List of aircraft at the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands
Appearance
This list of aircraft at the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands summarises the collection of aircraft that is housed at the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands.
Collection
External display
Type | Identity | Markings | Notes |
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Bristol Britannia 312 | XM497 | 497 "Schedar" | Former civil aircraft G-AOVF bought by the Museum in 1984 and painted to represent XM497 of Royal Air Force Air Support Command |
Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina | L-866 | Royal Danish Air Force | |
Gloster Meteor F.8 Prone Position | WK935 | Institute of Aviation Medicine | |
Hawker Hunter F.6A | XG225 | No. 237 Squadron RAF | |
Hawker Hunter FR.10 | XF426 | ||
Hawker Siddeley Dominie T.1 | XS709 | M | No. 3 Flying Training School RAF |
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 | XV249 | RAF Wyton 1974-1995 wears RAF Wyton station crest |
No. 51 Squadron RAF |
Hunting Aircraft Jet Provost T.3 | XM351 | Y | |
Hunting H.126 | XN714 | RAE Bedford | |
Lockheed C-130K Hercules C.3 | XV202 | ||
Lockheed SP-2H Neptune | 204 | V | Royal Netherlands Navy |
Saunders-Roe SR.53 | XD145 | A&AEE, RPE Westcott | |
SEPECAT Jaguar ACT | XX765 | ACT | Active Control Technology |
Vickers VC10 | XR808 | 95th Anniversary 1917-2012 | No. 101 Squadron RAF |
Test Flight
Type | Identity | Markings | Notes |
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BAC TSR-2 | XR220 | One of two complete airframes remaining | |
Boulton Paul Defiant I | N1671 | EW-D | No. 307 (Polish) Squadron RAF |
Bristol M.1c replica | C4994 | No. 150 Squadron RAF | |
British Aerospace EAP | ZF534 | EAP | Experimental Aircraft Programme, BAe |
Fairey Delta 2 | WG777 | Fairey Delta | A&AEE |
Gloster Gladiator I | K8042 | No. 247 Squadron RAF | |
Hawker Afghan Hind | n/a | ||
Hawker Hart II Trainer | K4972 | No. 2 Flying Training School RAF at RAF Brize Norton | |
Hawker Hurricane IIc | LF738 | Coded UH-A | |
Hawker Siddeley Kestrel F(GA).1 | XS695 | 5 | RAE Bedford |
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2/Trop | 10639 | Black 6 | Luftwaffe in North Africa |
Sopwith Pup | N5182 | Royal Naval Air Service | |
Sopwith 1½ Strutter Replica | A8226 | No. 45 Squadron RFC | |
Supermarine Spitfire I | K9942 | Coded SD-D | No. 52 Operational Training Unit RAF |
War in the Air
Type | Identity | Markings | Notes |
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Avro Lincoln B.2/4A | RF398 | No. 151 Squadron RAF at RAF Watton | |
Bristol Bolingbroke IV | L8756 | Restored as a Bristol Blenheim | |
de Havilland Mosquito TT.35 | TA639 | AZ-E Unit markings of Guy Gibson's last flight in a Mosquito XX on 19 September 1944 |
No. 3 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF |
de Havilland Tiger Moth II | T6296 | ||
Fieseler Fi 156-C7 Storch | VP746 | SM + AK | Air Ministry |
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 | 733685 | Luftwaffe "Mistel" combination aircraft | |
Hawker Tempest II | PR536 | OQ-H | Indian Air Force and RAF |
Junkers Ju 88R-1 | 360043 | EV | Luftwaffe - One of only two intact Ju-88s, captured with pilot Herbert Schmid, when he landed at Aberdeen on 9 May 1943, allowing nightfighter radar to be studied. |
Messerschmitt Me 262A-2A | VK893 | Yellow 4 | Luftwaffe |
Messerschmitt Me 410A-1/U2 | 420430 | 3U + CC | RAE |
Vickers Wellington T.10 | MF628 | Will be on Display From May 2023 |
National Cold War Exhibition
Hangar 1
Previously on display
Type | Identity | Former location | Markings/Notes |
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Auster T.7 Antarctic | WE600 | Hangar 1 | 1956 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition |
Avro 707C | WZ744 | Test Flight | Gifted to Avro Heritage Museum |
BAC Jet Provost T.5A | XW418 | Hangar 1 | |
Boulton Paul Sea Balliol T.21 | WL732 | Hangar 1 | |
Bristol Sycamore HR.14 | XJ918 | Hangar 1 | Gifted to the Ulster Aviation Society |
de Havilland Venom FB.4 | J1704 | War in the Air | Swiss Air Force |
FMA IA 58 Pucará | ZD485 (A-515) | War in the Air | Former Argentine Air Force |
Folland Gnat F.1 | XK724 | War in the Air | Gifted to the Midland Air Museum |
Gloster Meteor T.7 (Modified) | WA634 | Test Flight | |
Focke Achgelis FA330 | 100503 | War in the Air | Luftwaffe then RAE Farnborough |
Bristol 188 | XF926 | Test Flight | Company Test Aircraft |
CASA 352L (Junkers Ju 52) | G-AFAP | Hangar 1 | Gifted to Kent Battle of Britain Museum |
North American P-51D Mustang | 44-73415 | War in the Air | Gifted to the Hunter Fighter Collection in New South Wales |
Panavia Tornado P02 | XX946 | War in the Air | |
Westland Dragonfly HR.3 | G-AJOV | Hangar 1 | |
English Electric P.1A | WG760 | Test Flight | RAE |
Short SB.5 | WG768 | Test Flight | ETPS |
Kawasaki Ki-100-1b | 16336 | War in the Air | Japanese |
Mitsubishi Ki-46 'Dinah' | 5439 | War in the Air | Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit, South East Asia |
Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet | 191614 | War in the Air | RAE |
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka | n/a | War in the Air | RAE, RPRE Westcot |
See also
References
- ^ "On Display - External Display". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "On Display - Test Flight". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "On Display - War in the Air". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "On Display - National Cold War Exhibition". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Individual History Vickers Valiant B (K) Mk.I XD818/7894M Museum Accession Number 1994/1352/A" (PDF). Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ "On Display - Hangar 1". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 24 July 2022.