City of Norwich Aviation Museum
The City of Norwich Aviation Museum is a volunteer run museum and charitable trust dedicated to the preservation of the aviation history of the county of Norfolk, England. The museum is located on the northern edge of Norwich International Airport and is reached by road through the village of Horsham St. Faith.
The museum is open daily except Mondays during the summer months and on Wednesdays, some Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through the winter. A small charge is made for admission.
Collections and Displays
The museum has an aircraft collection featuring the following preserved aircraft:
- Avro Vulcan B2 - Royal Air Force XM612
- Blackburn Buccaneer S1 - Royal Navy XN967 - Cockpit Section Only
- BAC Lightning F53 - Royal Saudi Air Force 53-686
- Cessna 401 - G-OVNE
- Dassault Mystère IV - French Air Force No 121
- Evans VP-2 - G-BTAZ
- Fokker F27 - G-BHMY
- Gloster Meteor F8 - Royal Air Force WK654
- Gloster Meteor NF11 - Royal Air Force - WM267 - Cockpit Section Only
- Handley Page Dart Herald - G-ASKK
- Hawker Harrier - Royal Navy XW268, Restoration in progress
- Hawker Hunter F6A - XG172 painted as Royal Air Force XG168
- Hawker Hunter F51 - Danish Air Force E-409 painted as Royal Air Force XE638
- Hawker Siddeley Nimrod - Royal Air Force XV255, arrived 24 May 2010
- Lockheed T-33 French Air Force 16718 painted as United States Air Force 16718
- McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2 - Royal Air Force XV426 - Cockpit Section Only
- SOCATA Rallye family - MS-880B Rallye G-ASAT
- SEPECAT Jaguar GR1 - Royal Air Force XX109
- Slingsby T38 Grasshopper - Royal Air Force XP458
- Supermarine Scimitar - CIM cockpit
- Westland Whirlwind HAR10 - Royal Air Force XP355
Formerly included in the collection were:
- Avro Shackleton - Royal Air Force VP293 - Cockpit Section Only
- Avro Anson - Royal Air Force
- De Havilland Sea Vixen - Royal Navy
- De Havilland Vampire T11 - Royal Air Force
- English Electric Lightning F3 - Royal Air Force - Cockpit Section Only
- English Electric Lightning F6 - Royal Air Force - Cockpit Section Only
- Gloster Javelin FAW9 - Royal Air Force
- Handley Page Herald 210 - G-AVEZ
- Hawker Hunter T7 - Royal Air Force XF321 - Cockpit Section Only, Temporary Resident
- Tipsy Nipper - fuselage only
- Westland Whirlwind HAR7 - Royal Air Force
The museum has indoor displays relating to the history of Aviation in Norfolk that include:
- 100 Group Royal Air Force
- The Royal Air Force in Norfolk
- USAAF Eighth Army Air Force
- The USAAF 2d Air Division
- The USAAF 458th Bombardment Group
- RAF Horsham St Faith
- RAF Marham
- RAF Coltishall
- RAF Sculthorpe
- RAF Swanton Morley
- No. 68 Squadron RAF
- Norwich Airport
See also
- For additional historical material relating to Norfolk Aviation the Norfolk Airfields page is a useful starting point.
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