List of aircraft at the Imperial War Museum Duxford

This list of aircraft at the Imperial War Museum Duxford summarises the collection of aircraft that is housed at the Imperial War Museum Duxford.^[1] Note the list does not include aircraft owned by The Fighter Collection and the Historic Aircraft Collection, two private operators of airworthy aircraft which are also based at Duxford.

Imperial War Museum Collection

Aircraft on display that are the property or on loan to the Imperial War Museum

Type	Image	Identity	Markings/Notes
Airco DH.9		D5649	Royal Air Force/Royal Flying Corps
Airspeed Oxford I		V3388	Royal Air Force
Avro Anson I		N4877	Royal Air Force 500 Squadron markings coded MK-V
Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck		18393	Royal Canadian Air Force
Avro Lancaster X		KB889	Royal Canadian Air Force 428 Squadron coded NA-I.
Avro Shackleton MR.3		XF708	Royal Air Force 203 Squadron coded 'C'
Avro Vulcan B.2		XJ824	Royal Air Force
BAC Strikemaster		1133	Royal Saudi Air Force
BAC TSR.2		XR222	Royal Air Force
British Aerospace Harrier GR.9		ZD461	Royal Air Force
Bristol F.2B Fighter		E2581	Royal Air Force/Royal Flying Corps
CASA 2.111		B2I-27	Spanish Air Force licence-built Heinkel He 111 with Rolls-Royce Merlin engines
De Havilland Sea Vampire T.22		XG743	Fleet Air Arm
De Havilland Mosquito TT.35		TA719	Royal Air Force
De Havilland Sea Venom FAW.21		XG613	Fleet Air Arm
De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2		XS576	Fleet Air Arm - 899 NAS coded '125'
De Havilland Tiger Moth		N6635	Royal Air Force No. 22 Elementary Flying Training School coded '25'
De Havilland Vampire T.11		WZ590	Royal Air Force - 5 FTS coded '49'
English Electric Canberra B.2		WH725	Royal Air Force 50 Squadron, on loan from the Royal Air Force Museum
English Electric Lightning F.1		XM135	Royal Air Force 74 Squadron markings coded 'B'
Eurofighter Typhoon		ZH590	Former trials aircraft 'DA4'
Fairey Gannet ECM.6		XG797	Fleet Air Arm - 831 NAS marking coded '277'
Fairey Swordfish		NF370	Royal Air Force 119 Squadron coded NH-L
Fieseler Fi 156			A French-built Morane-Saulnier MS.505 painted to represent a Luftwaffe Fi 156 coded 'CF+HF'
FMA IA 58 Pucará		A-549	Argentine Air Force captured during the Falklands War
Focke-Achgelis Fa 330		100143
Gloster Meteor F.8		WK991	Royal Air Force - 56 Squadron
Gloster Javelin FAW.9		XH897	Aircraft & Armament Experimental Establishment markings
Handley Page Hastings C.1A		TG528	Royal Air Force 24 Squadron
Handley Page Victor B.1		XH648	Royal Air Force 57 Squadron
Hawker Hurricane IIB		Z2315	Royal Air Force - 111 Squadron markings coded 'JU-E', aircraft recovered from Russia
Hawker Hunter F.6A		XE627	Royal Air Force - 65 Squadron markings, on loan from the United States Air Force.
Hawker Sea Hawk FB.5		WM969	Fleet Air Arm
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B		XV865	Royal Air Force 208 Squadron
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3		XZ133	Royal Air Force coded 10
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2		XV474	Royal Air Force 74 Squadron
Messerschmitt Bf 109		1190	Luftwaffe aircraft that force landed in 1940
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21		501	Hungarian Air Force
Mil Mi-24		96+21	Former East German Air Force helicopter in German Air Force Markings
Miles Magister I		G-AFBS	In wartime Royal Air Force colour scheme but with civil registration.
Northrop SD.1 Shelduck		XT581	Army
Panavia Tornado GR.1		ZA465	Royal Air Force coded 'FF'
Percival Proctor III		LZ766	Royal Air Force
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8		F3556	Royal Air Force/Royal Flying Corps
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1A		XX108	Royal Air Force
Short Sunderland MR.5		ML796	Royal Air Force, it is a former French Navy aircraft
Supermarine Spitfire F.24		VN485	Royal Air Force
Westland Lysander		V9673	Royal Air Force 161 Squadron markings coded 'MA-J', a former Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft.
Westland Lynx AH.7		XZ194	British Army coded 'V'
Westland Sea King HAS.6		XV712	Fleet Air Arm
Westland Wasp HAS.1		XS567	Fleet Air Arm coded 434
Westland Wessex HAS.1		XS863	Fleet Air Arm coded 304/R of 815 Naval Air Squadron
Westland Whirlwind HAS.7		XK936	Fleet Air Arm

