THE AIRFORCE - MUSEUM STATIC AIRCRAFT
The following complete airframes are either on display or in store at the SAAF Museum or its satellite Museums around the country.
Manufacturer | Type | Serial | Condition | Location |
Aeritalia | AM-3C Bosbok | 920 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Aeritalia | AM-3C Bosbok | 948 | Static | Port Elizabeth (ex GSB Potchefstroom) |
Aeritalia | AM-3C Bosbok | 959 (ZU-CXA) | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Aerospatiale | SA-330C Puma | 123 | Static | Port Elizabeth |
Aerospatiale | SA-330C Puma | 129 | Static | Swartkop |
Aerospatiale | SA-330H Puma | 175 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Aerospatiale | SA-330L Puma | 190 | Static | Swartkop |
Airspeed | Oxford | G-AITF | Static (Under restoration) | Port Elizabeth |
Atlas | Alpha XH-1 | Static | Swartkop | |
Atlas | C4M Kudu | Childrens playground | Swartkop | |
Atlas | C4M Kudu | 969 (ZU-CWZ) | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Atlas | C4M Kudu | 972 | Stored | Swartkop (ex Port Elizabeth) |
Atlas | C4M Kudu | 987 | Airworthy (Stored) | Swartkop |
Atlas | C4M Kudu | 997 | Static | Swartkop |
Atlas | Cheetah C | 342 | Static | Swartkop |
Atlas | Cheetah D | 847 | Static | Swartkop |
Atlas | Cheetah E | 842 | Static | Swartkop |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 460 | Static | Ysterplaat |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 (Cockpit section only) | 480 | Static | Ysterplaat |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 (Silver Falcon no 3) | 507 | Static | SAAF Museum Port Elizabeth |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 531 | Static | Ysterplaat |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 532 | Static | Swartkop |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 562 | Stored | Swartkop |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 589 | Static | Swartkop |
Atlas | Impala Mk II | 1000 | Static | Swartkop |
Atlas | Impala Mk II | 1037 | Static | Port Elizabeth |
Atlas | Impala Mk II | 1065 | Static | Swartkop |
Atlas | Rooivalk | XDM (683) | Static | Swartkop |
Avro | Anson I | 3209 | Static | Swartkop |
Avro | Shackleton MR3 | 1721 | Static | Swartkop |
Avro | Shackleton MR3 | 1722 | Airworthy | Ysterplaat |
Bell | Model 47G Sioux AH Mk 1 | XT562 (RAF) | Static | Port Elizabeth |
Bensen | Gyrokite | - | Stored | Swartkop |
Boeing | Model 707-328C | 1419 | Static | Swartkop |
Canadair | Sabre Mk6 | 361 | Static | Swartkop |
Canadair | Sabre Mk6 | 367 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Canadair | Sabre Mk6 | 372 (Painted in Korean War livery to represent 601 "Sherdanor II") | Static | Ysterplaat |
CASA | CN235M-10 | 8026 | Static | Swartkop | Cessna | Model 152 | - | Static | Swartkop | Cessna | Model 185E | 748 | Static | Swartkop |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage III BZ | 816 | Static | Swartkop |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage III BZ 'Skydancer' | 817 (ZU-DMD) | Airworthy | Hoedspruit |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage III BZ | 818 | Static | Swartkop |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage III CZ 'Black Widow' | 800 (ZU-DME) | Airworthy | Hoedspruit |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage III CZ | 805 | Static | Swartkop |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage III CZ | 809 | Fuselage stored | Swartkop |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage III RZ | 835 | Static | Swartkop |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage III RZ | 838 | Static | Swartkop |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage