On 8 April 1997, XX343 veered-off Boscombe’s RWY-05 during the take-off roll. Both crew ejected, the Hawk was wrecked. The forward fuselage was rebuilt by BDAC staff here at Old Sarum.
G-CBCV seen here at Rougham in Birmingham University Air Squadron colours as based at RAF Cosford. After some years in Oz as VH-XVE, the Bulldog is current on the UK Register as G-IDID.
G-BYHL in No.7 Air Experience Flight colours. The Flight formed 8 September 1958 at RAF Newton and remained there until the closure of the station. No.7 AEF is now part of 6 FTS located at RAF Cranwell and equipped with Tutor T.1s.
Shackleton MR.3/Phase 3 XF708 was delivered new to No.203 Squadron at RAF Ballykelly on 6 February 1967 and served with this unit from RAF Luqa until her retirement. XF708 was flown to IWM Duxford on 22 August 1972.
F-AZZU taking-off to join the Flying Legends 2009 Balbo. The B-25 came to grief on 31st May 2011, in a forced landing in a field close to her base at Melun-Villaroche after the starboard engine caught fire.
Seen here on the Duxford turf a month before ‘Grumpy’ would cross the Atlantic on 29 August 2009, bound for Seattle, Washington State. She represents Mitchell III HD372 ‘VO-B', No.98 Squadron as based at RAF Dunsfold.
Fin markings applied circa 1987 at RAF Chivenor to represent resident flying units and of past Hunter operators from the airfield. From left to right: black/yellow checkers of No.63 Squadron, 1 TWU badge and the red diamonds of No.234 Squadron.
Built as Hunter F.4, WT806 entered service with No.14 Squadron at RAF Oldenburg in April 1955. Later converted by Hawkers as Hunter GA.11. Seen here at Brunty with No.63 Squadron fighter bar.
This Viggen last served with Flygflottilj 21 ‘Norbotten’ at Luleå-Kallax in Northern Sweden. Previously 37901 had served F13 at Norrköping and F10 at Ångelholm.
On 19 May 1951, the Rolls-Royce Nene-powered Machtrainer prototype S.14/2 (PH-NDY) made her maiden flight from Amsterdam-Schiphol, in a KLu c/s and marked ‘K-1’. The aircraft transferred to the NLR in August 1961, registered PH-XIV.
Seen here, devoid of her NVA-LSK marks, ‘473’, one of 52 Typ 94K SPS-Ks, with a GP-9 gun pod under the centre line, entered service with JG-1 at Cottbus-Nord in April 1968, before transfer to the Militärtechnische Schule at Bad Düben as GIA in 1971.
Clocking up almost 3,356 hours, XR771 made her last flight on the 23rd of August, 1988 and came to the Midland Air Museum shortly after. Known codes during her service with No.11 Squadron are ‘BA, ‘BF’ and ‘BM’.
One of five Lightning F.2s delivered to the AFDS in February 1963, XN726 was converted to F.2A in 1966 and later served Nos.19 and 92 Squadrons, coded ‘D’ and ‘N’ respectively.
‘Liberty Belle’ will grace the skies once again. Work on the B-17 is underway at Asheville, North Carolina, as well as at the Brooks Aviation Center in Douglas, Georgia. True s/n is 44-85734.
The two Belles over Duxford, with ‘Liberty Belle’ leading ‘Memphis Belle’, B-17G 44-85784, G-BEDF. Both aircraft were built by Lockheed Vega at Burbank, California. True s/n is 44-85734.
A proud Belle on the Duxford platform, three years before she came to grief in a cornfield near Aurora Municipal Airport, Illinois, on 13 June 2011. She is currently under rebuild at the Brooks Aviation Center, Douglas, Georgia. True s/n is 44-85734.
For the time being, this forward fuselage of a Beaufighter IIF is only identified by its Aviation Heritage UK 'serial' BAPC.463. It once served the Cranfield College of Aeronautics. Since July 2016 it is on loan from the RAF Museum to Aerospace Bristol.
Seen here on display in the Grahame White Factory hangar, the aircraft went to Cosford in July 2014. The orignal A8226, in service with C-Flight, No.45 Squadron, RFC, was shot down near Ypres, Belgium, on 27 May 1917, killing both crew.
No.19 Squadron's XX324 on finals to RWY-13 with XX236 joining the base leg in the background. On 24 March 2022, XX324 was flown to RAF Shawbury for storage.
On 4 September 2023, the dismantled XX286 (in No.208 Squadron markings) was noted at the Ulster Aviation Museum at Lisburn, Northern Ireland. XX286 is seen here in her former No.19 Squadron markings, landing at Valley.
At the end of her flying career, XX317, seen here in No.19 Squadron colours, ended up with No.736 Squadron at Culdrose and finally with No.100 Squadron at Leeming. There she was noted in a hangar in November 2023, marked 'CO'.
On display in the Caldwell Gallery is replica Pup N6460 in the colours of No. 3 (Naval) Squadron RNAS, which was flown by New Zealander Captain Harold Francis Beamish, DSC, during June and July 1917. Beamish survived the war with 11 victories.
NZ2336/TE910 is painted in honour of the crew of Mosquito FB.VI NT131/EG-D of No.487 (New Zealand) Squadron, F/O Ronald Beazer, RNZAF, and navigator P/O Andy Munro, RAFVR. During Classic Fighters 2023 she had both Merlin 25s running.
One of two Bell 47’s on display at the Air Force Museum is NZ3705. The Sioux was the first helicopter to enter RNZAF service, with the first batch joining newly-formed No.3 (Battlefield Support) Squadron at Hobsonville in December 1965 and January 1966.