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Flown to Duxford on retirement and restores to original United States Navy markings of VF-74 as 155529. McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle: 76-0020 Flown by the United States Air Force from 1976 to 1994. Allocated to the Imperial War Museum in 2001 and later painted to represent the aircraft when it served with the 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.
The English Electric Lightning is a British fighter aircraft that served as an interceptor during the 1960s, the 1970s and into the late 1980s. It is capable of a top speed above Mach 2 . The Lightning was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric .
The Fighter Collection is a private operator of airworthy vintage military aircraft or warbirds. It is based in the United Kingdom at Duxford Aerodrome in Cambridgeshire, an airfield that is owned by the Imperial War Museum and is also the site of the Imperial War Museum Duxford. It is registered as a private limited company. [1]
Duxford is the home of several private aviation companies, such as Classic Wings, [33] The Fighter Collection, [34] the Old Flying Machine Company [35] and The Aircraft Restoration Company. [36] Between them these companies provide pleasure flights, historic aircraft for film or television work, and aircraft restoration services.
Captain Harold E. Stump and Second Lieutenant George J. Hays of the 78th Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Bad Medicine", 15 October 1943 P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft of the 78th Fighter Group at Duxford, 1943 A P-51D Mustang aircraft - WZ-S (AAF Ser. No. 44-72218), named "Sweet and Lovely", of the 78th Fighter Group, Duxford. The ...
41-19841 – The Fighter Collection at IWM Duxford. [39] P-40M. 43-5802 – Hangar 11 Collection in North Weald, Essex. [40] On display P-40N. 42-106101/A29-556 – Royal Air Force Museum London. [41] Under Restoration P-40N. 42-104949 Kathleen II – to airworthiness by Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc. Trustee in Bungay, Suffolk.
The Duxford Big Wing was not an organised and rehearsed military unit, merely an ad-hoc collection of squadrons led by one of Fighter Command's less experienced squadron leaders. Between Leigh-Mallory and Bader there was neither planning on how to use a Big Wing nor an assessment of its achievements.
Beaufighter Mk.Ic A19-144 – Owned by The Fighter Collection at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, this aircraft has been undergoing a lengthy restoration to flying status for many years. It is a composite aircraft built using parts from JM135/A19-144 and JL946/A19-148 .