HL Deb 23 November 1972 vol 336 cc1099-100WA
LORD TREFGARNE

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are the principal items to be loaned to the R.A.F. Museum as described in the Treasury Minute dated October 30, 1972 (Cmnd. 5149), and what is the value of each of these items.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE (LORD CARRINGTON)

The Treasury Minute covered a total of 45 aircraft and 4 missiles. The following list contains some of the more historically significant aircraft, together with the valuations made for the purposes of the Treasury Minute:

£
Gladiator 4,000
Hurricane 3,000
Lancaster 7,500
Lysander 2,000
Mosquito 2,500
Sopwith Triplane 10,000
Spitfire 1A 3,000