Aviation Museums
and airworthy collections
Royal Air Force Museum London @ Hendon
Opened in 1972 by Her Majesty the Queen and located on the former RAF aerodrome at Hendon, North London, the RAF museum houses a superb collection of aircraft showcasing the history of the Royal Air Force and Worldwide aviation.
Date of Visits:
18th November 2012
06th April 2013
04th January 2015
3rd December 2023
In 2018 the Museum underwent a major transformation, including redesignation of some hangars, to celebrate the RAF Centenary.
Some aircraft relocated to a different hangar, as noted, others were switched with the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands at Cosford.
A separate page shows exhibits no longer on site.
External Exhibits
Hawker Hurricane IIb
BAPC.205 FSM
Supermarine Spitfire IX
BAPC.206 FSM
Hangar 1
(formerly Battle of Britain Hall)
de Havilland 9A
F1010
Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.1
XR977
Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF-1)
Full scale display mockup
Short Sunderland MR5
ML824
Supermarine Spitfire Vb
BL614
Westland Sea King HAR.3
XZ585
Hangar 2 - Grahame-White Factory
The UK's first aircraft factory purpose-built on the site by Claude Grahame-White in 1917.
The Gallery re-opened in November 2014 to display the First World War in the Air exhibition.
Blériot XXVII
433 / BAPC.107
Royal Aircraft Factory RAF BE2b
687 / BAPC.181
Avro 504K
E449 / composite aircraft comprising the fuselage of Avro 504K G-EBJE and the wings of Avro 548A G-EBKN
Albatros D.Va Replica
D.7343 / 17 / ZK-TVD
Bristol F.2b Fighter
E2466 / BAPC.165
Caudron G.III
3066
Fokker DVII
8417 / 18
Royal Aircraft Factory FE2b
A6526
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8
A3930 / ZK-TVC
Royal Aircraft Factory SE5A
F938 / G-EBIC
Sopwith Dolphin 5FI
C3988
Sopwith F1 Camel
F6314
Sopwith Triplane
N5912
Vickers FB5 Gunbus
2345 / G-ATVP
Hangers 3 & 4 - Historic Hangars
Listed buildings that were part of the old Hendon Aerodrome
Avro Rota
K4232
Bristol Beaufighter MkIIF
Nose section
Bristol Beaufighter TFX
RD253
Bristol Beaufort VIII
DD931
Bristol Bulldog MkIIA
K2227
Bristol Sycamore HR12
WV783 / ex- G-ALSP
BAC Jet Provost T5A
XW323
Curtiss Kittyhawk IV
FX760
de Havilland Chipmunk
WP962
de Havilland Vampire F3
VT812
English Electric Canberra PR3
WE139
English Electric Lightning F6
XS925
Fiat CR42 Falco
BT474 / MM5701
Gloster Gladiator Mk II
(N5628 - Salvaged remains of forward fuselage only)
Gloster Meteor F8
WH301
Hawker Hart II
G-ABMR / J9941
Hawker Hunter FGA9
XG154
Hawker Hurricane 1
P2617
Hawker Tempest V
NV778
Hawker Typhoon 1B
MN235
Lockheed Hudson IIIA
A16-199
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2
XV424
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3
4101/DG200
North American Harvard IIB
FE905
Panavia Tornado F3
ZE887
Percival Mew Gull
G-AEXF - Replica
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt II
KL216
Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly 1
KL110
Slingsby Cadet TX3
XA302
Sopwith Snipe
E6655
Supermarine Southampton
N9899
Supermarine Spitfire I
X4590
Supermarine Spitfire F24
PK724
Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI
RW393 / 'TB675'
Supermarine Stranraer
920
Taylorcraft Auster 1
LB264
Westland Wallace II
K6035
Westland Belvedere HC1
XG474
Westland Gazelle HT3
XW855
Westland Wessex HCC4
XV732
Westland Whirlwind HAR 10
XP299
Hangar 5 - Bomber Hall
Airspeed Oxford 1
MP425 / ex- G-AITB
Avro Anson 1
W2068
Avro Lancaster 1
R5868
Avro Vulcan B2
XL318
Boeing B17G Fortress
77233
Consolidated B24L-20-FO Liberator
KN751
de Havilland Mosquito B35
TJ138
Fairey Battle 1
L5343
Focke Wulf Fw190A-8/U-1
584219
Handley Page Halifax II
W1048
Handley Page Victor K2
XM717 / Nose Section
Heinkel He111H-20
701152
Heinkel He 162A-2
VN679
Junkers Ju87G-2
494083
Kawasaki Ki-100
n/a
Messerschmitt Bf 110G-2
730301
Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet
191614
Mitsubishi Ki-46 ‘Dinah’
n/a
North American P-51D Mustang
413317 / 44-74409 / N51RT
Westland Lysander III
R9125/8377M
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka
n/a
Hangar 6 - Age of Uncertainty
(formerly the Milestones of Flight Hall opened in 2003)
BAe Harrier GR9A
ZG477
Boeing CH-47D Chinook
83-24104 (Forward fuselage only)
Eurofighter Typhoon Prototype
DA-2 / ZH588
General Atomics MQ-1B Predator
03-3119
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B
XW547
Lockheed WC-130E Hercules
64-0553 (Cockpit section only)
Panavia Tornado GR1B
ZA457 / AJ-J
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1
XX824 / AD
Previous exhibits
Can be viewed here
Royal Air Force Museum Midlands @ Cosford
Can be viewed here