Types you’ll see alongside
Colomban Cri-Cri & the homebuilt shelf, de Havilland Vampire, English Electric Canberra, English Electric Lightning, Gloster Meteor.
Aircraft hub · 1951 · Early jet age
France’s first swept-wing success, warming up for the Mirage dynasty. The gazetteer currently lists it at 4 UK museums.
Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.
On charge
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.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes 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
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
Colomban Cri-Cri & the homebuilt shelf, de Havilland Vampire, English Electric Canberra, English Electric Lightning, Gloster Meteor.
East of England has 2 collections recording the type.
Type notes
| Type | Dassault Mystère IV |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 4 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 4 |
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 4 Dassault Mystère IV airframes in UK collections.
City of Norwich Aviation Museum has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.