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About RAF London

RAF London is the RAF Aviation museum in North London. One of the largest aviation museums in the world, it contains many rare aircraft, including the only intact Stuka and a magnificent Lancaster.

There is another branch of the museum in Cosford, Shropshire in the Midlands. The museum's own site is at RAF Museum

Colloquially refered to as RAF Hendon, for the area of London it is near, it is actually nearer to Colindale tube station.

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About RAF Museum, London

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  1. De Havilland Vampire jet fighter
  2. A tour of the museum.
  3. RAF Museum books
  4. 21 X 1000lb bombs, laid out under the Vulcan
  5. A video of the museum collection
  6. News about RAF museum London
  7. Make my day! A Panavia Tornado and in the background...
  8. Upcoming events
  9. ...a better look at a legend!
  10. Blog Posts
  11. RAFMAF - The RAF Museum American Foundation
  12. Photographs of RAF London
  13. Directions to the Museum
  14. Related Lenses
  15. Love this lens?
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De Havilland Vampire jet fighter 

A tour of the museum.

A virtual tour of RAF London

I can't do justice to the aircraft collection, so I will simply link to this: A virtual tour of the museum and its halls. This is done in great detail and allow you to view the extensive collection of aircraft.

Virtual tour

RAF Museum books

Books and resources

Books and resources from the RAF museum collection.
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21 X 1000lb bombs, laid out under the Vulcan  

A video of the museum collection

View the collection online

If you can't get there yourself, why not view it online?
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News about RAF museum London

The RAF museum's own news feed

News and ongoing changes at RAF museum London to help you plan your visit. This is a feed direct from the museum website.
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Make my day! A Panavia Tornado and in the background... 

Upcoming events

Events at the RAF museum London

Events due in the near future at RAF Museum London, drawn from the museum's own feed.
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...a better look at a legend! 

Blog Posts

Opinions on the RAF museum

Museum's half term fun takes off as jet arrives
RAF Museum Cosford, near Wolverhampton, has taken delivery of a Harrier GR.9A serial number ZG477. The revolutionary vertical take-off, multi-role combat aircraft, known informally as a jump jet, is on display to visitors within the museum's war planes ...
Iconic Harrier lands place at RAF Museum
Al McLean, RAF Museum Cosford Curator said: ?We are delighted to be selected as one of only two museums to receive this final example of a uniquely innovative aircraft with a distinguished history. It enhances our display of Warplanes.
Aviation artist's work on show at RAF Museum
A collection of the acclaimed works will now travel to London for a year-long retrospective at the RAF Museum entitled Fresh Air. The former youth worker and teacher has already had a spell as artist-in-residence with the Red Arrows, having formed a ...
Last Known WWI Veteran Florence Green Dies at 110
Retired Air Vice-Marshal Peter Dye, director-general of the RAF Museum, said it was fitting that the last survivor of the first global war was someone who had served on the home front. "In a way, that the last veteran should be a lady and someone who ...
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RAFMAF - The RAF Museum American Foundation

The Museum's US Support Arm

If you are in the US and would like to support the museum's work, the RAF MAF is the US foundation that supports them.

Supported by veterans such as Parker Smith, the last American to join the RAF in World War Two, the Foundation works to keep the links between the UK and USA, and RAF and USAF strong and protect our shared aviation heritage.

For more about the work of the RAFMAF, please click here:

RAFMAF

Photographs of RAF London

Images from Flickr

Other visitors have uploaded photos of their visits to Flickr. Please browse them below.
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Directions to the Museum

Why not visit the museum yourself?

If you are going to London, the the RAF Museum is a definite must for students of history. Fans of aviation might want to make it a multi-day trip. Of course, there are a lot of other things on in London as well.

Finding the Museum

Address: Grahame Park Way, London, NW9 5LL
Tel: 020 8205 2266
Map and Directions - from the museum's own website.

Getting to London from overseas

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