American Air Museum

Aircraft owned or on loan to the Imperial War Museum and displayed in the American Air Museum

Type	Image	Identity	Markings/Notes
Bell UH-1H Iroquois		72-21605	Former 72-21605 of the United States Army is on display in the American Air Museum (AAM).
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress		231983	F-BDRS was operated by the French Institut géographique national (National Geographic Institute) before acquisition in 1974 as a spare parts source for the airworthy Sally B. In 1978 it was donated to the Imperial War Museum and displayed as 231983 IY-G of the 401st Bomb Group United States Army Air Force based at RAF Deenethorpe which was named Mary Alice.
Boeing B-52D Stratofortress		60689	United States Air Force, on display outside since 1983 and moved inside the American Air Museum in 1997.
Boeing B-29A Superfortress		44-61748	A former United States Air Force B-29A, it was recovered from the China Lake range in 1979, restored to flying condition as G-BHDK and flown across the Atlantic to Duxford, arriving in March 1980. Painted as 461748 to represent an aircraft of the 501st Bomb Group United States Army Air Force and named It's Hawg Wild. On loan from the United States Navy.
Boeing-Stearman PT-17		42-17786	Painted as 42-17786 of the United States Army it was a static restoration mainly using bits from a former Canadian-owned example CF-EQS.
Consolidated B-24M Liberator		44-50493	44-51228 was the last B-24 in United States Air Force service, being used for ice research before being retired in 1953. It was placed on display at Lakeland Air Force Base. Built by Ford at Willow Run it was donated to the museum by the Ford Motor Company arriving in 1999. Painted as 44-50493 of the 392nd Bomardment Group/578th Bombardment Squadron United States Army Air Force based at RAF Wendling in Norfolk, England, and named Dugan.
Douglas C-47A Skytrain		43-15509	Painted in the markings it flew in 1944 as an aircraft of the 316th Troop Carrier Group/37th Troop Carrier Squadron based at RAF Cottesmore, Rutland.
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II		70259	A-10A 77-259 was last flown by the 10th Tactical Fighter Wing and it was flown to Duxford on retirement from the United States Air Force in 1992 from its base at nearby RAF Alconbury. On loan from the United States Air Force.
General Dynamics F-111E		67-120	A veteran of Operation Desert Storm, it was based at RAF Upper Heyford with the 20th Fighter Wing of the United States Air Force prior to arriving at Duxford for display in 1993. On loan from the United States Air Force Museum.
Grumman TBM-3E Avenger			CF-KCG is a former Royal Canadian Navy aircraft in civilian hands in Canada since 1960 later as a sprayer, following an accident in 1976 the aircraft was bought by the Museum. Painted as 46214 of the United States Navy to represent an aircraft flown by George H. W. Bush.
Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird		64-17962	17962 was loaned to the museum in 2001 by the United States Air Force Museum to represent the aircraft based at RAF Mildenhall.
Lockheed T-33A		14286	A former French Air Force aircraft built in 1951 it was retired to Duxford in 1978, painted as 14286 of the United States Air Force.
Lockheed U-2C		66692	Operated by the United States Air Force from 1956 until retired and presented to the museum in 1992 to represent the type as flown at nearby RAF Alconbury.
McDonnell Douglas F-4J(UK) Phantom		155529	ZE359 is a former United States Navy F-4J from 1968 until it was converted to a F-4J(UK) for service with the Royal Air Force from 1984. Flown to Duxford on retirement and restores to original United States Navy markings of VF-74 as 155529.
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle		76-020	Flown by the United States Air Force from 1976 to 1994. Allocated to the Imperial War Museum in 2001 and later painted to represent the aircraft when it served with the 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. On loan from the United States Air Force Museum.
North American B-25J Mitchell		44-31171	Retired from service as a TB-25J trainer with the United States Air Force in 1957 it then had various civil owners before being delivered to Duxford in 1976. Since 1996 it has been displayed as 44-31171 a PBJ-1J of the United States Marine Corps. It has now been repainted to represent B-25J 43-4064 "LI'L Critter From the Moon" of the 488th Bomb Squadron, 340th Bomb Group of the USAAF's Twelfth Air Force in the latter stages of World War Two.
North American F-100D Super Sabre		42165	A former French Air Force aircraft it has been at Duxford since 1976. Painted as 42165 of the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing/352th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the United States Air Force. On loan from the United States Air Force Museum.
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt		226413	A composite static rebuild painted to represent an aircraft of the 78th Fighter Group based at Duxford.
SPAD XIII			This replica SPAD was built in Germany and flown in the United Kingdom since 1978. It was placed in the Fleet Air Arm museum in 1986 and transferred to Duxford in 1996. Painted as S.4513 to represent and aircraft flown in 1918 by Captain Rickenbacker with the United States Army Air Service in France.

