Supermarine Scimitar - Survivors
Preserved Scimitar XD317 at Yeovilton; author
Like its predecessor the Swift, the Scimitar has not done well
in retirement. The astonishing accident rate and the low production run together with
a lot of hasty scrapping means that only three full examples survive.
Click on the serial of a survivor entry for further information. Please comment on any
individual survivor entry you feel requires an update!
Complete aircraft
Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
XD220 | F.1 | Empire State Aerosciences Museum, Schenectady, New York, USA | 21/04/2012 |
XD317 | F.1 | Fleet Air Arm Museum, (stored), Yeovilton, Somerset | 08/08/2022 |
XD332 | F.1 | Solent Sky (stored), Timsbury, Hampshire | 03/05/2021 |
Nose/cockpit/other sections
Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
WT859 | Type 544 | Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Old Sarum Airfield, Wiltshire | 30/03/2023 |
Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
Simulator | F.1 | Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle Airport, Cumbria | 07/09/2023 |
XD215 | F.1 | Nick Parker, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire | |
XD235 | F.1 | Tony Collins, Lavendon, Buckinghamshire | 02/08/2021 |