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Blériot XXVII

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1911-1939, In Storage, 85/A/226

The Blériot XXVII, dating from 1911, was built for speed. This streamlined single-seat racing monoplane with a rotary engine, shared many construction features with other contemporary Blériot monoplanes, such as the shoulder-mounted wing.

Single engine aircraft with yellow canvas body and wings, © RAF Museum

Caudron G3

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1916-1937, London, Hangar Two, 72/A/1620

Popular, tough and reliable, the Caudron first flew in 1914.

Biplane with white canvas wings with large RAF roundel and wooden struts, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Sopwith F1 Camel

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1936, London, Hangar Two, 74/A/18

The Camel was the highest scoring British fighter of the First World War. It took its name from the hump over the breeches of the two machine guns.

Biplane with grey body and white wings with wooden struts, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Fokker DVII

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1938, London, Hangar Two, 75/A/804

The Fokker DVII was one of the outstanding fighters of the First World War, designed to win back German air superiority. Herman Goering, later Head of Hitler's Luftwaffe, was an early DVII ace.

Biplane with colourful camouflage pattern on body and wings, © RAF Museum

Vickers Wellington B Mk X

Aircraft & Exhibits, MAY 1944-JAN 1955, Cosford, Hangar Three, Cosford, Hangar Three, 69/A/171

This Wellington was constructed in 1944 and served with No. 1 Air Navigation Training School between 1949 and 1953. It was not operational in the Second World War but represents the role played in the bombing campaign against Germany. It is one of only two Wellingtons to survive into the present day.

Vickers Wellington on display, (C) RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Avro York Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, OCT 1945-OCT 1964, Cosford, Hangar Four, 75/A/725

Manufactured by Avro and incorporating the wings, tail, undercarriage and engines of the Lancaster bomber, the York was to prove a useful military and civilian transport aircraft in war and peace.

Avro York on display at the RAF Museum, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

Tupolev Tu-104 on ground, Heathrow, 1956

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6647/2

Tupolev Tu-104 Camel of Aeroflot at Heathrow Airport, 22 March 1956.

Tupolev Tu-104 on ground, Heathrow, 1956 | PC98/173/6647/2, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Heathrow airport, 1956

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6647/7

Heathrow airport, 22 March 1956.

Heathrow airport, 1956 | PC98/173/6647/7, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Aircraft recognition training - Badger

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC74/25/8

Aircraft recognition training film on the Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 bomber aircraft, using animated graphics to illustrate the aircraft’s recognition features. The Tu-104, the civilian version of the Tu-16, also appears.

Image pending

Tupolev Tu-104 on ground, Heathrow, 1956

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6647/3

Tupolev Tu-104 Camel of Aeroflot at Heathrow Airport, 22 March 1956.

Tupolev Tu-104 on ground, Heathrow, 1956 | PC98/173/6647/3, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection