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Gloster Javelin FAW 1

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1955-1975, Cosford, Hangar Four, 84/A/1180

The Javelin was the world’s first twin-jet delta-wing fighter, designed to intercept bombers at high altitudes and at high subsonic speeds. Electronic and radar devices gave it an all-weather capability.

Gloster Javelin FAW I on display in the National Cold War Exhibition Cosford, RAF Museum

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1955-1985, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1994/1338/A

The MiG-15 was the first Soviet production aircraft to feature a swept wing design, pressurized cockpit, and ejection seat. Production of the MiG-15 was authorised in March 1948 and by the end of the year a substantial number had entered service.

SB Lim-2 /MiG 15 -Bis 112O on display in the National Cold War Exhibition Cosford., RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Mikoyan Mig 17 Recognition Model

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1960-Circa 1980, London, Hangar One, X004-6150

Recognition of potential enemy aircraft – as well as your own – is a vital skill learned by RAF personnel. Scale models were useful tools as they could be studied from every conceivable angle.

Stylised white plastic model of aircraft, © RAF Museum

Fairey Delta 2

Aircraft & Exhibits, FEB 1956-SEP 1967, Cosford, Hangar Two, 85/A/10

In the late 1940s Britain was trailing far behind in supersonic aircraft design. To try to retrieve matters the Ministry of Supply issued a specification for a supersonic research aircraft, and Fairey set about meeting this with a delta-winged aircraft designed for investigation into flight and control at transonic and supersonic speeds.

Fairey FD2 on display at RAFM Cosford., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Operation GRAPPLE H-Bomb Test Pennant

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1957, London, Hangar One, X003-1405

Operation GRAPPLE was a series of nuclear weapons tests carried out on the Malden and Christmas Islands during 1957 and 1958.

Navy triangular flag with while lettering and seabird motif, © RAF Museum

Bedford OXC Tractor

Aircraft & Exhibits, JAN 1957-AUG 1972, London, Hangar Five, 72/V/1399

The Bedford OXC tractor was developed with the assistance of Scammell, pioneers in the development of articulated lorries, now used extensively for transporting goods by road. The Bedford was one of two tractors used with an articulated aircraft recovery trailer, commonly known as a Queen Mary (after the ship of the same name).

Incomplete aircraft with wings and cockpit glass missing, sitting on top of a trailer, © RAF Museum

Red Snow, Nuclear Warhead

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1962-Circa 1969, London, Hangar One, 73/O/210

This green cylinder contained the Red Snow thermo-nuclear warhead fitted to the Blue Steel standoff missile and provided the weapon with its yield of roughly one megaton.

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Douglas Thor

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1958-1963, Cosford, Hangar Four, 73/O/1389

In 1955 the USAF started to develop an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). The project, designated 315A, was given top priority. In December 1955, the Douglas Aircraft Company was awarded the prime contract. The 315A was re-designated SM-75 THOR and delivered to USAF in October 1956.

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Operation Grapple Pennant, 1957-58

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1958, In Storage, X008-7108

Pennant from Operation Grapple, which was a series of British nuclear weapons tests over Malden Island and Christmas Island, 1957-1958

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Papers of Flight Lieutenant Robert Edward Lee, 1958-1983

Archives, 1958-1984, In Storage, X008-9264

Collection of five flying log books, photographs, certificates and papers relating to the RAF service of Flight Lieutenant Robert Edward Lee.

Papers of Flight Lieutenant Robert Edward Lee, 1958-1983 | X008-9264

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