Preserved Aircraft

Bell OH-13E
Douglas AD-2N Skyraider (wreck)
Grumman F9F-2 Panther (wreck)
MiG-15bis			   code 1032
MiG-15bis
Yakovlev Yak-9
Yakovlev Yak-18		           code 03

Yakovlev Yak-18 Reported preserved adjacent to Officer’s Mess

Aviation Museums in Israel

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Aviation Museums in Norway

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Aviation Museums in Zimbabwe

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Yorkshire Air Museum, Photographs

Restored control tower. (photo, Dan Lord)	The main hangar. (photo, Dan Lord)
Vampire T.11 XH278. (photo, Dan Lord)	Dragonfly HR.5 WH991. (photo, Dan Lord)
Meteor F.8 ‘WK864′. (photo, Dan Lord)	Halifax II ‘LV907′. (photo, Dan Lord)
Halifax ‘Friday the 13th’ nose markings. (photo, Dan Lord)	Mosquito NF.II ‘HJ711′. (photo, Dan Lord)
Close-up of the Mosquito. (photo, Dan Lord)	Bf 109G-6 Full Scale Model. (photo, Dan Lord)
Avro 504K ‘H1968′. (photo, Dan Lord)	Blackburn Mercury replica. (photo, Dan Lord)
Wright Flyer reproduction. (photo, Dan Lord)	Fairchild Argus II FK338. (photo, Dan Lord)
Anson T.21 VV901. (photo, Dan Lord)	Beagle Terrier ‘TJ704′. (photo, Dan Lord)

Aviation Museums in the United Kingdom

The Aeroflight directory of UK Aviation Museums covers 100 aviation-related historic collections located in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The museums are listed here in alphabetical order. A listing by geographical region is also available.

Alternatively, you can view these locations on Microsoft Live Search Maps. This facility allows you view aerial photos and road maps of the location, and obtain driving directions on how to get there.

You can use the search form below to locate information on a specific aircraft type, serial/registration, geographical location or visitor facility etc.

List Of Museums:-

• 1
• 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum
• A
• Aeroventure
• Avro Heritage Centre
• B
• Barton Aerodrome Visitor Centre
• Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre
• Bentwaters Cold War Museum
• Bletchley Park Communications & Electronics Museum
• Boulton Paul Aircraft Heritage Project
• Bournemouth Aviation Museum
• Brenzett Aeronautical Museum
• Bristol Aero Collection
• Bristol City Museum And Art Gallery
• Bristol Industrial Museum
• Brooklands Museum
• C
• Caernarfon Airworld Museum
• ‘Carpetbagger’ Aviation Museum
• Charnwood Museum
• City of Norwich Aviation Museum
• Cold War Jets Collection
• Concorde at Filton
• Cranwell Aviation Heritage Centre
• Croydon Airport Visitor Centre
• D
• Davidstow Airfield and Cornwall at War Museum
• De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre
• Doncaster Museum And Art Gallery
• Dumfries And Galloway Aviation Museum
• Dunkeswell Memorial Museum
• E
• East Essex Aviation Museum
• East Midlands Airport Aeropark
• Eden Camp
• F
• Farnborough Air Sciences Trust
• Fenland And West Norfolk Aviation Museum
• Firepower – The Museum of the Royal Artillery
• Flambards Experience
• Fleet Air Arm Museum
• Fort Paull Museum
• G
• Gatwick Aviation Museum
• H
• Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker
• The Helicopter Museum
• Highland Aviation Museum
• Historic Dockyard Chatham
• Hooton Park
• I
• Imperial War Museum Duxford
• Imperial War Museum London
• Imperial War Museum North
• J
• Jetstream Club
• K
• Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
• Kent Battle Of Britain Museum
• L
• Land’s End Heritage Site
• Lashenden Air Warfare Museum
• Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
• M
• Manchester Airport Aviation Viewing Park
• Manx Aviation and Military Museum
• Medway Aircraft Preservation Society
• Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre
• Midland Air Museum
• Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre
• Muckleburgh Collection
• Museum of Army Flying
• Museum of Berkshire Aviation
• Museum of Science and Industry In Manchester
• N
• National Battle of Britain Memorial, Folkestone
• National Museum of Flight Scotland
• National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
• Newark Air Museum
• Newhaven Fort
• Norfolk And Suffolk Aviation Museum
• North East Aircraft Museum
• North Weald Airfield Museum
• O
• P
• Parham Airfield Museum
• Potteries Museum And Art Gallery
• Q
• R
• RAF Manston History Museum
• RAF Millom Aviation & Military Museum
• Real Aeroplane Company
• Ridgewell Airfield Commemorative Museum
• Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
• Royal Air Force Museum Hendon
• Royal Engineers Museum
• S
• Science Museum – London
• Science Museum Swindon
• Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society
• Shoreham Aircraft Museum
• Shoreham Airport Visitor Centre
• Shuttleworth Collection
• Silk Mill – Derby’s Museum of Industry
• Snibston Discovery Park
• Solent Sky
• Solway Aviation Museum
• Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum
• Stanford Hall
• Station 146 Control Tower Museum
• Stondon Transport Museum
• Sywell Aviation Museum
• T
• Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
• Tank Museum
• Thameside Aviation Museum
• Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
• Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre
• U
• Ulster Aviation Society Heritage Centre
• Ulster Folk And Transport Museum
• V
• W
• Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group Aviation Museum
• Wellsbourne Wartime Museum
• Wellington Aviation Museum And Gallery
• Wings Museum, Redhill
• X
• Y
• Yorkshire Air Museum
• Z

