List of aircraft at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
This list of aircraft at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford summarises the collection of aircraft that is housed at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford.
Collection[]
External display[]
Bristol Britannia on external display
| Type | Identity | Markings/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Britannia 312 | XM497 | Former civil aircraft G-AOVF marked as XM497 and named "Schedar" |
| Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina | L-866 | Royal Danish Air Force |
| Hawker Hunter F.6A | XG225 | 237 Squadron |
| Hawker Siddeley Dominie T.1 | XS709 | 3 Flying Training School |
| Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 | XV249 | 51 Squadron |
| Lockheed C-130K Hercules C.3 | XV202 | |
| Lockheed SP-2H Neptune | 204 | Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Vickers VC-10 | XR808 | 101 Squadron |
Test Flight[]
The BAC TSR-2 on display in the Test Flight hangar
| Type | Identity | Markings/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| BAC TSR-2 | XR220 | Only 1 of 2 complete airframes left |
| Bristol 188 | XF926 | |
| British Aerospace EAP | ZF534 | Experimental Aircraft Programme, BAe |
| English Electric P.1A | WG760 | RAE |
| Fairey Delta 2 | WG777 | A&AEE |
| Gloster Meteor F.8 Prone Position | WK935 | Institute of Aviation Medicine |
| Hawker Siddeley Kestrel F(GA).1 | XS695 | RAE |
| Hunting H.126 | XN714 | |
| Hunting Aircraft Jet Provost T.3 | XM351 | Y |
| Saunders-Roe SR.53 | XD145 | A&AEE, RPE Westcott |
| SEPECAT Jaguar ACT | XX765 | Active Control Technology |
| Short SB.5 | WG768 | ETPS |
War in the Air[]
A Hawker Hurricane II on display in the War in the Air hangar. A selection of armament used by the type is also displayed.
| Type | Identity | Markings/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Avro Lincoln B.2 | RF398 | No. 151 Squadron RAF |
| BAe Harrier GR9A | ZG477 | |
| Boulton Paul Defiant I | N1671 | EW-D, No. 307 (Polish) Squadron RAF |
| Bristol M.1c Replica | C4994 | No. 150 Squadron RAF |
| de Havilland Mosquito TT.35 | TA639 | Unit markings of Guy Gibson's last flight in a Mosquito XX on 19 September 1944. No. 3 CAACU RAF |
| Fieseler Fi 156-C7 Storch | VP746 | Air Ministry |
| Focke Achgelis FA330 | 100503 | Luftwaffe |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 | 733685 | Luftwaffe "Mistel" combination aircraft |
| Gloster Gladiator I | K8042 | No. 247 Squadron RAF |
| Hawker Hurricane IIc | LF738 | Coded UH-A |
| Junkers Ju 88R-1 | 360043 | 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 subdued; has been at the museum since February 2017 |
| Kawasaki Ki-100-1b | 16336 | |
| Messerschmitt Me 109G-2/Trop | 10639 | Luftwaffe |
| Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet | 191614 | RAE |
| Messerschmitt Me 262A-2A | VK893 | Luftwaffe |
| Messerschmitt Me 410A-1/U2 | 420430 | RAE |
| Mitsubishi Ki-46 'Dinah' | 5439 | Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit, South East Asia |
| 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 OTU RAF |
| Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka | n/a | RAE, RPRE Westcot |
National Cold War Exhibition[]
The Mikoyan MiG-15bis on display in the National Cold War Exhibition
Electric Lightning F.1 serial XG337 on display
| Type | Identity | Markings/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.14 | WS843 | 264 Squadron RAF |
| Avro York C.1 | TS798 | |
| Canadair Sabre F.4 | XB812 | 93 Squadron RAF |
| Douglas Dakota C.4 | KN645 | Transport Command |
| English Electric Canberra PR.9 | XH171 | 39 Squadron |
| English Electric Lightning F.1/P.1B | XG337 | |
| General Dynamics F-111F-CF | 74-0177 | United States Air Force - 492d Fighter Squadron RAF Lakenheath |
| Gloster Javelin FAW.1 | XA564 | |
| Handley Page Hastings T.5 | TG511 | |
| Handley Page Victor K.2 | XH672 | 55 Squadron named "Maid Marion" |
| Hawker Hunter T.7A | XL568 | 74 Squadron RAF |
| Hawker Siddeley Vulcan B.2 | XM598 | 44 Squadron RAF - Part of Operation Black Buck in 1982, a cabin pressurization issue caused it to return to base, it stayed in reserve for the remainder of the Falklands War. |
| Mikoyan MiG-15bis | 1120 | Polish Air Force |
| Mikoyan MiG-21PF | 503 | Hungarian Air Force |
| Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.2 | XL993 | |
| Short Belfast C.1 | XR371 | 53 Squadron RAF |
| Sikorsky MH-53J Pave Low III | 68-8284 | United States Air Force |
| Vickers Valiant B.1 | XD818 | Part of No. 49 Squadron and flown by Kenneth Hubbard at Malden Island in the Pacific during Operation Grapple in 1957, when it dropped the first British hydrogen bomb.[5] |
Hangar 1[]
The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C1 on display in Hangar 1
| Type | Identity | Markings/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1 | XP411 | No. 105 Squadron RAF |
| Auster T.7 Antarctic | WE600 | 1956 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition |
| Avro Anson C.19 | TX214 | Maintenance Command Communications Squadron |
| BAC Jet Provost T.5A | XW418 | |
| Boulton Paul Sea Balliol T.21 | WL732 | |
| Bristol Sycamore HR.14 | XJ918 | |
| CASA 352L (Junkers Ju 52) | G-AFAP | Former Spanish Air Force aircraft in British Airways markings |
| Comper CLA.7 Swift | G-ACGL | |
| de Havilland Chipmunk T.10 | WP912 | used by the Duke of Edinburgh for flight training |
| de Havilland Comet 1XB | G-APAS | BOAC |
| de Havilland Devon C.2 | VP952 | |
| Fairchild Argus II | G-AIZE | |
| Hawker Cygnet | G-EBMB | |
| Hawker Siddeley Andover E.3A | XS639 | 32 Squadron RAF |
| Hunting Percival Jet Provost T.1 | XD674 | |
| Hunting Percival Pembroke C.1 | WV746 | 60 Squadron RAF |
| Mignet HM.14 | G-AEEH | |
| Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1 | XX654 | |
| Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.1 | XX496 | 45 Squadron RAF |
| Vickers Varsity T.1 | WL679 | |
| Westland Dragonfly HR.3 | G-AJOV | |
| Westland Wessex HC.2 | XR525 | 72 Squadron RAF |
Stored[]
| Type | Identity | Former location | Markings/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avro 707C | WZ744 | Test Flight | Royal Aircraft Establishment |
| 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 | |
| Gloster Meteor T.7 (Modified) | WA634 | Test Flight | |
| Hawker Afghan Hind | n/a | War in the Air | |
| North American P-51D Mustang | 44-73415 | War in the Air | United States Army Air Force |
| Panavia Tornado P02 | XX946 | Test Flight |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "On Display - External Display". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "On Display - Test Flight". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "On Display - War in the Air". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "On Display - National Cold War Exhibition". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "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 12 September 2020.
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