Types you’ll see alongside
de Havilland Sea Vixen, de Havilland Vampire, English Electric Lightning, Gloster Meteor, Hawker Hunter.
Aircraft hub · 1953 · Early jet age
First fighter supersonic in level flight; the ‘Hun’ did Vietnam’s unglamorous heavy lifting. The gazetteer currently lists it at 5 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 North American F-100 Super Sabre airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 5 UK collections, in 3 regions: East of England, Midlands & Lincolnshire, Northern England.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 | Cambridge | East of England | — |
| Midland Air MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Coventry | Midlands & Lincolnshire | North American F-100D Super Sabre 54-2174 |
| Newark Air MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Newark | Midlands & Lincolnshire | North American F-100D Super Sabre 54-2223 |
| Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Bungay | East of England | North American F-100D Super Sabre 54-2196 |
| North East Land, Sea and Air MuseumsChecked 2026-10-08 | Sunderland | Northern England | North American F-100D Super Sabre 54-2157 |
3D model
A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as 54-2174, an F-100D Super Sabre that flew with the French Air Force under the Military Assistance Program, came back to American charge and was stored at RAF Sculthorpe before going to the Midland Air Museum: USAF South-East Asia camouflage of dark green, medium green and tan over light grey, the rear fuselage and afterburner section in bare heat-tinted metal, the white tail code ‘SM’ of the 55th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 20th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Wethersfield, the tail number ‘174’ beneath a small ‘AF 0-54’, star-and-bar insignia, the name ‘Mary Jane’ in white script on the port nose and two 275-gallon drop tanks, as it is displayed outdoors at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (948 KB) · Plate 158 in The Hangar
Computed from the survey
de Havilland Sea Vixen, de Havilland Vampire, English Electric Lightning, Gloster Meteor, Hawker Hunter.
East of England has 2 collections recording the type.
Type notes
| Type | North American F-100 Super Sabre |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 5 |
| 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 North American F-100 Super Sabre airframes in UK collections.
Midland Air Museum has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.