Blackburn Buccaneer - Variants

Variants

Blackburn NA.39

Pre-production build of 20 aircraft.

Buccaneer S.1

First production model, powered by de Havilland Gyron Junior turbojet engines. 40 built.

Buccaneer S.2

Development of the S.1 with various improvements and powered by the more powerful Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines. From 1962 10 were built by Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. and 74 by Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd.

Buccaneer S.2A

Ex-Royal Navy S.2 aircraft reworked for RAF.

Buccaneer S.2B

Variant of S.2 for RAF squadrons. Capable of carrying the Martel anti-radar or anti-shipping missile. 46 built between 1973 and 1977, plus three for Ministry of Defence weapons trials work.

Buccaneer S.2C

Royal Navy aircraft upgraded to S.2A standard.

Buccaneer S.2D

Royal Navy aircraft upgraded to S.2B standard, operational with Martels from 1975.

Buccaneer S.50

Variant for South Africa. Wings could be folded but folding was no longer powered. Aircraft could be equipped with two single-stage rockets (see RATO) to assist take-off from hot-and-high airfields like that of AFB Waterkloof in Pretoria, where the type was mostly based.