AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1937

Aircraft hub · 1937 · Second World War

Airspeed Oxford

Where bomber crews learned multi-engine manners, and occasionally didn’t. The gazetteer currently lists it at 2 UK museums.

1937
First flight
8,586
Built
192 mph
Top speed
2
Museums
Side profile of the Oxford I, painted as V3388, an Airspeed Oxford I built by de Havilland in 1940 with two Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah radials, flown after the war as G-AHTW by Boulton Paul Aircraft as its company hack, restored to RAF colours by the Skyfame museum at Staverton in 1960 and now hanging in AirSpace at IWM Duxford, painted as it is shown there: Dark Earth and Dark Green upper surfaces over trainer-yellow sides and undersides, dark green cowlings, a yellow-ringed Type A1 roundel and ‘V3388’ in black on the fuselage, Type A roundels and large serials under the wings, a fin flash below the rudder horn, the glazed nose panel, no dorsal turret, and black two-blade propellers with yellow tips; the upper surfaces are never photographed whole, so their camouflage pattern is a generic one
Plate 81 · The Hangar

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the Airspeed Oxford in the UK

The gazetteer records 2 Airspeed Oxford airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 2 UK collections, in 2 regions: London & Around, East of England.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 Cambridge East of England Airspeed Oxford I V3388
Royal Air Force Museum LondonChecked 2026-10-08 London London & Around Airspeed Oxford I MP425

3D model

The Oxford I in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as V3388, an Airspeed Oxford I built by de Havilland in 1940 with two Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah radials, flown after the war as G-AHTW by Boulton Paul Aircraft as its company hack, restored to RAF colours by the Skyfame museum at Staverton in 1960 and now hanging in AirSpace at IWM Duxford, painted as it is shown there: Dark Earth and Dark Green upper surfaces over trainer-yellow sides and undersides, dark green cowlings, a yellow-ringed Type A1 roundel and ‘V3388’ in black on the fuselage, Type A roundels and large serials under the wings, a fin flash below the rudder horn, the glazed nose panel, no dorsal turret, and black two-blade propellers with yellow tips; the upper surfaces are never photographed whole, so their camouflage pattern is a generic one. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 217 models · download .glb (1.4 MB) · Plate 81 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

Airco DH.9 / DH.9A, Avro Anson, Avro Lancaster, Avro Vulcan, Blackburn Buccaneer.

Where the type is thickest

East of England has 1 collection recording the type.

Type notes

The Airspeed Oxford in brief

TypeAirspeed Oxford
UK museums holding one2
Airframes recorded in this survey2

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many Airspeed Oxford airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 2 Airspeed Oxford airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Airspeed Oxford airframes?

IWM Duxford has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.