List of aircraft at the Royal Air Force Museum London

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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.

Hangar 1

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]

TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
de Havilland DH.9AF1010Code:C
RAF Stories: the first 100 years of the Royal Air Force
Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.1XR977RAF Stories: the first 100 years of the Royal Air Force
Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF-1)
display mockup		n/aRAF: First to the Future
Short Sunderland MR.5ML824Code: MS:Z
Supermarine Spitfire VbBL614Code: ZD:F
RAF Stories: the first 100 years of the Royal Air Force
Westland Sea King HAR.3XZ585Code: A
RAF Stories: the first 100 years of the Royal Air Force

Hangar 2 (The Grahame-White Factory)

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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TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
Albatros D.Va
Replica		'D.7343/17'
Avro 504KE449
Blériot XXVII433
Bristol F.2b FighterE2466
Caudron G.33066
Fokker DVII8417/18
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2b
Replica		687
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b
Replica		A6526
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8
Replica		'A3930'Code: B
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5AF938
Sopwith F1 CamelF6314
Sopwith Dolphin 5F1C3988
Sopwith TriplaneN5912
Vickers FB5
Replica		2345

Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars)

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TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
Avro RotaK4232
BAC Lightning F.6XS925
BAC Jet Provost T.5AXW323Code: 86
Bristol Beaufighter TF.XRD253
Bristol Beaufort VIIIDD931Code:L
Bristol Bulldog MkIIAK2227
Bristol Sycamore HR.14XJ918
Curtiss Kittyhawk IVFX760
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10WP962One of the aircraft used in RAF Exercise Northern Venture
de Havilland Chipmunk T.10WP912used by the Duke of Edinburgh for flight training
Aberdeen University Air Squadron
de Havilland Vampire F.3VT812
English Electric Canberra PR.3WE139
Fiat CR.42 FalcoMM5701
Gloster Gladiator IIN5628Forward fuselage only
Gloster Meteor F.8WH301
Handley Page Hampden TB.1P1344Fuselage Only
Handley Page HerefordL6012Damaged Rear Fuselage Only
Hawker Hart IIJ9941
Hawker Hurricane IP2617Code AF:F
Hawker Tempest VNV778Target Towing markings
Hawker Typhoon IBMN235
Lockheed Hudson IIIAA16-199
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2XV424
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-34101/DG200Code: 12
North American Harvard IIBFE905
Hunting Percival Pembroke C.1WV746No. 60 Squadron RAF at RAF Wildenrath
Republic Thunderbolt IIKL216
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.2XL993Formerly at RAFM Midlands
Sikorsky R-4KL110
Slingsby T-31B Cadet TX.3 C/N 844XA302
Sopwith Snipe'E6655'Composite Reconstruction
Supermarine SouthamptonN9899Restored wooden fuselage
Supermarine Spitfire IX4590Code: PR:F
Supermarine Spitfire XVIRW393
wears TB675
Supermarine Spitfire F.24PK724
Supermarine Stranraer920Code: QN
Taylorcraft Auster ILB264
Westland Belvedere HC.1XG474Code: O
Westland Gazelle HT.3XW855
Westland Wessex HCC.4XV732Royal Transport
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
TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
Airspeed Oxford IMP425Code: G
Avro Anson IW2068Code: 68
Avro Lancaster IR5868
Avro Vulcan B.2XL318
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress44-8386
Consolidated B-24L LiberatorKN751Code: F Snake
de Havilland Mosquito B.35TJ138Code: VO:L
Fairey BattleL5343Code: VO:S
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8/U-1584219Code: 38

*Temporarily Stored during Bomber Hall renovation

Handley Page Halifax IIW1048Recovered wreck
Handley Page Victor K.2XM717Nose Section
'Lucky Lou'
Heinkel He 111H-20701152
Heinkel He 162A-2VN679Code: 2
Junkers Ju 87G-2494083
Kawasaki Ki-100
Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4730301
Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet191614
Mitsubishi Ki-46 ‘Dinah’n/aMoved from RAF Museum Midlands
North American P-51D Mustang413317Code: VF:B
'Donald Duck'
Short Stirling IIILK488Recovered Tail Section
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohkan/a

Hangar 6 (Age of Uncertainty)

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TypeIdentityMarkings/Notes
BAe Harrier GR.9ZG477Painted in 2010 retirement markings
Boeing CH-47D Chinook83-24104Forward fuselage only
Eurofighter TyphoonZH588Prototype
General Atomics MQ-1B Predator03-3119
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2BXW547
Lockheed WC-130E Hercules64-0553Cockpit section
Panavia Tornado GR.1BZA457Code: AJ-J
'Bob'
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1XX824Code: AD

Previously on display

TypeIdentityFormer locationMarkings/NotesFate
Agusta Westland AW101 / EH-101 MerlinG-OIOI / ZJ116Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars)to the The Helicopter Museum during 2022[6]
Bristol Blenheim IVL8756Hangar 5 (The Bomber Hall)XD-Eto RAFM Midlands
Hawker Hunter FGA.9XG154Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars)to Storage
Hawker Tempest IIPR536Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars)OQ-Hto RAFM Midlands during 2020[7]
North American TB-25J Mitchell34037Hangar 5 (The Bomber Hall)to the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in 2022
Panavia Tornado F.3ZE887Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars)to Storage
Percival PrenticeHangar 5 (The Bomber Hall)
Slingsby GrasshopperHangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars)
Westland Whirlwind HAR 10XP299Hangar 3 and 4 (Historic Hangars)to RAFM Midlands during 2025

Engines on display

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