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De Havilland Vampire F3

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1947-1964, London, Hangar Three/Four, 78/A/873

This aircraft entered RAF service in 1947 as a fighter interceptor. Initially based in Cyprus it was badly damaged in a landing accident when with No. 601 (County of London) Squadron Auxiliary Air Force.

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Gloster Meteor F.8

Aircraft & Exhibits, NOV 1951-FEB 1967, London, Hangar Three/Four, 67/A/208

The Gloster Meteor was the only allied jet to see combat in the Second World War and in its various marks served in day, night and training operations. Its sturdy construction also made it an ideal test bed for a variety of products which followed it. Between 1950 and 1955 the Meteor F8 provided the backbone of Britain’s air defence capability. By the end of the 1947 the British Meteor fighter had fallen behind its contemporaries in efficiency and performance. In an effort to redress the balance the Gloster design office produced a re-design which was a marked improvement while retaining as much of the structure of the earlier aircraft as possible for production purposes.

Silver-coloured aircraft with twin jet engines embedded in wings, (C) RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1

Aircraft & Exhibits, APR 1962-APR 1988, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1988/0098/A

The Argosy was a medium range transport, paratroop and supply aircraft. Powered by four Rolls-Royce Dart turbojet engines, and with a distinctive twin boom tailplane design, it became known as the “Whistling Wheelbarrow” in RAF service.

Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C Mk1 from elevated position., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan