Types you’ll see alongside
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Aircraft hub · 1954 · Cold War
Seventy years in production and counting. The answer to ‘how do we get it there?’ since 1956. 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 3 Lockheed Hercules airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 3 UK collections, in 3 regions: London & Around, Midlands & Lincolnshire, Wales.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Air Force Museum LondonChecked 2026-10-08 | London | London & Around | Lockheed WC-130E Hercules cockpit section 64-0553 Cockpit or section |
| Royal Air Force Museum MidlandsChecked 2026-10-08 | Shifnal | Midlands & Lincolnshire | Lockheed C-130K Hercules C.3 XV202 |
| South Wales Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Barry | Wales | Lockheed Hercules C.3 cockpit section XV221 Cockpit or section |
3D model
A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as XV202, a Lockheed C-130K Hercules C.3: the RAF's stretched Hercules, lengthened by 4.57 m with plugs fore and aft of the wing, a high-winged four-engined tactical transport powered by four Allison T56 turboprops driving four-blade Hamilton Standard propellers, with a rear loading ramp under the upswept tail and an in-flight refuelling probe over the cockpit as a C.3P; delivered in 1967, stretched by Marshall of Cambridge in 1984 and flown to the RAF Museum Midlands, Cosford, for display in August 2011; painted as it is shown there: faded olive drab overall, low-visibility red and blue roundels on the rear fuselage, a red and blue fin flash with ‘202’ above it, ‘202’ under the cockpit windows and grey engine cowlings; the starboard markings are assumed to mirror the port side and the wings are left unmarked because no photograph shows them. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1.4 MB) · Plate 163 in The Hangar
Computed from the survey
Blackburn Buccaneer, English Electric Canberra, Gloster Meteor, Handley Page Victor, Harrier family.
London & Around has 1 collection recording the type.
Lockheed C-130K Hercules C.3; Lockheed Hercules C.3 cockpit section.
Type notes
| Type | Lockheed Hercules (C-130K / WC-130E) |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 3 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 3 |
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 3 Lockheed Hercules airframes in UK collections.
Royal Air Force Museum London has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.