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List of aircraft at the Royal Air Force Museum London

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.

Hangars

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Hangar 1

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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]

Type Identity Markings/Notes
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

Hangar 2 (The Grahame-White Factory)

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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

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Type Identity Markings/Notes
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

Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars)

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Type Identity Markings/Notes
Avro Rota K4232
BAC Lightning F6 XS925
BAC Jet Provost T.5A XW323 Code: 86
Bristol Beaufighter TFX RD253
Bristol Beaufort VIII DD931 Code:L
Bristol Bulldog MkIIA K2227
Bristol Sycamore HR.14 XJ918
Curtiss Kittyhawk IV FX760
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk WP962 One of the aircraft used in RAF Exercise Northern Venture
de Havilland Vampire F.3 VT812
English Electric Canberra PR.3 WE139
Fiat CR.42 Falco MM5701
Gloster Gladiator II N5628 Forward fuselage only
Gloster Meteor F.8 WH301
Hawker Hart II J9941
Hawker Hurricane I P2617 Code AF:F
Hawker Hunter FGA.9 XG154
Hawker Tempest V NV778 Target Towing markings
Hawker Typhoon IB MN235
Lockheed Hudson IIIA A16-199
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 XV424
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 4101/DG200 Code: 12
North American Harvard IIB FE905
Panavia Tornado F.3 ZE887
Republic Thunderbolt II KL216
Sikorsky R-4 KL110
Slingsby T-31B Cadet TX.3 C/N 844 XA302
Sopwith Snipe 'E6655' Composite Reconstruction
Supermarine Southampton N9899 Restored wooden fuselage
Supermarine Spitfire I X4590 Code: PR:F
Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI RW393
wears TB675
Supermarine Spitfire F.24 PK724
Supermarine Stranraer 920 Code: QN
Taylorcraft Auster I LB264
Westland Belvedere HC.1 XG474 Code: O
Westland Gazelle HT.3 XW855
Westland Wessex HCC.4 XV732 Royal Transport
Westland Whirlwind HAR 10 XP299
 
CR 42 Falco in the Battle of Britain exhibition
 
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
 
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka on display in the Bomber Hall as part of the Battle of Britain exhibition
Type Identity Markings/Notes
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

Hangar 6 (Age of Uncertainty)

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Type Identity Markings/Notes
BAe Harrier GR.9 ZG477 Painted in 2010 retirement markings
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

Previously on display

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Type Identity Markings/Notes Previous location
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)

Engines on display

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The Rolls Royce R

See also

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References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aircraft at RAF Museum London.
  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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