III R2Z | 857 | Static | Ysterplaat |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage F1AZ 'Super Mirage' | 216 | Static | Swartkop |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage F1AZ | 233 | Airworthy | On loan to Aerosud |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage F1AZ Avionic demo | 235 | Static | Swartkop |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage F1AZ Replica | 249 | Static | Swartkop |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage F1CZ | 201 | Static | Port Elizabeth |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage F1CZ | 203 | Static | Swartkop |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage F1CZ | 204 | Static | Ysterplaat (ex Durban) |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage F1CZ | 213 | Static | Ysterplaat |
de Havilland | DHC.1 Chipmunk TMk10 | WG354/H-10 (RAF) | Airworthy | Swartkop |
de Havilland | DH-87B Hornet Moth | 2007 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
de Havilland | Tiger Moth | Static | Swartkop | |
de Havilland | Vampire FB5 | 205 | Static | Port Elizabeth (Prev Fort Beaufort Military Museum) |
de Havilland | Vampire FB5 | 207 | Stored | Swartkop (prev SAAF Gymnasium) |
de Havilland | Vampire FB5 | 208 | Static | Ysterplaat |
de Havilland | Vampire FB52 | 227 | Stored | Swartkop |
de Havilland | Vampire FB52 | 229 | Static | Swartkop |
de Havillan | Vampire FB52 | 253 | Stored | Swartkop |
de Havilland | Vampire FB52 | 254 | Static (Under restoration) | Swartkop |
de Havilland | Vampire T55 | 257 | Stored | Swartkop |
de Havilland | Vampire T55 | 276 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
de Havilland | Vampire T55 | 277 (ZU-DFH) | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Dornier | Do 27Q-1 | - | Under restoration | Swartkop |
Dornier | Do 27Q-4 | - | Stored | Swartkop |
Douglas | AD-4N Skyraider | Derelict (ex French AF) | Swartkop | |
Douglas | C-47A | 6832 | Under restoration | Ysterplaat |
Douglas | C-47A | 6859 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Douglas | DC-4 | 6902 | Static | Swartkop |
Edgar | Percival EP.9 | XM797 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
English Electric | Canberra B2 | 457 | Static | Swartkop |
Fairchild | F-24R Argus MkIII | KK476 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Feiseler | Fi-156C-7 Storch | VD+TD | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Hawker Siddeley | Buccaneer S Mk50 | 414 | Static | Swartkop |
Hawker Siddeley | Buccaneer S Mk50 | 416 | Static | Ysterplaat |
Hawker Siddeley | Buccaneer S Mk50 | 421 | Static | Swartkop |
Lockheed | L-18-08 Lodestar | - | Static | Swartkop |
Lockheed | B-34 Ventura II | 6066 | Stored (Derelict) | Swartkop |
Lockheed | B-34 Ventura II | 6112 | Static | Swartkop |
Lockheed | B-34 Ventura | 6120 | Stored (Derelict) | Swartkop |
Lockheed | PV-1 Ventura GR5 | 6447 | Static | Ysterplaat |
Lockheed | PV-1 Ventura GR5 | 6487 | Stored | Swartkop |
Lockheed | PV-1 Ventura GR5 | 6498 | Static | Swartkop |
Lockheed | PV-1 Ventura GR5 | 6534 | Stored | Swartkop |
Mikoyan-Gurevitch | MiG 21 (Angolan) | C340 | Static | Swartkop |
Mil | Mi-24 Hind A | 2034 (Algeria AF) | Under restoration | ATE |
North American | F-51D Mustang | 325 | Under restoration (Airworthy) | Swartkop |
North American | AT-6D Harvard Mk III | 7001 (ZU-CXV) 'Inkwazi' | Airworthy | Swartkop |
North American | AT-6C Harvard Mk 4 | 7072 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
North American | AT-6C Harvard Mk III | 7111 'Nelson' | Airworthy | Swartkop |
North American | Harvard | 7203 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
