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Sepecat Jaguar ACT Demonstrator

Aircraft & Exhibits, JUN 1975-JUN 1996, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1996/0168/A

The Active Control Technology (ACT) Jaguar was an analogue airframe modified to be less stable and fitted with fly-by-wire computer technology for trials work. Lessons learned from these trials was used in later aircraft like the EAP and Eurofighter Typhoon. No modern fighter jet today could fly without the use of computers.

SEPECAT Jaguar ACT Demonstrator on display at Cosford, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

British Aerospace Experimental Aircraft Programme

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X005-5992

The British Aerospace Experimental Aircraft Programme (EAP) was an advanced technology demonstrator. Originally a tri-national undertaking, British Aerospace, with help from Italian and German suppliers, completed the project independently after the German and Italian Governments withdrew.

Cranked delta wing jet aircraft, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

British Aerospace Skyflash

Aircraft & Exhibits, 27 MAR 1980, Cosford, Hangar Two, X003-6761

The Skyflash was a was a medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile.

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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

Bristol M.1c

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1917-1918, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1988/0209/A

The Bristol M.1C was the first British monoplane of the First World War. However, owing to an institutional distrust of monoplanes in the Royal Flying Corps, only 125 Bristol M.1C airframes were ordered.

Single-seat rotary engined monoplane scout with distinctive red dragon insignia on the fuselage. Reproduction using original, © RAF Museum / Iain Duncan

Fairey Separation Test Vehicle

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1987/0062/O

The Fairey STV was developed in 1950 to test solid booster separation mechanisms for the Fairey Fireflash air-to air guided missile.

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Bundle of Window

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X005-0889

Window was the codename for strips of aluminium foil, now more commonly referred to as Chaff, which produced a deceptive echo, similar to that of an aircraft, on enemy radar screens.

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250lb Target Indicator (TI) Bomb, Mk 1

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945, Cosford, Hangar Two, 67/O/488

Target indicator bombs such as this 250lb bomb were used by Pathfinder aircraft such as Mosquitos to mark targets with brightly coloured pyrotechnics. They could be used as waymarkers or as an aiming point for the following aircraft.

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No. 307 Squadron Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 76/U/1380

After the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, many Polish airmen escaped to Britain. From 1940, Polish squadrons began to be formed within the RAF, playing an active role in the Battle of Britain.

Silver badge of a crescent and an owl above an aircraft, with the number '307' at the bottom, © RAF Museum

Hawker Hurricane Mark IIc

Aircraft & Exhibits, MAR 1944-FEB 1984, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1995/1004/A

The Hawker Hurricane Mk I entered service in 1937 as the RAF's first eight-gun monoplane. During the Battle of Britain, Hurricanes shot down approximately 60% of enemy aircraft – more than all the other air and ground defences combined.

Single engine aircraft with propeller and camouflage pattern, © RAF Museum