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de Havilland Aircraft Museum

The de Havilland Aircraft Museum operates at the site where the famous Mosquito was developed, and maintains a specialist collection of the company’s civil and military designs. It connects wooden wartime aircraft construction with early jet research and British postwar passenger aviation. The aircraft collection concentrates on de Havilland research and development, Mosquito preservation, early British jet flight and civil passenger aircraft production. Several Mosquitos are preserved at the museum, with other airframes in restoration and some sections rather than complete aircraft. Aircraft temporarily in storage are not presented as guaranteed public exhibits; only identifiable aircraft, not simulator or engine-only exhibits, are entered. The aircraft entries below are selected records from the institution’s own collection pages, not a claim to reproduce its entire inventory. A type shown in a museum catalog is not automatically available for inspection: restoration, loan, operational, and reserve storage arrangements can change. Where the catalog does not establish current public display, these records retain an unknown display status.

Aviation Museum14 documented aircraft/exhibitsOpen Public
Museum-specific photograph from the official website of de Havilland Aircraft Museum
Museum-specific image sourced from the official visitor page (20251024_145623).Photographer not stated by source · Source: de Havilland Aircraft Museum official visitor website; photographer/rights holder not stated · Owner-authorized use; provenance retained
Museum story

The museum

The de Havilland Aircraft Museum operates at the site where the famous Mosquito was developed, and maintains a specialist collection of the company’s civil and military designs. It connects wooden wartime aircraft construction with early jet research and British postwar passenger aviation.

The de Havilland Aircraft Museum operates at the site where the famous Mosquito was developed, and maintains a specialist collection of the company’s civil and military designs. It connects wooden wartime aircraft construction with early jet research and British postwar passenger aviation.

The aircraft collection concentrates on de Havilland research and development, Mosquito preservation, early British jet flight and civil passenger aircraft production. Several Mosquitos are preserved at the museum, with other airframes in restoration and some sections rather than complete aircraft. Aircraft temporarily in storage are not presented as guaranteed public exhibits; only identifiable aircraft, not simulator or engine-only exhibits, are entered.

The aircraft entries below are selected records from the institution’s own collection pages, not a claim to reproduce its entire inventory. A type shown in a museum catalog is not automatically available for inspection: restoration, loan, operational, and reserve storage arrangements can change. Where the catalog does not establish current public display, these records retain an unknown display status.

Collection character

What defines the collection

de Havilland research and development, Mosquito preservation, early British jet flight and civil passenger aircraft production

Collection focus: Civil aviation · Cold War · Experimental aircraft · Indoor galleries · Military aviation · Restoration · Second World War
Civil aviationCold WarExperimental aircraftIndoor galleriesMilitary aviationRestorationSecond World War
Visitor experience

What to expect

Several Mosquitos are preserved at the museum, with other airframes in restoration and some sections rather than complete aircraft. Aircraft temporarily in storage are not presented as guaranteed public exhibits; only identifiable aircraft, not simulator or engine-only exhibits, are entered.

Collection guide

What the museum holds

14 documented aircraft and exhibit records

The inventory below separates what the museum or its sources say the institution holds from the smaller set of aircraft histories already connected to the Air Archive.

14Documented records
0Recorded on display
1Air Archive links
2Research sources
Collection highlights14 cataloged entries
  • de Havilland MosquitoUnknown
  • de Havilland MosquitoUnknown
  • de Havilland MosquitoUnknown
  • De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF.3Storage
  • De Havilland DH.100 VampireUnknown
  • De Havilland DH.104 DoveUnknown
  • De Havilland DH.106 Comet 1AUnknown
  • De Havilland DH.110 Sea VixenUnknown
  • De Havilland DH.112 Sea VenomUnknown
  • De Havilland DH.114 HeronUnknown
  • De Havilland DH.125 business jetUnknown
  • De Havilland DH.82 ChipmunkUnknown
  • De Havilland DH.87 Hornet MothUnknown
  • De Havilland DH.89 Dragon RapideUnknown
Open full museum-listed inventory (14 entries)
AircraftStatusIdentity
De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF.3Storage—
De Havilland DH.100 VampireUnknown—
De Havilland DH.104 DoveUnknown—
De Havilland DH.106 Comet 1AUnknown—
De Havilland DH.110 Sea VixenUnknown—
De Havilland DH.112 Sea VenomUnknown—
De Havilland DH.114 HeronUnknown—
De Havilland DH.125 business jetUnknown—
De Havilland DH.82 ChipmunkUnknown—
De Havilland DH.87 Hornet MothUnknown—
De Havilland DH.89 Dragon RapideUnknown—
de Havilland Mosquito
De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B.35
Unknown—
de Havilland Mosquito
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI
Unknown—
de Havilland Mosquito
De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito prototype W4050
Unknown—
Museum collection records are source-backed; catalog inclusion does not by itself guarantee that an airframe is currently visible to visitors.
Air Archive cross-links

Aircraft histories connected to this museum

These links connect museum holdings to aircraft histories already in the Trackpads Air Archive. They are not intended to imply that every museum aircraft has a dedicated archive profile yet.

de Havilland MosquitoDe Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B.35 · Unknown
Research trail

Sources

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