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de Havilland Canada Chipmunk, de Havilland Vampire, Harrier family, Gloster Meteor, Hawker Hunter.
Aircraft hub · 1931 · Interwar
Taught the Few, then the many, to fly. Its pilotless target sister, the ‘Queen Bee’, gave us the word ‘drone’. The gazetteer currently lists it at 12 UK museums.
Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.
On charge
The gazetteer records 14 de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 12 UK collections, in 7 regions: London & Around, East of England, South East England, Midlands & Lincolnshire, South West England, Northern England, Wales.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airworld Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Caernarfon | Wales | de Havilland Tiger Moth (dismantled) N6638 In store |
| Boscombe Down Aviation CollectionChecked 2026-10-08 | Salisbury | South West England | de Havilland Tiger Moth II G-ANNG |
| Bottisham Airfield MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Cambridge | East of England | de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth 'N6635' |
| De Havilland Aircraft MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | St Albans | London & Around | de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ANRX de Havilland DH.82B Queen Bee fuselage LF789 |
| Fleet Air Arm MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Yeovil | South West England | de Havilland Tiger Moth T.2 XL717 |
| Hooton Park HangarsChecked 2026-10-08 | Ellesmere Port | Northern England | de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ANBY |
| Kent Battle of Britain Museum TrustChecked 2026-10-08 | Folkestone | South East England | de Havilland Tiger Moth (composite) |
| Newark Air MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Newark | Midlands & Lincolnshire | de Havilland Tiger Moth II G-MAZY |
| Royal Air Force Museum MidlandsChecked 2026-10-08 | Shifnal | Midlands & Lincolnshire | de Havilland Tiger Moth II T6296 |
| Solent SkyChecked 2026-10-08 | Southampton | South East England | de Havilland Tiger Moth BB807 |
| South Yorkshire Aircraft MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Doncaster | Northern England | de Havilland Tiger Moth frame N9399 |
| The Shuttleworth CollectionChecked 2026-10-08 | Biggleswade | East of England | de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth II G-ANKT de Havilland DH.71 Tiger Moth replica G-ECDX Replica |
3D model
A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as T6296, a wartime DH.82A Tiger Moth II, in Dark Earth and Dark Green camouflage over trainer-yellow undersides, with Type B upper-wing roundels, Type C1 fuselage roundels and a red, white and blue fin flash, as it is preserved by the Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 217 models · download .glb (808 KB) · Plate 50 in The Hangar
Computed from the survey
de Havilland Canada Chipmunk, de Havilland Vampire, Harrier family, Gloster Meteor, Hawker Hunter.
East of England has 2 collections recording the type.
de Havilland DH.71 Tiger Moth replica; de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth; de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth II; de Havilland DH.82B Queen Bee fuselage; de Havilland Tiger Moth T.2.
Type notes
| Type | de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth (+ Queen Bee) |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 12 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 14 |
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 14 de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth airframes in UK collections.
De Havilland Aircraft Museum has the most in this survey, with 2 recorded airframes.