The systematic destruction of anything associated with the TSR-2 signified the intent of the Labour Government to irradicate any possibility, however remote, that the project could be restarted. Three complete airframes and a number of other major structural components were destroyed, along with all the production tooling, assembly lines, documentation, flight records and photographs from the British Aircraft Corporation sites. Fortunately for the historical record and for future generations two complete airframes and a number of components slipped through the net and escaped destruction. These components reside in museum collections in the United Kingdom; the images section of this website has photographs of some of the surviving TSR-2 components.
Brooklands Museum
- A forward fuselage section including the cockpit and canopy
Farnborough Air Sciences Trust
- Martin Baker Type 8A rocket assisted ejection seat
Midland Air Museum
- Ejector seat and cockpit canopy
Newark Air Museum
- Undercarriage door and wing section
The Science Museum
- Bristol-Siddeley Olympus 22R-320 engine (at Wroughton)
- Royal Aircraft Establishment scale wind-tunnel model
The Imperial War Museum
- Bristol-Siddeley Olympus 22R-320 engine, A666799 S/N 22217
The Gatwick Aviation Museum
- Two Bristol-Siddeley Olympus 22R-320 engines, A667191 S/N 22223 and AM A666801 S/N 22219
RAF Museum Cosford
- Cutaway Bristol-Siddeley Olympus 22R-320 engine
- Bristol-Siddeley Olympus 22R-320 engine re-heat unit
- Large scale TSR-2 model
- Martin Baker Type 8A rocket assisted ejection seat
- Pilot helmet
- Sectioned main landing gear Dunlop tyre
- Quantity of miscellaneous spares from Ministry of Aviation Supply Stores Depot, Aston Down
N.B. This is not necessarily a definitive list of all surviving components but includes the most significant surviving components.