Note: Maes Artro Heritage Museum, the Dundonald Aviation Centre and the Museum Of D-Day Aviation have now permamently closed down. Botany Bay no longer includes any aircraft exhibits

Science Museum Swindon

Key Facts

The Wroughton ‘out station’ near Swindon houses the large object store for the Science Museum in London, and holds all the large exhibits that are not on display there. In particular, visitors can see a number of airliners from the Air Transport Collection, plus other large exhibits such as agricultural machinery, cars and lorries. Among the aircraft on display are some very rare items, including the Boeing 247, Handley Page Gugnunc and the only Lockheed Constellation in the UK. A number of public open days and special events are held during the summer season.

Wroughton Airfield, on the A4361 south of Swindon, Wiltshire. Follow the signs for Wroughton from the A4365 (M4 Junction 16) or the A345 (M4 Junction 15) and then the brown ‘Science Museum’ signs. See this location on Microsoft Live Search Maps

For opening times and special events, please refer to the official website.

Usually free, but there can be a charge for special events.

Amenities:

Toilets, parking, access for the disabled.

Hangar D4 holds the Constellation and many other aircraft	Hangar D3 mainly holds motor vehicles and some aircraft
Constellation N7777G	Constellation nose

Science Museum Swindon, Hackpen Lane, Wroughton, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4 9LT. Tel: 01793 846200, Official website.

Pathfinder II G-MMCB	Skytrike G-MBVT
Devon C.2 VP975	Bensen B.7 Gyro-glider
Bede BD-5B G-BGLB	P.166 G-APWY
P.166 nose	Z-37 Cmelak G-AVZB
Gnat T.1 XP505	Comet 1A nose G-ANAV
Comet 4B G-APYD	Gugnunc G-AACN
DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-ALXT	DC-3 EI-AYO
DH.84 Dragon G-ACIT	Boeing 247D N18E
Trident 3B G-AWZM	Comet 4B G-APYD

The Historic Dockyard Chatham

Dragonfly HR.5 WG751 (photo, Dan Lord)

Key Facts

A very large site that is fully open to the public, telling the story of the dockyard and naval warfare. The Gannet is owned by 849 Squadron Association, and was previously located at Culdrose. Large naval exhibits include HMS Cavalier, the only surviving British WW2 destroyer, and 1960s submarine HMS Ocelot.

