters and Bombers 1935-1950, Tony Buttler (Midland, 2004)
19.British Secret Projects: Hypersonics, Ramjets and Missiles, Chris Gibson and Tony Buttler (Midland, 2007)
20.British Experimental Combat Aircraft of World War II, Tony Buttler (Hikoki, 2012)
21.On Atlas' Shoulders, Chris Gibson (Hikoki Publications, 2016)
22.Project Cancelled, Derek Wood (Janes, 2nd Ed., 1986)
23.Stuck on the Drawing Board, Richard Payne (Tempus, 2004)
24.Turret Fighters, Alec Brew (The Crowood Press,2002)
25.Blackburn Buccaneer, Kev Darling (The Crowood Press, 2006)
26.BAC TSR2 - Britains Lost Bomber, Damien Burke (The Crowood Press, 2010)
27.British Research and Development Aircraft, Ray Sturtivant (Haynes, 1990)
28.Combat Aircraft Prototypes since 1945, Robert Jackson (Airlife, 1985)
29.British Light Aeroplanes 1920-1940, Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume (GMS Enterprises, 2000)
30.British Commercial Aircraft 1920-1940, Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume (GMS Enterprises, 2003)
31.British Aircraft Specifications File, K.J. Meekcoms and E.B. Morgan (Air-Britain Publications, 1994)
32.Aircraft of the Fighting Powers Vol.I, H.J. Cooper and O.G. Thetford (Harborough, 1940)
33.Aircraft of the Fighting Powers Vol.II, H.J. Cooper and O.G. Thetford (Harborough, 1941)
34.Aircraft of the Fighting Powers Vol.VI, C.B. Maycock and O.G. Thetford (Harborough, 1945)
35.Aircraft of the Fighting Powers Vol.VII, E.J. Riding and O.G. Thetford (Harborough, 1946)
36.Reconnaissance and Bomber Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War, W.M. Lamberton (Harleyford, 1962)
37.RAF Bomber Command 1936-1940, James Gouding and Philip Moyes (Ian Allan, 1975)
38.Modern Combat Aircraft #7 - Buccaneer, Maurice Allward (Ian Allan, 1981)
39.Ian Allan Aircraft Special - RAF Buccaneer, Peter R Foster (Ian Allan, 1987)
40.Spanish and Portuguese Military Aviation, John M. Andrade (Midland Counties Publications, 1977)
41.Ultralights, The Early British Classics, Richard Riding (Patrick Stephens, 1987)
42.Buccaneer, Tim Laming (Patric Stehens Ltd, 1998)
43.Back To The Drawing Board, Bill Gunston (Airlife 1996)
44.Aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, David Duxbury, Ross Ewing and Ross Macpherson (Heinemann, 1987)
45.Schneider Trophy Seaplanes and Flying Boats, Ralph Pegram (Fonthill, 2012)
46.Warplanes of the First World War: Fighters Vol.1, J.M. Bruce (McDonald, 1965)
47.Warplanes of the Second World War: Fighters Vol.2, William Green (McDonald, 1961)
48.Warplanes of the Second World War: Flying Boats Vol.5, William Green (McDonald, 1962)
49.Warplanes of the Second World War: Floatplanes Vol.6, William Green (McDonald, 1962)
50.An Illustrated Guide to Allied Fighters of World War II, Bill Gunston (Salamander, 1981)
51.An Illustrated Guide to NATO Fighters and Attack Aircraft, Bill Gunston (Salamander, 1983)
52.Modern Air Combat, Bill Gunston & Mike Spick (Salamander, 1983)
53.An Illustrated Guide to Modern Attack Aircraft, Mike Spick (Salamander, 1987)
54.The Hamlyn Concise Guide to British Aircraft Of The WWII, David Mondey (Hamlyn, 1982)
55.Project Tech Profile 02 - The Admiralty and AEW, Chris Gibson (Blue Envoy Press, 2011)
56.Project Tech Profile 06 - The Air Staff and the Helicopter, Chris Gibson (Blue Envoy Press, 2017)
57.Aeroguide #5 - Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S Mk.2 (Linewrights Ltd UK)
58.Aeroguide #30 - Blackburn Buccaneer S Mks 1 & 2 (Ad Hoc Publications Ltd UK)
59.Windsock Datafile #137 - Blackburn Kangaroo (Albatros Productions Ltd 2009)
60.Wings Of Fame No 14
61.Wings Of Fame No 17
62.Warpaint Series 2 #2 - Blackburn Buccaneer, Paul Jackson & Peter Foster (Alan W. Hall (Publications) Ltd, UK, 1996)
63.Warpaint Series 2 #56 - Blackburn Firebrand, Tony Buttler (Warpaint Books Ltd, 2006)
64.Aircraft Special #6073 - Finnish Air Force 1939-45, Kalevi Keskinen (Squadron/Signal Publishing, 1998)
65.British Secret Projects 3: Fighters 1935-1950,  Tony Buttler (Crecy, 2018)
Magazines and Periodicals
 
