AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1946

Aircraft hub · 1946 · Early jet age

Handley Page Hastings

Berlin Airlift heavy hauler — coal in, gratitude out. The gazetteer currently lists it at 3 UK museums.

1946
First flight
151
Built
348 mph
Top speed
3
Museums

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

On charge

Where to see the Handley Page Hastings in the UK

The gazetteer records 3 Handley Page Hastings airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 3 UK collections, in 2 regions: East of England, Midlands & Lincolnshire.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 Cambridge East of England Handley Page Hastings C.1A TG528
Newark Air MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Newark Midlands & Lincolnshire Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG517
Royal Air Force Museum MidlandsChecked 2026-10-08 Shifnal Midlands & Lincolnshire Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG511

3D model

The Hastings C.1A in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as TG528, IWM Duxford’s Handley Page Hastings C.1A, built as a C.1 and flown in the Berlin Airlift and later with No. 24 Squadron, rebuilt to C.2 standard with the larger tailplane set low on the rear fuselage, preserved from 1968 and now hung in AirSpace at Duxford, with its four 1,675 hp Bristol Hercules 106 sleeve-valve radials, painted in the early Transport Command scheme it is displayed in today: natural metal overall with pale grey-green cowlings, a dark blue cheatline with the Transport Command lightning flash below the flight deck, Type C1 fuselage roundels on the cheatline with a black ‘T’ aft of them, a small black ‘TG528’ on the rear fuselage, ‘TG’ over ‘528’ on the fin above a red and blue fin flash, Type C roundels above the wings and black four-blade propellers with yellow tips. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1.5 MB) · Plate 120 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

Avro Vulcan, BAC Strikemaster & Bulldog, Blackburn Buccaneer, English Electric Lightning, Gloster Javelin.

Where the type is thickest

Midlands & Lincolnshire has 2 collections recording the type.

Marks and variants recorded

Handley Page Hastings C.1A; Handley Page Hastings T.5.

Type notes

The Handley Page Hastings in brief

TypeHandley Page Hastings
UK museums holding one3
Airframes recorded in this survey3

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 Handley Page Hastings airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 3 Handley Page Hastings airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Handley Page Hastings airframes?

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