About Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
The Museum's aim is to preserve an important part of Britain's
national aviation heritage and to display it for future generations.
At Cosford we have collections of artefacts unique in the world.
The War Plane Collection includes British, German, American,
Japanese and Argentinian aircraft, all with an important place in
the development of military aviation.
Cosford's Missile Collection includes unique, early
German experimental missiles. The collection charts the history
of this type of weapon from early concrete and wooden examples to
today's
state-of-the-art technology.
The Transport & Training Aircraft Collection is home to Royal Air Force transport aircraft, which
relate the fascinating story of passenger and freight-carrying by air.
The jewel in the Museum's inventory is undoubtedly the Research
& Development Aircraft Collection featuring some of the World's most
exotic aircraft.
There are over fifty Aero Engines on display here too, and a small Vehicle Collection relating to aviation history.
Museum staff and volunteers are actively engaged
in conservation and restoration work; there is also a considerable store
of artefacts awaiting urgent treatment. These major projects are expensive
and great reliance is placed upon corporate and individual sponsorship
for the necessary funding.
