The museum
The Eastern Cape branch, long known as the Port Elizabeth SAAF Museum, occupies surviving buildings from the Second World War air training system. It preserves military aircraft in the setting where Allied aircrew training and South African service operations developed.
The Eastern Cape branch, long known as the Port Elizabeth SAAF Museum, occupies surviving buildings from the Second World War air training system. It preserves military aircraft in the setting where Allied aircrew training and South African service operations developed.
The aircraft collection concentrates on second World War training airfields, South African jet fighter development, helicopter service and regional aircraft restoration. The museum includes a workshop in an original Bellman hangar and outdoor exhibits. Its historic aircraft catalog includes restoration projects, which are identified separately from static or airworthy aircraft.
The aircraft entries below are selected records from the institution’s own collection pages, not a claim to reproduce its entire inventory. A type shown in a museum catalog is not automatically available for inspection: restoration, loan, operational, and reserve storage arrangements can change. Where the catalog does not establish current public display, these records retain an unknown display status.
What defines the collection
Second World War training airfields, South African jet fighter development, helicopter service and regional aircraft restoration
What to expect
The museum includes a workshop in an original Bellman hangar and outdoor exhibits. Its historic aircraft catalog includes restoration projects, which are identified separately from static or airworthy aircraft.
What the museum holds
13 individually represented aircraft/airframe records from the cited SAAF Museum heritage roster for the Gqeberha branch; holdings include display, flying, storage, restoration, replica and partial-airframe states
The inventory below separates what the museum or its sources say the institution holds from the smaller set of aircraft histories already connected to the Air Archive.
- Bell 47G Sioux AH Mk 1 (XT562)On Display · XT562
- Westland ScoutOn Display
- Airspeed Oxford G-AITFRestoration
- Aeritalia AM-3C Bosbok 948Unknown
- Atlas Impala Mk I 507Unknown
- Atlas Impala Mk II 1037Unknown
- Aérospatiale SA-330C Puma 123Unknown
- Dassault Mirage F1CZ 201Unknown
- de Havilland Vampire FB.5 205Unknown
- North American AT-6C Harvard 7289Unknown
- Piaggio P-166S Albatross 887Unknown
- Sud Aviation Alouette III 632Unknown
- Westland Scout GTUnknown
Open full museum-listed inventory (13 entries)
| Aircraft | Status | Identity |
|---|---|---|
| Bell 47G Sioux AH Mk 1 (XT562) | On Display | XT562 |
| Westland Scout | On Display | — |
| Airspeed Oxford G-AITF | Restoration | — |
| Aeritalia AM-3C Bosbok 948 | Unknown | — |
| Atlas Impala Mk I 507 | Unknown | — |
| Atlas Impala Mk II 1037 | Unknown | — |
| Aérospatiale SA-330C Puma 123 | Unknown | — |
| Dassault Mirage F1CZ 201 | Unknown | — |
| de Havilland Vampire FB.5 205 | Unknown | — |
| North American AT-6C Harvard 7289 | Unknown | — |
| Piaggio P-166S Albatross 887 | Unknown | — |
| Sud Aviation Alouette III 632 | Unknown | — |
| Westland Scout GT | Unknown | — |