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Royal Air Force Museum London

Royal Air Force Museum London in London, England, United Kingdom gives visitors a substantial physical collection centered on royal air force history, first and second world war aviation, bomber command, cold war aircraft, and modern raf operations. The museum is especially relevant to visitors interested in military aviation, First World War aviation, Second World War aviation, Cold War aviation, and modern aviation, and its displays place surviving machines alongside the broader technical, operational, and preservation story of flight. This page is designed as more than a location entry. It connects the museum's wider collection to individually verified surviving-aircraft records in the Air Archive, while also giving enough context to understand the institution before planning a visit. The aircraft shown here are a documented subset rather than a claim to reproduce the museum's complete inventory, so additional airframes can be added as their current location and identity are verified.

Military Aviation Museum103 large objects currently on display64 documented aircraft/exhibitsOpen Public
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Mk.57 (BDU-11A/E) Nuclear Depth Bomb on display in Royal Air Force Museum, London, England, United Kingdom. This bomb was suitable for nuclear capable aircrafts like P-3 Orion, F-4, F-111, F-16, F-104, B-52, S-3 and SH-3 and others. Production started in 1963 and about 3,100 of these bombs were madeAnk Kumar · Ank Kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Museum story

The museum

The London site of the Royal Air Force Museum interprets RAF history from the service’s origins through contemporary operations across multiple hangars at Hendon.

Royal Air Force Museum London in London, England, United Kingdom gives visitors a substantial physical collection centered on royal air force history, first and second world war aviation, bomber command, cold war aircraft, and modern raf operations. The museum is especially relevant to visitors interested in military aviation, First World War aviation, Second World War aviation, Cold War aviation, and modern aviation, and its displays place surviving machines alongside the broader technical, operational, and preservation story of flight.

This page is designed as more than a location entry. It connects the museum's wider collection to individually verified surviving-aircraft records in the Air Archive, while also giving enough context to understand the institution before planning a visit. The aircraft shown here are a documented subset rather than a claim to reproduce the museum's complete inventory, so additional airframes can be added as their current location and identity are verified.

Collection character

What defines the collection

Royal Air Force history, First and Second World War aviation, Bomber Command, Cold War aircraft, and modern RAF operations.

Collection focus: Cold War · Helicopters · Indoor galleries · Military aviation · Modern aviation · First World War · Second World War
Cold WarHelicoptersIndoor galleriesMilitary aviationModern aviationFirst World WarSecond World War
Visitor experience

What to expect

The collection includes substantial indoor gallery space. Use the museum’s official visitor-information page for current access arrangements, tours, special events, closures, and any changes affecting what can be seen on the day of a visit.

Collection guide

What the museum holds

103 large objects currently on display

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.

64Documented records
64Recorded on display
17Air Archive links
14Research sources
Collection highlights64 cataloged entries
Open full museum-listed inventory (64 entries)
AircraftStatusIdentity
Airspeed Oxford Mk IOn Display—
Albatros D.Va replicaOn Display—
Avro 504K [E449]On DisplayE449
Avro Anson Mk I [W2068]On DisplayW2068
Avro Lancaster
Avro Lancaster Mk I
On DisplayR5868
Avro RotaOn Display—
Avro Vulcan
Avro Vulcan B.2
On Display—
BAC Jet Provost T.5AOn Display—
BAe Harrier GR.9AOn Display—
Blériot XXVIIOn Display—
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Boeing B-17G Fortress
On Display—
Boeing CH-47D Chinook forward fuselageOn Display—
Bristol Sycamore HR.14On Display—
Caudron G.3
Caudron G.3
On Display—
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Consolidated B-24L Liberator
On Display—
Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IVOn Display—
de Havilland ChipmunkOn Display—
de Havilland DH.9AOn Display—
de Havilland Mosquito
de Havilland Mosquito B.35
On Display—
de Havilland Vampire F.3On Display—
English Electric Lightning F.6On Display—
Folland Gnat T.1On Display—
General Atomics MQ-1B PredatorOn Display—
Gloster Gladiator Mk II forward fuselage remainsOn Display—
Gloster Meteor
Gloster Meteor F.8
On Display—
Handley Page Victor
Handley Page Victor K.2 nose section
On Display—
Hawker Hart Mk IIOn Display—
Hawker Hunter
Hawker Hunter FGA.9
On Display—
Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Hurricane Mk I
On Display—
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2BOn Display—
Hawker Tempest Mk VOn Display—
Heinkel He 162A-2On Display—
Lockheed Hercules WC-130EOn Display—
Lockheed Hudson IIIAOn Display—
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2On Display—
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 [4101 / DG200]
On Display—
Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4On Display—
Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a KometOn Display—
Mitsubishi Ki-46 DinahOn Display—
North American Harvard IIbOn Display—
North American P-51 Mustang
North American P-51D Mustang
On Display—
Panavia Tornado GR.1BOn Display—
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2bOn Display—
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8On Display—
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 [XX824]On DisplayXX824
Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly Mk IOn Display—
Slingsby Cadet TX.3On Display—
Slingsby Type 38 GrasshopperOn Display—
Sopwith Dolphin 5F.IOn Display—
Sopwith Camel
Sopwith F.1 Camel
On Display—
Sopwith Snipe
Sopwith Snipe
On Display—
Sopwith Triplane
Sopwith Triplane
On Display—
Supermarine SouthamptonOn Display—
Supermarine Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire F.24
On Display—
Supermarine Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
On Display—
Supermarine Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI [RW393 / TB675]
On Display—
Vickers F.B.5
Vickers F.B.5
On Display—
Westland Belvedere HC.1On Display—
Westland Gazelle HT.3On Display—
Westland Lysander [R9125 / 8377M]On Display—
Westland Sea King HAR.3 [XZ585]On DisplayXZ585
Westland Wessex HCC.4On Display—
Westland Whirlwind HAR.10On Display—
Yokosuka MXY7 OhkaOn Display—
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.

Avro LancasterLancaster I · R5868 · Static DisplaySupermarine SpitfireSpitfire Mk I · X4590 · Static DisplayAvro VulcanAvro Vulcan B.2 · On DisplayBoeing B-17 Flying FortressBoeing B-17G Fortress · On DisplayCaudron G.3Caudron G.3 · On DisplayConsolidated B-24 LiberatorConsolidated B-24L Liberator · On Displayde Havilland Mosquitode Havilland Mosquito B.35 · On DisplayGloster MeteorGloster Meteor F.8 · On DisplayHandley Page VictorHandley Page Victor K.2 nose section · On DisplayHawker HunterHawker Hunter FGA.9 · On DisplayHawker HurricaneHawker Hurricane Mk I · On DisplayMesserschmitt Bf 109Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 [4101 / DG200] · On DisplayNorth American P-51 MustangNorth American P-51D Mustang · On DisplaySopwith CamelSopwith F.1 Camel · On Display
Research trail

Sources

Open 14 sources