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RAF Cosford Museum – March 2013
With all three V Bombers
And an exit survey
RAF Museum Cosford–Part 04
And the rest
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de Havilland Comet 1XB |
Hawker Siddeley Andover E3A |
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Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C1 (rear) |
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| Fritz X |
Lockheed Hercules C130K Mk3 |
A great day out
RAF Museum Cosford–Part 03
With lottery money
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| Modern design, entrance bottom right | Just in case you got confused | |
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| As it says | And its bomb bay | |
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| Skybolt and Blue Steel |
Handley Page Victor K2 |
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Vickers Valiant B1 |
Centurion | |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG 21PF |
Vulcan and Bloodhound | |
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| Polaris A3 |
English Electric Lightning F1/P1B |
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| Thor |
Sikorsky MH-53M Pave Low IV |
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| Leopard 1 |
Short Brothers Belfast |
But it is good
RAF Museum Cosford–Part 02
The first two halls
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| As it says |
English Electric P1A |
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Short Brothers SB5 WG768 |
Bristol Type 188 |
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British Aircraft Corporation TSR 2 |
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Gloster Meteor F8 Prone Position |
Panavia Tornado P02 |
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Hunting H126 |
Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet |
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BAe Harrier GR9A |
de Havilland Mosquito TT35 |
Inside, in the dry.
RAF Museum Cosford–Part 01
In search of V Bombers
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| Gate Guardian – Bristol Britannia 312 | And again I arrived before the doors opened. | |
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Dominie T.Mk.1 |
Nimrod R.Mk.1 |
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| Another view – XV249 | Dutch Navy – Lockheed SP-2H Neptune |
And drizzle
Sunday in Brussels
Remembrance Sunday
And the last day
Back to Bovington
This time the New Hall is complete
Mind you last time was 2009
Tank Museum-New Hall-Upto The Present Day
Heavier, lower
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| Centurion | M48 Patton | |
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| FDR Leopard I | Soviet T72 | |
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| British Chieftain | British Scorpion | |
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| Iraqi T62 | British Challenger |
But with a bigger bang
Tank Museum-New Hall-WWII
Odd colours on the Panther
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| A French Char B | A British A13 Cruiser | |
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| A German Panzer II | Oddly coloured Panzer V – Panther | |
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| Soviet T34 85 | German Tiger I | |
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| German Panzer III | US M3 Grant | |
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| British Cromwell | British – Sherman Firefly |
But there had the main gun round for each tank
Tank Museum–New Hall-WW1
Was here in 2009 and it wasn’t quite finished
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| Little Willie | A Mark II female | |
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| A French light tank | A British light tank |
It is now and it is excellent
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