Duxford Aviation Society

Aircraft owned or on loan to the Duxford Aviation Society

Type	Image	Identity	Markings/Notes
Airspeed Ambassador 2		G-ALZO	The only surviving Ambassador; operated by British European Airways (BEA) from 1952 to 1958, it was then used by the Royal Jordanian Air Force as a VIP aircraft. It was bought by Dan-Air in 1963 and operated until 1971 when it went on display at Lasham Airfield. Donated to the Duxford Aviation Society in 1986 and moved to Duxford still painted in Dan-Air markings.[2]
Avro York		G-ANTK	In the markings of Dan-Air, its last operator. Originally operated by the Royal Air Force from 1946, it was used on the Berlin Airlift. Sold to Dan-Air in 1954 which flew it until 1964. After retirement it was on display at Lasham Airfield until it was transferred to the Duxford Aviation Society and moved to Duxford in 1986 for a 20-year restoration programme.[3]
BAC One Eleven 500		G-AVMU	Operated by BEA from 1969 until British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and BEA merged to form British Airways in 1972. After retirement by British Airways it was donated to the society and flown to Duxford in 1993. Displayed in British Airways markings and named County of Dorset.[4]
BAC Super VC10		G-ASGC	Former BOAC and British Airways aircraft, painted in BOAC-Cunard markings which it wore when it was operated by the 1960s' joint venture between BOAC and Cunard Line. Donated and flown to Duxford in 1980.[5]
Bristol Britannia 312		G-AOVT	Had been operated by BOAC and British Eagle but retains the colours of the last operator Monarch Airlines. Donated to the society by Monarch Airlines and flown to Duxford in 1975.[6]
Concorde		G-AXDN	Former pre-production development aircraft G-AXDN was donated to the society and flown to Duxford in 1977.[7]
de Havilland Comet		G-APDB	Former Dan-Air aircraft; painted in the markings of its first operator BOAC, which operated it from 1958. Donated by Dan-Air in 1974 and flown to Duxford.[8]
de Havilland Dove		G-ALFU	Used as a navaid calibration aircraft with the Civil Aviation Flying Unit (CAFU) from 1948 until 1972. Donated to the IWM in 1973 and moved to Duxford, transferred to the society in 1984; it is displayed in CAFU markings.[9]
Handley Page Dart Herald 201		G-APWJ	Painted in Air UK markings, its last operator; it was donated and flown to Duxford in 1985.[10]
Handley Page Hermes		G-ALDG	Fuselage that was used at Gatwick as a cabin trainer and then by the fire service, it is now on display in BOAC markings named Horsa. Although only a fuselage, it is the only surviving Hermes and arrived at Duxford for preservation in 1981.[11]
Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E		G-AVFB	Painted in British European Airways markings to represent the first operator of the aircraft between 1968 and 1972. Used by Cyprus Airways until it suffered damage during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and was abandoned at Nicosia airport. It was recovered by British Airways and repaired; and continued in service until 1982, when it was donated to the society and flown to Duxford.[12]
Vickers Viscount 701		G-ALWF	Painted to represent a Viscount of British European Airways with the original name Sir John Franklin. Whiskey Foxtrot was the second production aircraft and was delivered to British European Airways in 1953. The last operator was Cambrian Airways and she was retired in 1971 and placed on display at Liverpool Airport with the Viscount Preservation Trust. Transferred to the Duxford Aviation Society and moved to Duxford by road in 1976.[13]

See also

• The Fighter Collection

References