Types you’ll see alongside
de Havilland Vampire, Westland Wessex, Blackburn Buccaneer, English Electric Lightning, Harrier family.
Aircraft hub · 1948
Licence-built Sikorskys — the Navy’s first plane-guard angels, plucking pilots from carrier wakes. The gazetteer currently lists it at 4 UK museums.
Last verified 2026-07-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.
The gazetteer records 1 Westland Dragonfly & Widgeon airframe (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 4 UK collections, in 3 regions: South West England, Northern England, Scotland.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet Air Arm Museum | Yeovil | South West England | — |
| Morayvia | Forres | Scotland | — |
| The Helicopter Museum | Weston-super-Mare | South West England | Westland WS-51A Widgeon Series 2, G-AOZE |
| Yorkshire Air Museum | York | Northern England | — |
de Havilland Vampire, Westland Wessex, Blackburn Buccaneer, English Electric Lightning, Harrier family.
One of only 1 in UK public collections.
South West England has 2 collections recording the type.
| Type | Westland Dragonfly & Widgeon |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 4 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 1 |
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 all 118 museums is indexed in the Compendium.
The Aviation Gazetteer records 1 Westland Dragonfly & Widgeon airframe in UK collections.
The Helicopter Museum has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.