AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1951

Aircraft hub · 1951 · Early jet age

Dassault Mystère IV

France’s first swept-wing success, warming up for the Mirage dynasty. The gazetteer currently lists it at 4 UK museums.

1951
First flight
421
Built
696 mph
Top speed
4
Museums

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

On charge

Where to see the Dassault Mystère IV in the UK

The gazetteer records 4 Dassault Mystère IV airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 4 UK collections, in 2 regions: East of England, Midlands & Lincolnshire.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
City of Norwich Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Norwich East of England Dassault Mystère IVA 121
Midland Air MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Coventry Midlands & Lincolnshire Dassault Mystere IVA 70
Newark Air MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Newark Midlands & Lincolnshire Dassault Mystère IVA 83
Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Bungay East of England Dassault Mystère IVA 79

3D model

The Mystère IVA in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as No. 83 ‘8-MS’ of Escadre de Chasse 1/8, the Newark Air Museum’s Dassault Mystère IVA, a French Air Force swept-wing fighter-bomber with its Hispano-Suiza Verdon 350 turbojet, returned from French service to the US-funded MDAP pool at RAF Sculthorpe and on display at Newark since 1978, painted as it is shown today: bare aluminium with a dark anti-glare panel ahead of the windscreen, a yellow stepped cheat line along the fuselage, French roundels with yellow rings on the rear fuselage and on the upper wings, a black ‘8-MS’ on both sides, the ‘Mystère IV A’ script on the nose, a red ejection-seat triangle, the unit’s bird badge on the fin and yellow wing-tip pods. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1.1 MB) · Plate 155 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

Colomban Cri-Cri & the homebuilt shelf, de Havilland Vampire, English Electric Canberra, English Electric Lightning, Gloster Meteor.

Where the type is thickest

East of England has 2 collections recording the type.

Type notes

The Dassault Mystère IV in brief

TypeDassault Mystère IV
UK museums holding one4
Airframes recorded in this survey4

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 Dassault Mystère IV airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 4 Dassault Mystère IV airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Dassault Mystère IV airframes?

City of Norwich Aviation Museum has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.