About this museum
Montrose was Great Britain's first operational military airfield, established by the Royal Flying Corps in February 1913, and the museum is arranged around surviving 1913 buildings — which means the link to the very beginning of military flying is physical, not curatorial. Volunteers have scratch-built Scotland's only full-size B.E.2a and Sopwith Camel replicas, and the fast-jet hangar counters with a Tornado GR4.
The 1913 fabric itself, plus the resident ghost stories (Montrose is Britain's most famously haunted airfield, a claim the volunteers deploy with relish).
- Tornado GR4
- Scotland’s only B.E.2a and Sopwith Camel (full-size replicas)
- Hawker Hunter F.1
£8, dog friendly, immaculately kept — one review praises the toilets' fragrance, which is a first for this genre. Thursday–Sunday openings, weather permitting.
“What a little gem of a museum.”— David, visitor report
Airframe checklist
Tick them off as you go. Identities are as held in the gazetteer survey — verify against the museum’s own labels if something has moved.
| Type | Identity | |
|---|---|---|
| Avro Anson Mk.C19 No.TX266 on display whilst under renovation. | — | |
| Bristol Hercules radial engine – No 210016 series 264 | — | |
| Bristol Hercules radial engine – No 210391 series 264 | — | |
| De Havilland Gipsy Queen aero engine | — | |
| de Havilland Sea Vampire T.22 (XA 109) | — | |
| Gloster Meteor T.7 (WF825) from No.603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron RAF | — | |
| Hawker Hunter F.1 (WT619). | — | |
| Miles M.2H Hawk Major (DG590) Civilian Registration was G-ADMW | — | |
| Panavia Tornado GR4 (ZD744). | — | |
| Rolls-Royce Derwent jet engine | — | |
| Rolls-Royce Spey jet engine | — | |
| Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2a replica representing No.471 of No.2 Squadron RFC as flown by M… | — | |
| Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a 7/8th scale replica (G-SEVA) | — | |
| SEPECAT Jaguar GR1 (XX975) | — | |
| Sopwith Camel F.1 replica representing B7320 of No.70 Squadron RFC as flown by WWI fighter a… | — | |
| Supermarine Spitfire MkVb full size replica LO-D (EP121) No.602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron RAF | — | |
| Turbo-Union RB199 jet engine | — |
Inventory researched 2026-07-18: source 1. Aircraft move between sites; report corrections to the compiler.
Location & contact
- Address
- Broomfield Rd, Montrose DD10 8SY
- Phone
- 01674 678222
- Website
- www.rafmontrose.org.uk/
- Hours
- Thu–Sat 10am–4pm, Sun 12–4pm
(from your local clock — verify before travel) - Gazetteer
- SC-02 on the situation map