Types you’ll see alongside
Harrier family, Hawker Hunter, BAe Sea Harrier FA.2, de Havilland Canada Chipmunk, de Havilland Sea Vixen.
Aircraft hub · 1948 · Early jet age
Briefly held the world speed record; mostly held grudges. Supermarine’s hardest lesson in swept wings. The gazetteer currently lists it at 6 UK museums.
Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.
On charge
The gazetteer records 7 Supermarine Swift airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 6 UK collections, in 4 regions: South East England, London & Around, South West England, Wales.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boscombe Down Aviation CollectionChecked 2026-10-08 | Salisbury | South West England | Supermarine Swift F.7 nose section XF113 Cockpit or section |
| Brooklands MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Weybridge | London & Around | Supermarine Swift F.4 prototype WK198 |
| Fleet Air Arm MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Yeovil | South West England | Supermarine 510 VV106 |
| Solent SkyChecked 2026-10-08 | Southampton | South East England | Supermarine Swift F.4 cockpit section (procedures trainer) Cockpit or section Supermarine Swift F.7 XF114 |
| South Wales Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Barry | Wales | Supermarine Swift FR.5 WK277 |
| Tangmere Military Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Chichester | South East England | Supermarine Swift FR.5 WK281 |
3D model
A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as WK281 ‘S’ of No. 79 Squadron, the Supermarine Swift FR.5 on loan from the RAF Museum to the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, a fighter-reconnaissance Swift with the extended camera nose and oblique camera windows, the clear-view hood, the saw-tooth outer wing and a reheated Rolls-Royce Avon 114, flown on low-level reconnaissance from RAF Germany in the late 1950s, painted in the scheme it is displayed in today: Dark Green and Dark Sea Grey camouflage over High Speed Silver undersides, Type D roundels flanked by No. 79 Squadron’s white bars with a red barbed arrow, a red, white and blue fin flash with a yellow ‘S’ above it, a black ‘WK281’ on the rear fuselage, a red ejection-seat triangle on the nose and the twin-ADEN gun pack under the nose. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1.0 MB) · Plate 148 in The Hangar
Computed from the survey
Harrier family, Hawker Hunter, BAe Sea Harrier FA.2, de Havilland Canada Chipmunk, de Havilland Sea Vixen.
South East England has 2 collections recording the type.
Supermarine Swift F.4 cockpit section (procedures trainer); Supermarine Swift F.4 prototype; Supermarine Swift F.7; Supermarine Swift F.7 nose section; Supermarine Swift FR.5.
Type notes
| Type | Supermarine Swift |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 6 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 7 |
Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.
Aircraft questions
The Aviation Gazetteer records 7 Supermarine Swift airframes in UK collections.
Solent Sky has the most in this survey, with 2 recorded airframes.