North American | Harvard | 7228 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
North American | AT-6C Harvard Mk 4 | 7231 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
North American | AT-6C Harvard Mk 4 | 7289 | Static | Port Elizabeth |
North American | AT-6C Harvard Mk 4 | 7293 | Airworthy | Ysterplaat |
North American | AT-6C Harvard Mk IIA | 7356 | Stored (Derelict) | Swartkop |
North American | AT-6D Harvard Mk 4 | 7480 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
North American | Harvard | 7506 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
North American | AT-6D Harvard Mk 4 | 7569 | Airworthy | Swartkop | North American | AT-6C Harvard Mk III | 7570 | Static | Loan to Denel Aviation Academy |
North American | AT-6C Harvard Mk II | 7573 | Static (sectioned) | Swartkop |
North American | AT-6A Harvard Mk 4 | 7675 (ZU-CXX) | Airworthy | Swartkop |
North American | Harvard | 7686 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
North American | AT-6A Harvard Mk IIA | 7731 | Stored (Prev SAAF Gymnasium) | Swartkop |
On Mark | Marksman (A-26C) | - | Stored (Derelict) | Swartkop |
Patchen | TSC-2 Explorer | 2000 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Patterson | 1910 Biplane | - | Static | Swartkop |
Patterson | Biplane | Static | Kimberly | |
Percival | P-56 Provost T Mk 1 | RhAF137 | Stored (Crashed - 18/03/98) | Swartkop |
Piaggio | P-166S Albatross | 881 (ZU-DFI) | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Piaggio | P-166S Albatross | 887 (wth wings of 888) | Static | SAAF Museum Port Elizabeth |
Piaggio | P-166S Albatross | 896 | Airworthy | Ysterplaat |
Sikorsky | S-51 | A-1 | Static | Swartkop |
Sikorsky | S-55C | A4 | Stored | Swartkop |
Sud Aviation | SE-3130 Alouette II | 15 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Sud Aviation | SE-3130 Alouette II | 18 | Static | Swartkop |
Sud Aviation | SE-3130 Alouette II | 22 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Sud Aviation | SE-3160 Alouette III | 29 | Static | Swartkop |
Sud Aviation | SE-316B Alouette III | 611 | Static | Ysterplaat |
Sud Aviation | SE-316B Alouette III | 632 | Static | Port Elizabeth |
Sud Aviation | SE-316B Alouette III | 612 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Sud Aviation | SE-316B Alouette III | 624 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Sud Aviation | SE-316B Alouette III | 630 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Sud Aviation | SE-316B Alouette III | 628 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Sud Aviation | SE-316B Alouette III | 642 | Airworthy | Swartkop |
Sud Aviation | SA-321L Super Frelon | 302 | Sold? | HeliBase, Cape Town |
Sud Aviation | SA-321L Super Frelon | 309 | Static | Swartkop |
Sud Aviation | SA-321L Super Frelon | 312 | Sold? | HeliBase, Cape Town |
Sud Aviation | SA-321L Super Frelon | 314 | Static | AFB Ysterplaat |
Supermarine | Spitefire LF Mk IXe | 5553 | Under long-term restoration (Airworthy, crashed) | Swartkop |
Transall | C-160Z | 337 | Static | Swartkop |
Westland | Scout | GT (Ex Bahrain State Police) | Static | Port Elizabeth |
Westland | Wasp | 82 | Static | Swartkop |
Westland | Wasp | 90 | Static | Swartkop |
Westland | Wasp | 93 | Static | Ysterplaat |
Westland | Wasp | 95 | Static | Ysterplaat |
Westland | Wasp | 96 | Stored (Derelict) | Swartkop |
Westland | Whirlwind HAS22 | WV203 (RN) | Stored (Derelict) | Swartkop |
Westland | Whirlwind HAS22 | WV204 (RN) | Stored (Derelict) | Swartkop |
Westland | Whirlwind HAS22 | WV224/961 (RN) | Static | Ysterplaat |
The following complete airframes of ex-SAAF aircraft are on display
at various other locations around South Africa.
