List of aircraft at the Royal Air Force Museum London

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This list of aircraft at the Royal Air Force Museum London summarises the collection of aircraft and engines that is housed at the Royal Air Force Museum London.

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Hangars

Hangar 1

Overview of the RAF Stories exhibition with the Sea King search and rescue helicopter on the left. Raf-first-100-years credit-jigsaw.jpg
Overview of the RAF Stories exhibition with the Sea King search and rescue helicopter on the left.

Main point of entry to the museum with shop, café and corporate areas. The café provides seating under the wings of the Sunderland flying boat. [1]

TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
de Havilland DH.9A F1010Code:C
RAF Stories: the first 100 years of the Royal Air Force
Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.1 XR977RAF Stories: the first 100 years of the Royal Air Force
Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF-1)
display mockup		n/aRAF: First to the Future
Short Sunderland MR.5 ML824Code: MS:Z
Supermarine Spitfire Vb BL614Code: ZD:F
RAF Stories: the first 100 years of the Royal Air Force
Westland Sea King HAR.3 XZ585Code: A
RAF Stories: the first 100 years of the Royal Air Force

Hangar 2 (The Grahame-White Factory)

Hangar 2, Grahame-White Factory interior, Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a in the foreground, FE.2b, Sopwith Camel and Fokker D.VII suspended from the ceiling 2014 11 26 09 Grahame White Factory.jpg
Hangar 2, Grahame-White Factory interior, Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a in the foreground, FE.2b, Sopwith Camel and Fokker D.VII suspended from the ceiling

[2]

TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
Albatros D.Va
Replica		'D.7343/17'
Avro 504KE449
Blériot XXVII 433
Bristol F.2b Fighter E2466
Caudron G.3 3066
Fokker DVII 8417/18
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2b
Replica		687
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b
Replica		A6526
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8
Replica		'A3930'Code: B
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5AF938
Sopwith F1 Camel F6314
Sopwith Dolphin 5F1C3988
Sopwith Triplane N5912
Vickers FB5
Replica		2345

Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars)

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TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
Avro Rota K4232
BAC Lightning F.6 XS925
BAC Jet Provost T.5AXW323Code: 86
Bristol Beaufighter TF.XRD253
Bristol Beaufort VIIIDD931Code:L
Bristol Bulldog MkIIAK2227
Bristol Sycamore HR.14XJ918
Curtiss Kittyhawk IV FX760
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10WP962One of the aircraft used in RAF Exercise Northern Venture
de Havilland Chipmunk T.10 WP912used by the Duke of Edinburgh for flight training
Aberdeen University Air Squadron
de Havilland Vampire F.3VT812
English Electric Canberra PR.3WE139
Fiat CR.42 Falco MM5701
Gloster Gladiator IIN5628Forward fuselage only
Gloster Meteor F.8WH301
Hawker Hart IIJ9941
Hawker Hurricane IP2617Code AF:F
Hawker Tempest VNV778Target Towing markings
Hawker Typhoon IBMN235
Lockheed Hudson IIIAA16-199
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 XV424
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 4101/DG200Code: 12
North American Harvard IIB FE905
Hunting Percival Pembroke C.1 WV746 No. 60 Squadron RAF at RAF Wildenrath
Republic Thunderbolt II KL216
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.2 XL993Formerly at RAFM Midlands
Sikorsky R-4 KL110
Slingsby T-31B Cadet TX.3 C/N 844 XA302
Sopwith Snipe 'E6655'Composite Reconstruction
Supermarine Southampton N9899Restored wooden fuselage
Supermarine Spitfire IX4590Code: PR:F
Supermarine Spitfire XVIRW393
wears TB675
Supermarine Spitfire F.24PK724
Supermarine Stranraer 920Code: QN
Taylorcraft Auster ILB264
Westland Belvedere HC.1 XG474Code: O
Westland Gazelle HT.3 XW855
Westland Wessex HCC.4XV732Royal Transport
Westland Whirlwind HAR 10 XP299
CR 42 Falco in the Battle of Britain exhibition Fiat CR.42 at the RAF Museum.jpg
CR 42 Falco in the Battle of Britain exhibition
The Gloster Meteor on display in the Historic Hangars MeteorF8.JPG
The Gloster Meteor on display in the Historic Hangars

Hangar 5 (The Bomber Hall)

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Avro Lancaster R5868 in the Bomber Hall of the RAF Museum London Avro-lancaster-front.jpg
Avro Lancaster R5868 in the Bomber Hall of the RAF Museum London
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka on display in the Bomber Hall as part of the Battle of Britain exhibition Ju87 G2 1.jpg
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka on display in the Bomber Hall as part of the Battle of Britain exhibition
TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
Airspeed Oxford IMP425Code: G
Avro Anson IW2068Code: 68
Avro Lancaster IR5868
Avro Vulcan B.2XL318
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-8386
Consolidated B-24L Liberator KN751Code: F Snake
de Havilland Mosquito B.35TJ138Code: VO:L
Fairey Battle L5343Code: VO:S
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8/U-1584219Code: 38

*Temporarily Stored during Bomber Hall renovation

Handley Page Halifax IIW1048Recovered wreck
Handley Page Victor K.2XM717Nose Section
'Lucky Lou'
Heinkel He 111H-20701152
Heinkel He 162A-2VN679Code: 2
Junkers Ju 87G-2494083
Kawasaki Ki-100
Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4730301
Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet 191614
Mitsubishi Ki-46 ‘Dinah’n/aMoved from RAF Museum Midlands
North American P-51D Mustang 413317Code: VF:B
'Donald Duck'
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka n/a

Hangar 6 (Age of Uncertainty)

[5]

TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
BAe Harrier GR.9 ZG477Painted in 2010 retirement markings
Boeing CH-47D Chinook 83-24104Forward fuselage only
Eurofighter Typhoon ZH588Prototype
General Atomics MQ-1B Predator 03-3119
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B XW547
Lockheed WC-130E Hercules 64-0553Cockpit section
Panavia Tornado GR.1BZA457Code: AJ-J
'Bob'
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1XX824Code: AD

Previously on display

TypeIdentityMarkings/NotesPrevious location
Agusta Westland AW101 / EH-101 Merlin G-OIOI / ZJ116Sold in 2022 to The Helicopter Museum [6] Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars)
Bristol Blenheim IVL8756Code: XD:E / Moved to RAF Museum CosfordHangar 5 (The Bomber Hall)
Hawker Hunter FGA.9XG154Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars)
Hawker Tempest IIPR536Moved to RAF Museum Cosford in 2020 [7] Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars)
North American TB-25J Mitchell 34037Moved to the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in 2022Hangar 5 (The Bomber Hall)
Panavia Tornado F.3 ZE887Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars)
Percival Prentice Hangar 5 (The Bomber Hall)
Slingsby Grasshopper Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars)

Engines on display

The Rolls Royce R RollsRoyceR.JPG
The Rolls Royce R

See also

References

  1. ↑ "On Display - Hangar 1". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "On Display - Hangar 2". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "On Display - Hangars 3 & 4". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "On Display - Hangar 5". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "On Display - Hangar 6". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "EH Industries EH101 Heliliner". www.helimuseum.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "PR536". www.hawkertempest.se. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
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