IWM Duxford

Hanging from the ceiling is a De Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth two seat trainer. This airframe N 6635 is a composite made up of parts from several other airframes. On the ground is fairey Swordfish mkIII NF370 built in 1944 but in February 1945 it was tarnsferred to the RAF and operated by No. 119 Squadron, which was given the task of patrolling the North Sea in search of German torpedo boats and midget submarines. It has been at the Imperial War Museum Duxford since 1986. In 1998, a restoration project began that returned the airframe to an airworthy condition, although it was fitted with a non-functional Pegasus engine.

The mighty Avro Lancaster, this is KB889 and it is a Canadian built example. It was built in 1945 by the Victory Aircraft Company in Ontario and came to the UK in January 1945. It does not carry any form of nose art (usually on the opposite side of the cockpit) and did not fly any operational sorties as it returned to Canada in June 1945.

In November 1951 it was converted for Maritime Reconnaissance and Rescue duties. After 1959 it was further converted to Maritime Patrol service. In 1964 it was sent for scrap but was bought and saved, resold in 1968 when it was planned to be restored. A further sale saw the Lancaster come to the UK in 1984 and the IWM bought it in 1986. It has been restored to wartime condition using unspecified parts from an Avro Lincoln.