Tangmere Military Aviation Museum

The Tangmere Military Aviation Museum is a museum located on the former site of RAF Tangmere, West Sussex. The museum was opened in June 1982. Many aerospace exhibits covering the First World War to the Cold War are on display including fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and aircraft engines.

Aircraft on display The museum aircraft are housed in two hangars with a small number on display externally. Several exhibits are on loan from the Royal Air Force Museum including the Hawker Hunter used by Neville Duke to break the airspeed record in 1953.Ellis 2004, pp. 215-216.

Piston engine aircraft

Hawker Hurricane L1679 – replica in the markings of 1 Squadron RAF coded JX-G Supermarine Spitfire K5054 – replica Westland Lysander – V9822 - replica in the markings of 161 Squadron RAF coded MA-E

Jet aircraft

BAe Sea Harrier F/A.2 XZ459 in Royal Navy markings de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 XJ580 in the markings of 899 Naval Air Squadron Fleet Air Arm de Havilland Vampire T.11 XH313 English Electric Lightning F.53 ZF578 in the marking so 23 Squadron RAF as XR753 coded A''' Gloster Meteor F.4 EE549 Hawker Hunter F.3 WB188 Hawker Hunter F.5 WP190 in the markings of 1 Squadron RAF coded K Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XV744 McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 XV408 in the markings of 6 Squadron RAF coded L Supermarine Swift FR.5 WK281Aircraft cockpits

de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T.10 WZ876 English Electric Canberra B.2 WE113 Hawker Hunter F.4 WV332 Percival Provost T.1 XF840 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A – replica Supermarine Spitfire IX – under construction

Helicopters Westland Wessex HU.5 XS511Simulators

Air Combat Simulator English Electric Lightning Red Simulators

Aircraft engines

Piston engines Rolls-Royce Griffon

Gas turbine engines

Rolls-Royce Derwent Rolls-Royce Nene Rolls-Royce Palouste

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