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

[1]

Type Identity Markings Notes
Bristol Britannia 312 G-AOVF
wears XM497		 497 "Schedar" 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

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

[2]

Type Identity Markings Notes
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

A Hawker Hurricane II on display in the War in the Air hangar. A selection of armament used by the type is also displayed.
Focke Achgelis FA330

[3]

Type Identity Markings Notes
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

The Mikoyan MiG-15bis on display in the National Cold War Exhibition
Electric Lightning F.1 serial XG337 on display

[4]

Type Identity Markings Notes
Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.14 WS843 J No. 264 Squadron RAF
Avro York C.1 TS798 Union Jack
Canadair Sabre F.4 XB812 No. 93 Squadron RAF
Douglas Dakota C.4 KN645 Transport Command
English Electric Canberra PR.9 XH171 U No. 39 Squadron RAF
English Electric Lightning F.1/P.1B XG337
General Dynamics F-111F-CF 74-0177 LN 177 United States Air Force - 492d Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath
Gloster Javelin FAW.1 XA564
Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG511 511
Handley Page Victor K.2 XH672 "Maid Marion" No. 55 Squadron RAF
Hawker Hunter T.7A XL568 No. 74 Squadron RAF
Hawker Siddeley Vulcan B.2 XM598 No. 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 Enceladus 371 No. 53 Squadron RAF
Sikorsky MH-53J Pave Low III 68-8284 8284 United States Air Force
Vickers Valiant B.1 XD818 Part of No. 49 Squadron RAF 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

[6]

Type Identity Markings Notes
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy T.1 XP411 No. 6 Flying Training School RAF at RAF Finningley
Avro Anson C.19 Series 1 TX214 Royal Air Force
Transport Command		 Metropolitan Communication Squadron RAF at RAF Hendon
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XZ997 Falklands Exhibition
Boeing CH-47 Chinook HC.6A ZA718 BN Bravo November
Falklands Exhibition
Comper CLA.7 Swift G-ACGL
de Havilland Chipmunk T.10 WP912 used by the Duke of Edinburgh for flight training
Aberdeen University Air Squadron
de Havilland Comet 1XB G-APAS B.O.A.C
de Havilland Devon C.2/2A VP952 No. 207 Squadron RAF at RAF Northolt
Fairchild Argus II G-AIZE United States Army Air Forces
Hawker Cygnet G-EBMB
Hawker Siddeley Andover E.3A XS639 No. 32 Squadron RAF
Hunting Percival Jet Provost T.1 XD674 Hunting Aircraft
Hunting Percival Pembroke C.1 WV746 *** No. 60 Squadron RAF at RAF Wildenrath
Mignet HM.14 G-AEEH
Miles Magister I T9708
wears T9707
Percival Provost T.1 WV562 P-C No. 1 Flying Training School RAF at RAF Syerston
Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1 XX654 3 Central Flying School at RAF Cranwell
Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.1 XX496 No. 45 Squadron RAF
Supermarine Spitfire Replica RG904 Made for TV Programme
Vickers Varsity T.1 WL679 M Royal Aircraft Establishment
Westland Wessex HC.2 XR525 G No. 72 Squadron RAF

Previously on display

Type Identity Former location Markings/Notes
Auster T.7 Antarctic WE600 Hangar 1 1956 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Avro 707C WZ744 Test Flight Royal Aircraft Establishment
BAC Jet Provost T.5A XW418 Hangar 1
Boulton Paul Sea Balliol T.21 WL732 Hangar 1
Bristol Sycamore HR.14 XJ918 Hangar 1
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
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 No. 46 Wing, Spanish Air Force
North American P-51D Mustang 44-73415 War in the Air United States Army Air Forces
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

  1. ^ "On Display - External Display". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. ^ "On Display - Test Flight". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. ^ "On Display - War in the Air". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. ^ "On Display - National Cold War Exhibition". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "On Display - Hangar 1". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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