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

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TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
Bristol Britannia 312G-AOVF
Consolidated PBY-6A CatalinaL-866
Hawker Hunter F.6AXG225
Hawker Siddeley Dominie T.1XS7093 FTS RAF
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1XV249No. 51 Squadron RAF
Lockheed C-130K Hercules C.3XV202
Lockheed SP-2H Neptune204
Vickers VC-10XR808101 Squadron RAF

Test Flight

The BAC TSR-2 on display in the Test Flight hangar

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TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
BAC TSR-2XR220Only 1 of 2 complete airframes left
Bristol 188XF926
British Aerospace EAPZF534Experimental Aircraft Programme, BAe
English Electric P.1AWG760RAE
Fairey Delta 2WG777A&AEE
Gloster Meteor F.8 Prone PositionWK935Institute of Aviation Medicine
Hawker Siddeley Kestrel F(GA).1XS695RAE
Hunting H.126XN714
Hunting Aircraft Jet Provost T.3XM351Y
Saunders-Roe SR.53XD145A&AEE, RPE Westcott
SEPECAT Jaguar ACTXX765Active Control Technology
Short SB.5WG768ETPS

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.

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TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
Avro Lincoln B.2RF398No. 151 Squadron RAF
BAe Harrier GR9AZG477
Boulton Paul Defiant IN1671EW-D, No. 307 (Polish) Squadron RAF
Bristol M.1c ReplicaC4994No. 150 Squadron RAF
de Havilland Mosquito TT.35TA639Unit markings of Guy Gibson's last flight in a Mosquito XX on 19 September 1944. No. 3 CAACU RAF
Fieseler Fi 156-C7 StorchVP746Air Ministry
Focke Achgelis FA330n/aLuftwaffe markings
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8733685"Mistel" combination aircraft
Gloster Gladiator IK8042No. 247 Squadron RAF
Hawker Hurricane IIcLF738UH-A
Junkers Ju 88R-1360043One 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-100-1bn/a
Messerschmitt Me 109G-2/TropBlack 8Luftwaffe markings
Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet191614RAE
Messerschmitt Me 262A-2AVK893Luftwaffe markings
Messerschmitt Me 410A-1/U2420430RAE
Mitsubishi Ki-46 'Dinah'n/aAllied Technical Air Intelligence Unit, South East Asia
Sopwith PupN5182Royal Naval Air Service
Sopwith 1½ Strutter ReplicaA8226No. 45 Squadron RFC
Supermarine Spitfire IK9942SD-D, No. 52 OTU RAF
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohkan/aRAE, 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

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TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.14WS843
Avro York C.1TS798
Canadair Sabre F.4XB812
Douglas Dakota C.4KN645
English Electric Canberra PR.9XH171
English Electric Lightning F.1/P.1BXG337
General Dynamics F-111F-CF74-0177492d Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath
Gloster Javelin FAW.1XA564
Handley Page Hastings T.5TG511
Handley Page Victor K.2XH672
Hawker Hunter T.7AXL568
Hawker Siddeley Vulcan B.2XM598
Mikoyan MiG-15bis001120
Mikoyan MiG-21PF7105
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.2XL993
Short Belfast C.1XR371
Sikorsky MH-53J Pave Low III68-8284
Vickers Valiant B.1XD818

Hangar 1

The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C1 on display in Hangar 1

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TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1XP411No. 105 Squadron RAF
Auster T.7 AntarcticWE6001956 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Avro Anson C.19TX214Maintenance Command Communications Squadron
BAC Jet Provost T.5AXW418
Boulton Paul Sea Balliol T.21WL732
Bristol Sycamore HR.14XJ918
CASA 352L (Junkers Ju 52)G-AFAP
Comper CLA.7 SwiftG-ACGL
de Havilland Chipmunk T.10WP912
de Havilland Comet 1XBG-APAS
de Havilland Devon C.2VP952
Fairchild Argus IIG-AIZE
Hawker CygnetG-EBMB
Hawker Siddeley Andover E.3AXS639
Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.1XR977
Hunting Percival Jet Provost T.1XD674
Hunting Percival Pembroke C.1WV746
Mignet HM.14G-AEEH
Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1XX654
Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.1XX496
Vickers Varsity T.1WL679
Westland Dragonfly HR.3G-AJOV
Westland Wessex HC.2XR525

Stored

TypeIdentityFormer locationMarkings/Notes
Avro 707CWZ744Test FlightRoyal Aircraft Establishment
de Havilland Venom FB.4J1704War in the Air
FMA IA 58 PucaráZD485 (A-515)War in the Air
Folland Gnat F.1XK724War in the Air
Gloster Meteor T.7 (Modified)WA634Test Flight
Hawker Afghan Hindn/aWar in the Air
North American P-51D Mustang44-73415War in the Air
Panavia Tornado P02XX946Test Flight

See also

References

  1. "On Display - External Display". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  2. "On Display - Test Flight". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. "On Display - War in the Air". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  4. "On Display - National Cold War Exhibition". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  5. "On Display - Hangar 1". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
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