§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the historic aircraft currently held by his Department, indicating the location of all those on public display.
§ Mr. WellbelovedA list of the historic aircraft currently held in the United Kingdom by the Ministry of Defence is reproduced below. The majority of these aircraft are the property of the Ministry of Defence, but the list also includes aircraft owned by Service museums, or privately owned and on loan to the Department or its museums. Historic aircraft are liable to be moved to different locations as a consequence of organisational changes within the Services or in order to meet display requirements of museums or collections. From time to time aircraft which are duplicated become surplus and are sold.
HISTORIC AIRCRAFT IN FLYING CONDITION:
These aircraft participate in flying displays and undertake other occasional commitments.
Royal Naval aircraft at RNAS Yeovilton
- Fairey Swordfish
- Hawker Sea Fury TT Mk 20
- Hawker Sea Fury FB Mk 11
- Fairey Firefly AS 5
- De Haviland Tiger Moth
Army aircraft at Museum of Army Flying Middle Wallop
- Auster
- Skeeter
RAF aircraft at RAF Coningsby
- 2 Hurricane IIC
- Lancaster 1
- Spitfire 2
- Spitfire 5B
- 2 Spitfire PR19
RAF aircraft at RAF Cranwell
- Meteor T7
- Vampire T11
HISTORIC AIRCRAFT ON REGULAR PUBLIC DISPLAY:
Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton
- Benson Gyrocopter
- Blackburn NA 39
- Blackburn Buccaneer SMK1
206 - Chance Vought Corsair
- De Havilland Sea Vampire T 22
- De Havilland Sea Venom FAW Mk 21
- De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW Mk 1
- De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW Mk 2
- De Havilland Tiger Moth
- Douglas Skyraider AEW 1
- Fairey Firefly AS4
- Fairey Gannet COO4
- Fairey Gannet T5
- Fairey Gannet T2
- Fairey Gannet AEW 3
- Fairey Swordfish 11
- Fairey Fulmar
- Gloster Meteor TT20
- Grumman Avenger AS4
- Grumman Hellcat II
- Grumman Martlet I
- Hawker Sea Fury FB11
- Hawker Sea Hawk FGA6
- Hiller HTE 2
- Hunting Percival Sea Prince C1
- 2 Hunting Percival Sea Prince C2
- Saunders Roe P 531
- Sopwith Baby
- Supermarine Attacker
- Supermarine Scimitar
- Supermarine Sea Fire F 17
- Supermarine Walrus
- Westland Dragonfly
- Westland Whirlwind Mk 1
- Westland Wyvern TF1
Helston Air Park, Cornwall
- Supermarine Scimitar (on loan from Royal Navy)
- Douglas Skyraider (on loan from Fleet Air Arm Museum)
Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop
- Auster
- Skeeter
Royal Armoured Corps Museum, Bovington
- Skeeter
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon
- Avro 504K
- Beaufighter TFX (Bristol 156)
- Belvedere HC1 (Bristol 192)
- Beverley C1
- Bleriot X1
- Canberra PR3
- Caudron G111
- Defiant 1 (Bolton Paul P82)
- English Electric P1B
- Gladiator 11
- Hawker P1127
- Hawker Cygnet
- Hawker Hart
- Hawker Hart Trainer 11A
- Hawker Hind
- Hoverfly 1
- Hunter F5
- Hurrican 1
- Lancaster 1
- Lysander III
- Magister M14A
- Meteor F4
- Mosquito T3
- Sea Fury
- SE 5A
- Sopwith Camel F1
- Sopwith Triplane
- Spitfire 1A
- Spitfire 24
- Sunderland
207 - Supermarine Stranraer
- Tempest TT5
- Tiger Moth 11
- Typhoon
- Vickers FB 5
- Vickers Vimy
- Wellington T10
Mitchell Memorial Museum, Southampton
- Spitfire 24 (on loan from Royal Air Force)