This list of aircraft at the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands summarises the collection of aircraft that is housed at the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, located at RAF Cosford in Shropshire.

Collection External display

As of June 2026, the following aircraft are on display in the grounds of the museum: Type Identity Markings Notes Bristol Britannia 312 Former civil aircraft registered G-AOVF, never operated by RAF; sold to the museum and delivered by air in 1984; repainted in 2007 to represent retired RAF Britannia XM497, named Schedar, of Royal Air Force Air Support Command Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina ex-Royal Danish Air Force, sold to the RAF Museum for a token amount 1972; overhauled then presented to the museum following delivery flight from Denmark to RAF Colerne in 1974, delivered to Cosford by road 1976 Hawker Siddeley Andover E.3A XS639 ex-No. 32 Squadron RAF, delivered by air from RAF Northolt to the museum in 1994 Hawker Siddeley Dominie T.1 XS709 Fin Code "M" ex-No. 3 Flying Training School RAF, delivered by air from RAF Cranwell to the museum in 2011 Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XV249 ex-No. 51 Squadron RAF, flown from RAF Waddington to Cotswold Airport in 2011; dismantled and delivered to Cosford by road 2012 Lockheed C-130K Hercules C.3 XV202 ex-No. 47 Squadron RAF, delivered by air from RAF Brize Norton to the museum in 2011

Hangar Two

Hangar Two houses the Test Flight exhibition.

Type Identity Markings Notes BAC TSR-2 XR220 One of two complete airframes remaining Boulton Paul Defiant I N1671 EW-D No. 307 (Polish) Squadron RAF Bristol M.1c replica C4994 No. 150 Squadron RAF British Aerospace EAP ZF534 EAP Experimental Aircraft Programme, BAe Fairey Delta 2 WG777 Fairey Delta A&AEE Gloster Gladiator I K8042 No. 247 Squadron RAF Hawker Afghan Hind n/a Hawker Hart II Trainer K4972 No. 2 Flying Training School RAF at RAF Brize Norton Hawker Hurricane IIc LF738 UH-A Hawker Siddeley Kestrel F(GA).1 XS695 5 RAE Bedford Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2/Trop 10639 Black 6 Luftwaffe in North Africa Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer 3 T9967 SEPECAT Jaguar ACT XX765 ACT Active Control Technology Sopwith Pup N5182 Royal Naval Air Service Sopwith 1½ Strutter Replica A8226 No. 45 Squadron RFC Supermarine Spitfire I K9942 SD-D No. 52 Operational Training Unit RAF

Hangar Three

Hangar Three houses the Bomber Command exhibition and the War in the Air exhibition.

Type Identity Markings Notes Avro Lincoln B.2/4A RF398 No. 151 Squadron RAF at RAF Watton Bristol Bolingbroke IV L8756 XD-E Restored as a Bristol Blenheim de Havilland Mosquito TT.35 TA639 AZ-E No. 3 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAFUnit markings of Guy Gibson's last flight in a Mosquito XX on 19 September 1944 de Havilland Tiger Moth II T6296 Fairchild Argus II FS628 Former civil G-AIZE Fieseler Fi 156-C7 Storch VP746 SM + AK Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8/R6 733682 Luftwaffe "Mistel" combination aircraft. Captured in Denmark, May 1945. Hawker Tempest II PR536 OQ-H Indian Air Force and RAF Junkers Ju 88R-1 360043 EV Luftwaffe - One of only two intact Ju-88s, captured with pilot Herbert Schmid, when he landed at Aberdeen on 9 May 1943, allowing nightfighter radar to be studied. Messerschmitt Me 262A-2A VK893 Yellow 4 Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me 410A-1/U2 420430 3U+CC Luftwaffe Short Stirling III LK488 QQ-E Recovered Fuselage Section Vickers Wellington X MF628

Hangar Four

Hangar Four houses the National Cold War Exhibition.

Type Identity Markings Notes Armstrong Whitworth Argosy T.1 XP411 8442M No. 6 Flying Training School RAF at RAF Finningley Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.14 WS843 J No. 264 Squadron RAF Avro York C.1 TS798 Canadair Sabre F.4 XB812 No. 93 Squadron RAF Douglas Dakota C.4 KN645 RAF Transport Command English Electric Canberra PR.9 XH171 U No. 39 Squadron RAF English Electric Lightning F.1/P.1B XG337 General Dynamics F-111F 74-0177 LN United States Air Force - 492d Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath Gloster Javelin FAW.1 XA564 Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG511 Handley Page Victor K.2 XH672 "Maid Marion" No. 55 Squadron RAF Hawker Hunter T.7A XL568 No. 74 Squadron RAF Hawker Siddeley Vulcan B.2 XM598 No. 44 Squadron RAF Operation Black Buck / Falklands War reserve aircraft. Mikoyan MiG-15bis 1120 Polish Air Force Mikoyan MiG-21PF 503 Hungarian Air Force Percival Provost T.1 WV562 P-C No. 1 Flying Training School RAF at RAF Syerston Short Belfast C.1 XR371 "Enceladus" No. 53 Squadron RAF Sikorsky MH-53J Pave Low III 68-8284 United States Air Force Vickers Valiant B.1 XD818 No. 49 Squadron RAF - Dropped Britain's first hydrogen bomb during Operation Grapple tests in 1957. Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 XP299

Planned disposals In March 2025 the RAF Museum announced plans to transfer a number of aircraft stored at Midlands that were not regarded as aligned with its core mission "to share the story of the Royal Air Force—past, present, and future—through its people, aircraft, and innovations." The aircraft available for transfer were:

Boulton Paul Sea Balliol De Havilland Chipmunk De Havilland Comet 1XB, transferred to the South Wales Aviation Museum in September 2025 De Havilland Devon Fairchild Argus Fairey Swordfish Fieseler Fi 156 Storch FMA IA 58 Pucará Hunting Percival Jet Provost T1 Lockheed Ventura Vickers Valetta Vickers Varsity T Mk I

See also Royal Air Force Museum London List of aircraft at the Royal Air Force Museum London

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