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==Survivors== [[File:WK277 (15410592478).jpg|thumb|A preserved Swift FR.5 on static display at [[Newark Air Museum]]]] *''VV106'' (Supermarine Type 517) is stored by the [[Fleet Air Arm Museum]], [[Yeovilton]], England.<ref>[http://www.fleetairarm.com/exhibit/supermarine-510-vv106/6-30-56.aspx "Exhibitions β Cobham Hall β Reserve Collection β Supermarine 510 (VV106)."] ''Fleet Air Arm Museum'', Retrieved: 31 December 2016.</ref> *''WK198'' (the F.4 prototype, fuselage only) this former World Air Speed record holder is on display at [[Brooklands Museum]], Surrey; it was first preserved at the [[North East Aircraft Museum]], Sunderland, England, on 2 April 2008 it was relocated to the RAF Millom Museum, Cumbria,<ref>''Aeroplane'' June 2008, p. 8.</ref> but with that museum's closure in September 2010, WK198 was transferred to Brooklands on 3 February 2011.<ref>[https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/explore/our-collection/aircraft/supermarine-swift-fuselage "Supermarine Swift fuselage."] ''Brooklands Museum'', Retrieved: 31 December 2016.</ref> *''WK275'' (F.4) Having spent four years being restored to exhibition standard by Jet Art Aviation, this aircraft is now on loan to the Vulcan To The Sky Trust. It represents the definitive fighter variant with slab tail.<ref>[http://www.jetartaviation.co.uk/2012/12/wk275-that-supermarine-swift/ "WK275 β βTHATβ Supermarine."] ''Jet Art Aviation'', 8 December 2012.</ref> *''WK277'' (FR.5) on display at the [[Newark Air Museum]], Newark, England.<ref>[http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/aircraft-list "Aircraft List."] ''Newark Air Museum'', Retrieved: 31 December 2016.</ref> *''WK281'' (FR.5) on display at the [[Tangmere Military Aviation Museum]], Tangmere, England.<ref>[http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/aircraft-month/supermarine-swift-fr5-wk281 "Aircraft of the Month: Supermarine Swift."] ''Tangmere Military Aviation Museum'', Retrieved: 31 December 2016.</ref> *''G-SWIF'' (F.7, the former ''XF114'') is stored by [[Solent Sky]], Southampton, England.<ref>Morrison, Geoffrey. [https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/the-fabulous-flying-boats-of-the-solent-sky-museum/ "The fabulous flying boats of the Solent Sky museum."] ''cnet.com'', 16 July 2016.</ref>
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