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Produced Variants
Type 163 Buckingham B.Mk.I
Four seat high speed day/night medium
bomber to Specification B.2/41 (later Buckingham I/P1) to meet the requirements of OR.103. Two 2400 h.p Bristol Centaurus
IV, VII or XI powerplants.
Type 163 Buckingham C.Mk.I
B.Mk.I stripped of all armament and modified as a four passenger fast courier
transport to meet the requirements of OR.177.
Type 163
Buckingham C.2
Seven passenger
transport variant of C.Mk.I.
Type 164 Brigand T.F.Mk.I
Three seat torpedo fighter-bomber to Specification H.7/42
to meet the requirements of OR.117, using the wings, tail and undercarriage of the Buckingham with a new fuselage of oval
cross-section. Two 2400 h.p Bristol Centaurus 57 powerplants.
Type 164 Brigand B.Mk.I
Ground attack/dive bomber variant of TF.
Mk.I with rear gun removed and external bomb racks and rails for rockets added.
Type 164 Brigand Met.3
Unarmed
meteorological reconnaissance variant
Type 164 Brigand
T.4
Unarmed radar trainer
fitted with A.I.Mk.10 scanners.
Type 164 Brigand T.5
Variant of T.4 with updated A.I. Mk 21
radar in an enlarged nose.
Type 166 Buckmaster T.Mk.I
Three seat trainer variant of Buckingham to Specification
13/43 to meet the requirements of OR.148, featuring a widened forward fuselage with student and instructor seated side
by side. Two 2400 h.p. Bristol Centaurus VII powerplants.
Type 169 Buckingham P.R.
Photo Reconnaissance variant of the Type 163
to Specification PR.8/44 to meet the requirements of OR.163.
Projected Variants
Type 165 Brigand II
Proposed dual control variant - replaced by Buckmaster.
Type 170 Buckingham Freighter
Proposed freighter featuring Buckingham wings married to a new fuselage of greater capacity. Superceded by a
clean sheet design with the same type number.
4
prototype aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton,
Bristol, Somerset, to contract Acft/236. First flew 4 February, 1943.
DX249, DX255, DX259,
11332 - 11335
B.Mk.I
4
DX266
400 aircraft ordered
from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to contract
Acft/1915. Delivered between February 1944 and March 1946 as 54 B.Mk.I and 65
C.Mk.I, the remainder
cancelled.
KV301 - KV337
11905 - 11921
B.Mk.I
37
KV338 - KV346
11922 - 11950
9
KV358 - KV365
11951 - 11965
8
KV365 converted to C.Mk.2
KV366 - KV372
11951 - 11965
C.Mk.I
7
KV369 converted to C.Mk.2
KV402 - KV450
11966 - 12014
49
KV471 - KV479
12015 - 12023
9
KV480 - KV500
B.Mk.I
21
KV518 - KV535
18
KV549 - KV581
33
KV600 - KV641
42
KV656 - KV692
37
KV723 - KV756
34
KV769 - KV786
18
KV801 - KV845
45
KV861 - KV893
33
167
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract Acft/3783. Contract renegotiated to 100 Buckmaster
T.Mk.I (q.v.).
RN959 - RN999
B.Mk.I
41
RP113 - RP121
9
RP122 - RP156
35
RP170 - RP215
46
RP228 - RP246
19
RP283 - RP299
17
Total Production
123
(2)
448
Type 169 Buckingham PR
Serial Range
C/n
Batch Qty
Conv.
Canc'd
Notes
1 aircraft
ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to
contract Acft/4318. Cancelled.
4
prototype aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton,
Bristol, Somerset, to contract SB25383. First flew December 1944, one
cancelled.
MX988, MX991, MX994,
12455-12457
T.F.Mk.I
3
MX997
MX997 not built
1
prototype aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton,
Bristol, Somerset, to contract Acft/2903.
TX374
12629
T.F.Mk.I
1
200
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract Acft/4628.
Delivered as 14 T.F..Mk.1 and 66 B.Mk.1 between January 1946 and February
1949, the
remaining
120 being cancelled.
RH742 - RH755
12630-12643
T.F.Mk.I
14
RH755 converted to B.1
RH756 - RH777
12644-12665
B.Mk.I
22
RH763 converted to Met.3
RH792 - RH832
12666-12706
41
RH820 and RH821 delivered to Pakistan as
N1123 and N1126
RH850 - RH852
12707-12709
3
??? - RH998
120
52 aircraft ordered
from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to
contract 6/Acft/621. Delivered as 28
B.Mk.1 and 16 Met.3 between February and June 1949, the remaining 8 being
cancelled.
VS812 - VS816
12710-12714
B.Mk.I
5
VS817 - VS831
12715-12729
Met.3
15
VS832
12837
1
VS833 - VS839
12838-12844
B.Mk.I
7
VS854 - VS869
12845-12860
16
VS870 - VS877
12861-12868
8
10
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 6/Acft/1494.
Delivered between February and September 1951.
WA560
(12695)
B.Mk.I
(1)
Ex-RH821 / N1126 of RPAF.
Later converted to T.4
WA561 - WA569
12877-12885
T.4
9
2 aircraft
ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to
contract 6/K54Acft/3170. Delivered in
February 1951.
WB228, WB236
none, 12901
B.Mk.I
2
Replacement for aircraft
supplied to Pakistan
Total Production
139
(1)
129
Type 165 Brigand II
Serial Range
C/n
Batch Qty
Conv.
Canc'd
Notes
2 aircraft
ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to
contract SB.262784. Cancelled.
PW913, PW919
2
Total Production
2
Brigand T.Mk.4 Conversions (All aircraft converted from B.Mk.1)
Serial Range
33 Brigand B.Mk.1 were converted to T.Mk.4
by Bristol at Filton between 1948 and December 1951
2
prototype aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton,
Bristol, Somerset, to contract Acft/4261. First flew 27 October, 1944.
TJ714, TJ717
12024-12025
2
100
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, renegotiated from contract Acft/3783 for 167 Buckingham B.Is.
Delivered between March 1945 and April 1946.
RP122 - RP156
12026-12060
35
RP170 - RP215
12061-12106
46
RP228 - RP246
12107-12125
19
10
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract Acft/2830. Delivered between March 1945 and April 1946.
