AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1944

Aircraft hub · 1944 · Early jet age

Hawker Sea Fury

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.

1944
First flight
864
Built
460 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 Hawker Sea Fury in the UK

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.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes 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

The Sea Fury FB.11 in 3D

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

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

North American Harvard, Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde, BAe Sea Harrier FA.2, Bell UH-1 Huey, Blackburn Buccaneer.

Where the type is thickest

East of England has 1 collection recording the type.

Marks and variants recorded

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

The Hawker Sea Fury in brief

TypeHawker Sea Fury
UK museums holding one3
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 Hawker Sea Fury airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 4 Hawker Sea Fury airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Hawker Sea Fury airframes?

IWM Duxford has the most in this survey, with 2 recorded airframes.