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.
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]
Type | Identity | Markings/Notes |
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de Havilland DH.9A | F1010 | Code:C RAF Stories: the first 100 years of the Royal Air Force |
Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.1 | XR977 | RAF Stories: the first 100 years of the Royal Air Force |
Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF-1) display mockup | n/a | RAF: First to the Future |
Short Sunderland MR.5 | ML824 | Code: MS:Z |
Supermarine Spitfire Vb | BL614 | Code: ZD:F RAF Stories: the first 100 years of the Royal Air Force |
Westland Sea King HAR.3 | XZ585 | Code: A RAF Stories: the first 100 years of the Royal Air Force |
Type | Identity | Markings/Notes |
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Albatros D.Va Replica | 'D.7343/17' | |
Avro 504K | E449 | |
Blériot XXVII | 433 | |
Bristol F.2b Fighter | E2466 | |
Caudron G3 | 3066 | |
Fokker DVII | 8417/18 | |
Royal Aircraft Factory BE2b Replica | 687 | |
Royal Aircraft Factory FE2b Replica | A6526 | |
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 Replica | 'A3930' | Code: B |
Royal Aircraft Factory SE5A | F938 | |
Sopwith F1 Camel | F6314 | |
Sopwith Dolphin 5F1 | C3988 | |
Sopwith Triplane | N5912 | |
Vickers FB5 Replica | 2345 |
Type | Identity | Markings/Notes |
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Airspeed Oxford I | MP425 | Code: G |
Avro Anson I | W2068 | Code: 68 |
Avro Lancaster 1 | R5868 | |
Avro Vulcan B.2 | XL318 | |
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress | 44-8386 | |
Consolidated B-24L Liberator | KN751 | Code: F Snake |
de Havilland Mosquito B35 | TJ138 | Code: VO:L |
Fairey Battle | L5343 | Code: VO:S |
Focke Wulf Fw 190A-8/U-1 | 584219 | Code: 38 *Temporarily Stored during Bomber Hall renovation |
Handley Page Halifax II | W1048 | Recovered wreck |
Handley Page Victor K2 | XM717 | Nose Section 'Lucky Lou' |
Heinkel He 111H-20 | 701152 | |
Heinkel He 162A-2 | VN679 | Code: 2 |
Junkers Ju87G-2 | 494083 | |
Kawasaki Ki-100 | ||
Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 | 730301 | |
Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet | 191614 | |
Mitsubishi Ki-46 ‘Dinah’ | n/a | Moved from RAF Museum Cosford |
North American P-51D Mustang | 413317 | Code: VF:B 'Donald Duck' |
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka | n/a |
Type | Identity | Markings/Notes |
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BAe Harrier GR.9 | ZG477 | |
Boeing CH-47D Chinook | 83-24104 | Forward fuselage only |
Eurofighter Typhoon | ZH588 | Prototype |
General Atomics MQ-1B Predator | 03-3119 | |
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B | XW547 | |
Lockheed WC-130E Hercules | 64-0553 | Cockpit section |
Panavia Tornado GR1B | ZA457 | Code: AJ-J 'Bob' |
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 | XX824 | Code: AD |
Type | Identity | Markings/Notes | Previous location |
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Agusta Westland AW101 / EH-101 Merlin | G-OIOI / ZJ116 | Sold in 2022 to The Helicopter Museum [6] | Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars) |
Hawker Tempest II | PR536 | Moved to RAF Museum Cosford in 2020 [7] | Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars) |
Slingsby Grasshopper | Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars) | ||
North American TB-25J Mitchell | 34037 | Moved to the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in 2022 | Hangar 5 (The Bomber Hall) |
Bristol Blenheim IV | L8756 | Code: XD:E Moved to RAF Museum Cosford | Hangar 5 (The Bomber Hall) |
Percival Prentice | Hangar 5 (The Bomber Hall) |
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