AA38604 BAC TSR-2, XS954, RAF No.40 Sqn, RAF Coningsby, Special 'What If' Operational Livery

BAC TSR-2 was arguably the most advanced aircraft in the world at that time and held the potential of presenting the RAF with a world leading strike platform against which every design which followed would be judged. 

Unfortunately, the aircraft wasn’t allowed to reach its potential, with the project being cancelled with just a single aircraft taking to the air, but as you stare in amazement at the still futuristic aircraft on display at Cosford, you can’t help imagining how spectacular a squadron of these aircraft would have looked wearing the camouflage of a Cold War RAF strike jet unit. 

In this 60th anniversary year of the aircraft’s first flight, we have attempted to recreate such a sight in 1/72nd scale diecast, selecting a serial number allocated to a service TSR-2 aircraft and a squadron destined to operate the aircraft, initially on a trials basis, but then potentially as the RAF’s first operational TSR-2 Squadron. 

All this is clearly the subject of aviation speculation, however, there’s certainly no doubting how good a TSR-2 would have looked in RAF service.