300.Aeroplane Monthly Aug 1976400.Flight 7 May 1925
301.Aeroplane Monthly Apr 1977401.Flight 27 May 1926
302.Aeroplane Monthly May 1978402.Flight 11 Oct 1928
303.Aeroplane Monthly Aug 1979403.Flight 17 Jan 1929
304.Aeroplane Monthly Feb 1990404.Flight 15 May 1931
305.Aeroplane Monthly Mar 1990405.Flight 27 Oct 1932
306.Aeroplane Monthly Nov 1991406.Flight 8 Aug 1934
307.Aeroplane Monthly Dec 1991407.Flight 29 Nov 1934
308.Aeroplane Monthly Feb 1995408.Flight 13 Dec 1934
309.Aeroplane Monthly Mar 1995409.Flight 2 May 1935
310.Aeroplane Monthly Apr 1996410.Flight 10 Aug 1939
311.Aeroplane Monthly May 1996411.Flight 12 April 1945
312.Aeroplane Monthly May 1997412.Flight 27 Sep 1945
313.Aeroplane Monthly Jan 1999413.Flight 18 April 1946
314.Aeroplane Monthly Feb 1999414.Flight 11 Jul 1952
315.Aeroplane Monthly Nov 2001415.Flight 22 Aug 1952
316.Aeroplane Monthly Dec 2007416.Flight 4 Feb 1955
317.Aeroplane Monthly Sep 2011417.Flight 9 May 1958
318.Aeroplane Monthly Dec 2011418.Flight 29 Aug 1958
319.Aeroplane Monthly Apr 2012419.Flight 8 Jul 1960
320.Aeroplane Monthly Feb 2013420.Flight 4 Apr 1963
321.Aeroplane Monthly Jul 2016421.Flight 25 Jul 1968
322.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1975/4 (Air-Britain Publications)
323.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1982/1 (Air-Britain Publications)
324.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1987/2 (Air-Britain Publications)
325.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1992/2 (Air-Britain Publications)
326.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1994/3 (Air-Britain Publications)
327.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1994/4 (Air-Britain Publications)
328.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1995/1 (Air-Britain Publications)
329.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2000/3 (Air-Britain Publications)
330.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2002/2 (Air-Britain Publications)
331.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2002/3 (Air-Britain Publications)
332.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2003/3 (Air-Britain Publications)
333.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2007/2 (Air-Britain Publications)
334.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2010/3 (Air-Britain Publications)
335.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2012/1 (Air-Britain Publications)
336.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2012/2 (Air-Britain Publications)
337.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2012/3 (Air-Britain Publications)
338.Air Britain Aeromilitaria 2014/1 (Air-Britain Publications)
339.Air Enthusiast Quarterly No 59
340.Air Enthusiast Quarterly No 63
341.Air Enthusiast Quarterly No 69
342.Air Enthusiast Quarterly No 82
343.Air Enthusiast Quarterly No 124
344.Air Enthusiast Quarterly No 129
345.Air International Nov 1977
346.Air International Jul 1978
347.Air International Aug 1982
348.Air International Nov 1983
349.Air International Nov 1991
350.Air International Mar 1994
351.Air Pictorial Feb 1955
352.Air Pictorial Jun 1957
353.Air Pictorial Aug 1957
354.Air Pictorial Dec 1961
355.Air Pictorial Nov 1978
356.Air Pictorial Mar 1982
357.Air Pictorial Oct 1985
358.Air Pictorial Jan 1986
359.Air Pictorial Feb 1986
360.Air Pictorial Jun 1986
361.Air Pictorial Aug 1988
362.Air Pictorial Sep 1988
363.Aircraft Engineering Sep 1965
364.Aircraft Illustrated Jan 1972
365.Aircraft Illustrated May 1972
366.Aircraft Illustrated Oct 1973
367.Aircraft Illustrated Nov 1973
368.Aircraft Illustrated Feb 1974
369.Aviation Historian No 7
370.Aviation News Vol 6 No 4
371.Aviation News Vol 6 No 25
372.Aviation News Vol 7 No 16
373.Aviation News Vol 7 No 25
374.Aviation News Vol 10 No 19
375.Aviation News Vol 11 No 25
376.Aviation News Vol 15 No 1
377.Aviation News Vol 18 No 19
378.Aviation News Nov 2013
379.Aviation News Oct 2013
380.Aviation Week 1 Jun 1945
381.The British Roundel May 1998
382.Insignia No 11
383.21st Profile No 10
384.21st Profile No 14
385.Planes No 2
386.The Aeroplane 28 Jan 1931
387.The Aeroplane 06 May 1936
388.The Aeroplane 28 Sep 1945
389.The Aeroplane 24 Mar 1950
390.The Aeroplane 07 Jul 1950
391.The Aeroplane 23 Nov 1951
392.Flight 13 Aug 1910
393.Flight 5 Aug 1911
394.Flight 16 Nov 1912
395.Flight 5 Apr 1913
396.Flight 27 Dec 1913
397.Flight 25 Sep 1914
398.Flight 13 Nov 1919
399.Flight 25 Sep 1924

