The two surviving British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 airframes reside in two of the United Kingdom's most prestigious aerospace museums. Airframe XR220, the second prototype aircraft, forms part of the Research and Development Collection at the RAF Museum Cosford and airframe XR222, the fourth prototype aircraft, forms part of the Imperial War Museum collection, housed at the former RAF airfield of Hendon.
The RAF Museum at Cosford along with the RAF Museum at London collectively form the RAF Museum Collection and represent Britain's only national air museum. Duxford is a satellite site of the Imperial War Museum London, a organisation with a unique collection spanning some five sites in the United Kingdom, including the Imperial War Museum London, HMS Belfast and the Cabinet War Rooms.
This section contains photographs of both airframes, along with photographs of surviving components destined for the TSR-2.The airframes featured in the illustrations include the first prototype TSR-2, aiframe XR219. XR219 was the only British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 to fly. Also illustrated are airframes representing the nine prototype and eleven pre-production aircraft, along with illustrations of airframes from the first production run of thirty aircraft.
TSR-2 XR220 at RAF Museum Cosford, Shropshire
TSR-2 XR222 at Imperial War Musuem Duxford, Cambridgeshire
TSR-2 components located in the United Kingdom
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