About this museum
RAF Elvington, a Bomber Command station flown by the Free French squadrons 346 and 347, is now one of Britain's biggest independent air museums and the Allied Air Forces Memorial. The wartime fabric survives — control tower, NAAFI, hangars — which is why reenactment days here feel less like dress-up and more like a séance. The collection has a taste for the big and British: Victor, Nimrod, and a trio of Buccaneers.
Halifax 'Friday the 13th' — the world's only complete Halifax reconstruction, honouring the type that flew from this very field — alongside the only Mirage IV outside French ownership.
- Halifax III "Friday the 13th" — the only complete Halifax
- Mirage IV, the only one outside France
- Victor K.2 "Lusty Lindy" (live)
- Nimrod MR.2 (live)
- A trio of Buccaneers
Tickets convert to a 12-month pass. Thunder Days (engine runs) are the connoisseur's visit. French reviewers make pilgrimages here; bring tissues for the memorial rooms.
“Fantastic and very interesting Spent 6 hours at the 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Air Command Commander Elite | — | |
| Avro 504K – Replica | — | |
| Avro Anson T.21 VV901 | — | |
| BAC Jet Provost T.4 XP640 | — | |
| Beagle Terrier 2 TJ704 | — | |
| Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 XN974 | — | |
| Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B | XV168 | |
| Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B XX901 | — | |
| Blackburn Mercury – Replica | — | |
| British Aerospace Harrier GR.3 XV748 | — | |
| British Aerospace Nimrod MR.2 XV250 | — | |
| Canadair CT-133 Silver Star 133417 | — | |
| Cayley Glider – Replica | — | |
| Dassault Mirage IIIE 538 | — | |
| Dassault Mirage IV A 45/BR | — | |
| de Havilland Devon C.2 VP967 | — | |
| de Havilland Vampire T.11 XH278 | — | |
| Douglas Dakota IV KN353 | — | |
| English Electric Canberra T.4 WH846 | — | |
| English Electric Lightning F.6 | XS903 | |
| Europa Prototype 001 | — | |
| Fairchild Argus II FK338 | — | |
| Fairey Gannet AEW.3 XL502 | — | |
| Gloster Javelin FAW.9 XH767 | — | |
| Gloster Meteor F.8 WL168 | — | |
| Gloster Meteor NF.14 WS788 | — | |
| Handley Page Halifax III LV907 | — | |
| Handley Page Victor K.2 XL231 | — | |
| Hawker Hunter FGA.78 QA10 | — | |
| Hawker Hunter T.7 XL572 | — | |
| Hawker Hurricane I – Replica | — | |
| Mainair Demon | — | |
| Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 – Replica | — | |
| Mignet HM.14 Pou-du-Ciel | — | |
| Panavia Tornado GR.1 ZA354 | — | |
| Panavia Tornado GR.4 XZ631 | — | |
| Port Victoria P.V.8 Eastchurch Kitten Replica | — | |
| Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2c – Replica | — | |
| Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a – Replica | — | |
| Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP.12 XM553 | — | |
| Slingsby T.7 Kirby Cadet RA854 | — | |
| Supermarine Spitfire I – Replica | — | |
| Waco Hadrian 237123 | — | |
| Westland Dragonfly HR.5 WH991 | — | |
| Wright Flyer – Replica | — |
Inventory researched 2026-07-18: source 1 · source 2. Aircraft move between sites; report corrections to the compiler.
Location & contact
- Address
- Halifax Way, Elvington, York YO41 4AU
- Phone
- 01904 608595
- Website
- www.yorkshireairmuseum.org/
- Hours
- Daily 10am–5pm
(from your local clock — verify before travel) - Gazetteer
- NO-01 on the situation map