de Havilland Aircraft Museum

The de Havilland Aircraft Museum, located in London Colney, Hertfordshire, is the UK’s oldest aviation museum dedicated to a single manufacturer. Established in 1959, it preserves and showcases the rich heritage of de Havilland aircraft, renowned for their innovation in British aviation. A new exhibition commemorates the 90th anniversary of the Great Air Race from England to Australia in 1934, won by the de Havilland DH88 Comet. This exhibition includes the actual aircraft and multimedia displays about the event.

de Havilland Aircraft Museum

Salisbury Hall

London Colney AL2 1BU

United Kingdom

www.dehavillandmuseum.co.uk

museum@dehavillandmuseum.co.uk

+44 1727 826400

First Sunday of March – last Sunday of October

Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays 10:30 – 17:00

Admission fee

Gift shop

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Aircraft collection

DH98 Mosquito I (prototype) W4050 RAF, de Havilland Aircraft Museum

de Havilland aircraft

G-ACSS

G-ADOT

G-AFOJ

G-AKDW

G-ANRX

G-AOTI

G-AREA

D-IFSB

F-BGNX

J-7326

W4050

LF789/R2-K

TA122/UP-G

TA634/8K-K

TJ118

WM729

WP790/T

WR539

VX250/48

WX853

XG730/438

XJ565/E/127

XJ772/H

XK695

G-ANAV

J-1008

J-1632

DH88 Comet Racer (replica)

DH87B Hornet Moth

DH94 Moth Minor

DH89 Dragon Rapide (under restoration)

DH82A Tiger Moth

DH114 Heron 2D

DH104 Dove 8

DH104 Dove 6 (On loan to ARG Fishburn)

DH106 Comet 1XB

DH53 Humming Bird (fuselage)

DH98 Mosquito I (prototype)

DH82B Queen Bee (fuselage)

DH98 Mosquito FB.6

DH98 Mosquito TT.35

DH98 Mosquito TT.35 (fuselage, small parts)

DH115Vampire NF10

DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10

DH112 Venom FB4

DH103 Sea Hornet NF.21 (rear fuselage)

DH112 Venom NF.3

DH112 Sea Venom FAW.22

DH110 Sea Vixen FAW.2

DH115 Vampire T.11

DH106 Comet C.2(R)

DH106 Comet 1A SIM

DH100 Vampire FB.6

DH112 Venom FB.50

 
DH53 Humming Bird (fuselage) J-7326 RAF, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH82A Tiger Moth G-ANRX, Crop spraying configuration, de Havilland Aircraft Museum

DH82B Queen Bee LF789/R2-K RAF, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH82B Queen Bee Ground station, de Havilland Aircraft Museum

DH87B Hornet Moth G-ADOT, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH88 Comet Racer (replica) G-ACSS, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH89 Dragon Rapide G-AKDW, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK | Rob Vogelaar
DH89 Dragon Rapide G-AKDW, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK | Rob Vogelaar
DH98 Mosquito I (prototype) W4050 RAF, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH98 Mosquito I (prototype) W4050 RAF, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH98 Mosquito I (prototype) W4050 RAF, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK | Rob Vogelaar
Bug Hotel, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK | Rob Vogelaar
DH98 Mosquito FB.6 TA122/UP-G RAF, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH98 Mosquito FB.6 TA122/UP-G RAF, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
20mm Hispano cannon, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK | Rob Vogelaar
20mm Hispano cannon, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK | Rob Vogelaar

support our hangar appeal, de Havilland Aircaft Museum

DH98 Mosquito TT.35 TA634/8K-K RAF, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH98 Mosquito TT.35 TA634/8K-K RAF, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK

DH100 Vampire FB.6 J-1008 Swiss Air Force, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH104 Dove 8 G-AREA British Aerospace, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH106 Comet 1XB F-BGNX Air France, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH106 Comet 1XB F-BGNX Air France, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH106 Comet 4 flight simulator, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK | Rob Vogelaar
DH110 Sea Vixen FAW.2 XJ565/E/127 Royal Navy, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH112 Sea Venom FAW.22 XG730/438 Royal Navy, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH114 Heron 2D G-AOTI Rolls-Royce, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
DH115 Vampire T.11 XJ772/H RAF, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WP790/T RAF, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK

Other aircraft

BAPC.232

G-JEAO

G-ABLM

G-ARYC

G-AVFH

Airspeed Horsa I/II

BAe 146-100 (fuselage)

de Havilland/Cierva C.24 Autogyro

Hawker Siddeley H.S.125 Srs 1

Hawker Siddeley HS121 Trident 2E

Airspeed Horsa I/II BAPC.232 RAF, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
Airspeed Horsa I/II BAPC.232 RAF, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
BAe 146-100 G-JEAO, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
de Havilland/Cierva C.24 Autogyro G-ABLM, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
Hawker Siddeley H.S.125 Srs 1 G-ARYC Rolls-Royce Bristol Engine Division, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
Trident 2E G-AVFH British European Airways, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK

Engines

Gipsy III, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK | Rob Vogelaar
Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
Goblin 2, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
Goblin 2, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
Gyron, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
Gyron Junior, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
Gnome, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
Spectre rocket, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
Super Sprite, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
Link trainer, de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK
de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK | Rob Vogelaar
de Havilland Aircraft Museum, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, UK | Rob Vogelaar

de Havilland Aircraft Museum is the oldest aviation museum in the UK. It has a collection of more than 20 civil and military, jet and piston engine aircraft which were designed and built at de Havilland’s factory in Hatfield over nearly 70 years. The volunteer-run aviation museum collection is based around the definitive prototype and restoration shops for the de Havilland Mosquito.

Mosquito:

  • W4050 – Built by de Havilland Hatfield as prototype. First Mosquito built and had first flight on 25 November 1940. Its the only initial prototype of a Second World War British aircraft design still in existence in the 21st century.
  • TA122 – Built by de Havilland Hatfield as FBVI. Stored at RAF Celle from 1950 to 1951, and at the Delft Technical University in the Netherlands from 1951 to 1964. Wings destroyed in 1958. Acquired by Royal Netherlands Air Force Museum in 1978. In 1978 acquired by de Havilland Museum. Restoration used wings from TW233. Wears livery of 4 Squadron UP-G.
  • TA634 – Used in the film Mosquito Squadron in 1968. Acquired by de Havilland Museum in 1970. Restored from 1980 to 1990. Wears livery of NX992 (8K-K).
  • TJ118 – The museum also holds the nose and fuselage of TJ118, which was removed from the fuselage in the early 1960’s and sectioned for use in the interior cockpit scenes of 633 Squadron. The sectioned nose was also used in the cockpit scenes of Mosquito Squadron.

They have also one of the two survived Queen Bees, an unmanned radio-controlled target drone that used Tiger Moth wings and for the economy, a wooden fuselage based on that of the DH.60 Moth.

Current projects include the de Havilland Rapide being restored to flight status, the DH88 comet replica, the Comet 1 fuselage, the Mosquito Mk 6 and the Sea Venom.

The sole surviving Comet fuselage with the original square-shaped windows, part of a Comet 1A registered F-BGNX, has undergone restoration and is on display at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum.

This museum is worth a visit, great volunteers. Climb in aircraft, sitting in cockpits, enjoy …

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Museum Guide

This museum guide gives you short but excellent information about the planes.

We thank Mike Nevin for his tour and information.

Photos Rob Vogelaar