Types you’ll see alongside
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Aircraft hub · 1944 · Early jet age
The fastest British piston fighter ever — and it shot down a MiG-15 over Korea to underline the point. The gazetteer currently lists it at 3 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 Hawker Sea Fury airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 3 UK collections, in 3 regions: East of England, South West England, South East England.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet Air Arm MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Yeovil | South West England | Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 WJ231 |
| IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 | Cambridge | East of England | Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 (restoration) VX653 Under restoration Hawker Fury ISS (painted as SR661) G-CBEL |
| Kent Battle of Britain Museum TrustChecked 2026-10-08 | Folkestone | South East England | Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 tail section VW589 Cockpit or section |
3D model
A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as WJ231, a Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 single-seat carrier fighter-bomber of the Royal Navy, powered by a Bristol Centaurus 18 sleeve-valve radial driving a five-blade Rotol propeller, kept by the Fleet Air Arm Museum and painted as it is shown at Yeovilton in the Korean War colours of ‘115/O’ of HMS Ocean’s air group: Extra Dark Sea Grey upper surfaces, spine, upper cowling and spinner over Sky sides and undersides, the fin and rudder Sky all over with a black ‘O’, five white and black identification stripes round the rear fuselage and under the outer wings, a black ‘115’ edged in white across the fuselage stripes, Type D roundels, ‘ROYAL NAVY’ over ‘WJ 231’ on the rear fuselage and a black ‘WJ231’ under the wings, a black propeller with yellow tips and a black arrester hook with a yellow tip, four 20 mm Hispano cannon in the wings; the museum displays it with the starboard wing folded, but it is shown with both wings spread, the upper-surface markings follow the standard Korean-period scheme as no display photograph shows them, and the main-gear track is measured from photographs. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (964 KB) · Plate 116 in The Hangar
Computed from the survey
North American Harvard, Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde, BAe Sea Harrier FA.2, Bell UH-1 Huey, Blackburn Buccaneer.
East of England has 1 collection recording the type.
Hawker Fury ISS (painted as SR661); Hawker Sea Fury FB.11; Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 (restoration); Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 tail section.
Type notes
| Type | Hawker Sea Fury |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 3 |
| 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 Hawker Sea Fury airframes in UK collections.
IWM Duxford has the most in this survey, with 2 recorded airframes.