Chatham Historic Dockyard, east of Rochester, north of the A321, in Kent. Well signposted.

Open daily 10.00 am to 6.00 pm (or dusk if earlier), February 10 to October 28; Weekends only 10.00 am to 4.00 pm in November. Closed December and January.

See official website for details.

Amenities:

Toilets, Parking, Cafe, Souvenir shop, Access for the disabled.

Gannet AEW.3 XL500 (photo, Dan Lord)	Another view of the Gannet (photo, Dan Lord)

Gannet AEW.3 XL500 has been bought by Tim Manna of Kennet Aviation for restoration to airworthiness as G-KAEW.

Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, The Old Surgery, The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TZ. Tel: 01634 823800, Fax: 01634 823801.
Website: The Historic Dockyard or Historic Dockyard Chatham

‘Waveney class’ RNLI Lifeboat (photo, Dan Lord)	RNLI D-class in-shore life boat ‘Blue Peter III’ (photo, Dan Lord)
HMS Gannet, the last surviving RN sloop (photo, Dan Lord)	HMS Ocelot – open for tours (photo, Dan Lord)
WW2 destroyer HMS Cavalier (photo, Dan Lord)

Wellington Aviation Museum and Gallery

External view of the museum. (photo, Kevin Pitt)

Key Facts

An offshoot of the successful aviation art and print gallery, the museum tells the stories behind some of the paintings and prints on show with the aid of photographs and artefacts. The emphasis is on illustrating the personal side of wartime operations. The history of the local airfield and its Vickers Wellington OTU is also portrayed.

On the A44 Northeast of Cheltenham, to the west of Moreton-in-Marsh village, Gloucestershire. Well signposted. See this location on Microsoft Live Search Maps

Open Tuesday to Sunday 10.00 am to 12.30 pm and 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm. Closed Mondays and Christmas Day.

See official website for details.

Amenities:

Toilets, Parking, Souvenir shop, Access for the disabled.

WW2 bombsight. (photo, Kevin Pitt)	One corner of the display area. (photo, Kevin Pitt)

Wellington Aviation, British School House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos, GL56 0BG. Tel: 01608 650323. Website: Wellington Aviation Museum.

Wellington L7775 tail section. (photo, Kevin Pitt)	Close-up of the fin structure. (photo, Kevin Pitt)

Wellesbourne Wartime Museum

Key Facts

The museum is located in an underground emergency wartime command and control bunker, and houses a collection of aviation artefacts. Displays cover the history of Wellesbourne Mountford airfield, together with various aircraft components and memorabilia. There is a small aircraft park, including the nose of Vulcan XA903. This aircraft was used to test the Olympus engines of Concorde in the 1960s, and a small dedicated group of enthusiasts is trying to restore some of the additional test equipment used in this aircraft. Elsewhere on the airfield, Vulcan XM655 undertakes taxi runs on occasions.

Located at Wellesbourne Mountford airfield, south of the B4086 near Wellesbourne, 5 miles east of Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. See this location on Microsoft Live Search Maps

Open Sundays & Bank Holidays 10.00 am to 4.00 pm.

No up-to-date information.

Amenities:

Toilets, Parking, Cafe, Access for the disabled.

Provost T.1 WV679. (photo, Olaf Kirchner)	Rear view of the Provost. (photo, Olaf Kirchner)

* Owned by the XM655 Maintenance and Preservation Society.

Derek Powell, Wellesbourne Aviation Group, 167 Colebourne Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B13 0HB. Tel: Not known.

Vampire T.11 XK590. (photo, Olaf Kirchner)	Vampire avionics bay. (photo, Olaf Kirchner)
Yak-52 RA-01378. (photo, Olaf Kirchner)	Vulcan B.1 cockpit. (photo, Olaf Kirchner)