Types you’ll see alongside
Avro Vulcan, BAC Strikemaster & Bulldog, BAC TSR.2, Blackburn Buccaneer, Bristol Blenheim.
Aircraft hub · 1942 · Second World War
A Lancaster in a lounge suit; Churchill’s wartime transport and a Berlin Airlift stalwart. The gazetteer currently lists it at 2 UK museums.
Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.
On charge
The gazetteer records 2 Avro York airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 2 UK collections, in 2 regions: East of England, Midlands & Lincolnshire.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 | Cambridge | East of England | Avro York C.1 G-ANTK |
| Royal Air Force Museum MidlandsChecked 2026-10-08 | Shifnal | Midlands & Lincolnshire | Avro York C.1 TS798 |
3D model
A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as G-ANTK, an Avro 685 York C.1 built at Yeadon in 1946 with four Rolls-Royce Merlins as MW232, flown by Nos. 242 and 511 Squadrons of RAF Transport Command and in the Berlin Airlift, then by Dan-Air London on freight work until 1964, used as a bunkhouse at Lasham, and restored by Dan-Air engineers and the Duxford Aviation Society, painted as it is shown at IWM Duxford in Dan-Air London colours: white upper and light grey lower fuselage divided by a red cheatline, a black anti-glare panel on the nose, ‘DAN-AIR LONDON’ titles and the flag-and-compass badge on the fuselage and the white central fin, black outer fins with red caps, ‘DAN’ and ‘AIR’ panels and ‘G-ANTK’, blue-grey wings with black de-icing boots and red tips, a red ‘G-ANTK’ under the port wing, and red spinners with grey three-blade propellers tipped in yellow; the cargo-door outlines are approximate and the cabin windows are shown as flat panels. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1.6 MB) · Plate 104 in The Hangar
Computed from the survey
Avro Vulcan, BAC Strikemaster & Bulldog, BAC TSR.2, Blackburn Buccaneer, Bristol Blenheim.
East of England has 1 collection recording the type.
Avro York C.1.
Type notes
| Type | Avro York |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 2 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 2 |
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
The Aviation Gazetteer records 2 Avro York airframes in UK collections.
IWM Duxford has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.