Manufacturer | Type | Serial | Condition | Location |
Aerospatiale | SA-330C Puma | 126 | Static | Dickie Fritz MOTH Shellhole (Edenvale, Johannesburg) |
Aerospatiale | SA-330C Puma | 133 | Static | Pretoria Zoo |
Aerospatiale | SA-330L Puma | 145 | Static | School of Tactical Intelligence (Potchefstroom) |
Atlas | C-4M Kudu | 990 | Static | SA National Museum of Military History (Saxonwold, Johannesburg) |
Atlas | Cheetah E | 826 | Static | |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 461 | Static | AFB Bloemspruit |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 466 | Static | 43 Air School (Port Alfred) |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 494 | Static | Laerskool Impala (Kemptonpark, Johannesburg) |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 519 | Static | AFB Hoedspruit | Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 523 | Static | Caprivi MOTH Shellhole (Randfontein) |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 524 | Static | Airforce Headquarters (Pretoria) |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 525 | Static | Syferfontein airfield |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 576 | Static | AFB Langebaanweg |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 586 | Static | SANDF Military Academy (Saldanha) |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 591 | Static | Military Museum (Bloemfontein) |
Atlas | Impala Mk 1 | 594 | Static | MOTH Shellhole Memorial Garden(Kimberley) |
Atlas | Impala Mk II | 1032 | Static | Military Museum (Bloemfontein) |
Atlas | Impala Mk II | 1045 | Static | SA National Museum of Military History (Saxonwold, Johannesburg) |
Avro | Shackleton MR3 | 1723 | Static | Vics Viking Garage (Golden Highway (N1) off-ramp to Soweto, Johannesburg) |
Boeing | Model 707-344C | 1421 | Static (forward fuselage, vertical stabiliser and P&W JT3D engine) | SAA Museum, Rand Airport |
Canadair CL-13B | CL-13B Sabre Mk 6 | 369 | Static | AFB Waterkloof |
Cessna | C185E Skywagon | 750 | Static | Syferfontein airfield |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage III CZ | 807 | Static | Sir Pierre van Ryneveld High School (Kempton Park, Johannesburg) |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage III CZ | 808 | Static | Nelspruit Aero Club |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage III RZ | 837 | Static | Military Museum (Bloemfontein) |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage F1CZ | 202 | Static | Airforce Headquarters (Pretoria) |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage F1CZ | 210 | Static | Pretoria University Sci-Enza Centre |
Dassault-Breguet | Mirage F1CZ | 211 | Static (gateguard) | AFB Waterkloof | Dassault-Breguet | Mirage F1CZ | 212 | Static | CSIR Aeronautics building |
de Havilland | Vampire FB52 | 235 | Static | AFB Langebaanweg |
de Havilland | Vampire FB52 | 241 | Static | Stellenbosch Airfield (near Cape Town) |
de Havilland | Vampire T55 | 274 | Static | Vampire Nursery (Krugersdorp) |
English Electric | Canberra T4 | 459 | Static | AFB Waterkloof |
Hawker Siddeley | Buccaneer S50 | 412 | Static | AFB Waterkloof |
Hawker Siddeley | Buccaneer S50 | 422 | Static | SA National Museum of Military History (Saxonwold, Johannesburg) |
Lockheed | PV-1 Ventura GR5 | 6432 | Static | Dickie Fritz MOTH Shellhole (Edenvale, Johannesburg) |
North American | Harvard III | 7449 | Static | AFB Langebaanweg |
North American | Harvard III | 7573 | Static | Dunnottar Town centre |
North American | SNJ-4 Harvard | 7674 | Static | GSB Thaba Tshwane |
North American | Harvard III | 7732 | Static | Syferfontein airfield |
Sud Aviation | SA-321L Super Frelon | 308 | Static | De Oudewerf Shopping Centre (Meyerton) |
Westland | Wasp | 85 | Static | Navy Museum (Simon's Town, Cape Town) (ex Durban) |