Websites
  
800. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,876.0.html
801. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1443.0.html
802. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1625.0.html
803. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,2276.0.html
804. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3313.0.html
805. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3537.0.html
806. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,4424.0.html
807. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5005.0.html
808. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5028.0.html
809. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5028.0.html
810. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5809.0.html
811. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,7839.0.html
812. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,8035.0.html
813. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,11395.0.html
814. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14052.0.html
815. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14056.0.html
816. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,17466.0.html
817. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,17502.0.html
818. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,20958.0.html
819. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,22486.0.html
820. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,23806.0.html
821. http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/buccaneer/history.php
822. http://www.airvectors.net/avbucc.html

Papers & Brochures
  
900.RAeC Files via Ralph Pegram




Production Summary top
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Note: In the Production Summary, conversions are only listed where they result in a change from one Type to another. Changes to sub-type or Mark Number are not shown in the summary. For details of these, see the individual listings.
Blackburn Works Orders
Blackburn used a series of Works Order Numbers to identify individual airframes. For consistency across this site, the term 'C/n' is used in the following linked production details.

Type No

Name

Qty (New)

Qty (Conv.)

Canc'd

Type No

Name

Qty (New)

Qty (Conv.)

Canc'd

  1909 Monoplane

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg 2F.1 Nautilus

1

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  1910 Monoplane

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg T.7B 

1

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   Mercury I

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg R.B.2 Sydney

1

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   Mercury II

2

  Prdn_List_5.jpg C.B.2 Nile

 

 
1
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   Mercury III

6

  Prdn_List_5.jpg C.A.15C 

2

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  Type E

2

  Prdn_List_5.jpg T.8 Baffin

29

(64)

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  1912 Monoplane

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg R.B.3 Iris VI 

(1)

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 Type I 

2

  Prdn_List_5.jpg R.B.3A Perth

4

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  Improved Type I

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg F.3 

1

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 Type L 

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.1 Segrave

3

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  T.B.

9

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.2 

42

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  Land Sea Monoplane 

(1)

 Prdn_List_5.jpg B.3 M1/30

2

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  White Falcon

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.6 Shark

253

  Prdn_List_5.jpg
  G.P.

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.7 

1

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  S.P.

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.9 H.S.T.10

1

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  Triplane

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.10

 Bluebird IV 

 

(1)

 

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  N.1B
1
 

2

Prdn_List_5.jpg B.20 

1

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  Blackburd

3

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.24 Skua

192

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  Sidecar

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.25 Roc

136

 

 

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 R.T.1 Kangaroo

23

 

1

Prdn_List_5.jpg B.26 Botha

580

 

676

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 T.1 Swift

8

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.28   

1

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 T.2 Dart

120

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.37 Firebrand I & II

24

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 R.1 / R.1A Blackburn

62

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.40   

2

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  Pellet

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.44   

2

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 T.4 Cubaroo

2

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.45 Firebrand III

29

 

250

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 L.1 Bluebird

79

 

1

Prdn_List_5.jpg B.46 Firebrand Mk.4 & 5

170

 

80

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 T.3 / T.3A Velos

21

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.48 

2

 

4

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 R.2 Airedale

2

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.54 

2

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 T.5 Ripon

97

 Prdn_List_5.jpg B.88 

1

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 T.R.1 Sprat

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.100 Universal Freighter

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg
 R.B.1 Iris

5

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.101 Beverley

47

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 F.1 Turcock

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.103 Buccaneer

193

 

11 

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 B.T.1 Beagle

1

  Prdn_List_5.jpg B.136 Buccaneer

16

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 F.2 Lincock

7

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Total Blackburn Production

2202 

Total Blackburn Cancelled Orders

1031 

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