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Cold War Jets Collection

The Cold War Jets Collection (CWJC) is a museum based on the edge of Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, a former Royal Air Force station located near Lutterworth, Leicestershire in the United Kingdom.

Cold War Jets Collection
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LocationBruntingthorpe Aerodrome
Coordinates52°29′53.09″N 1°6′35.22″W / 52.4980806°N 1.1097833°W / 52.4980806; -1.1097833
TypeAerospace museum
Collection size18
FounderWalton Family

C Walton Ltd owned the airfield, who hosts the CWJC, this is made up of several aviation preservation groups, such as the Lightning Preservation Group (LPG), Classic British Jets Collection (CBJC), GJD AeroTech and previously the Buccaneer Aviation Group (T-BAG).

The airfield was open on Sundays from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm when aircraft were displayed. Demonstrations of fast taxi runs were carried out on the two open days held each year, usually May Bank Holiday Sunday and August Bank Holiday Sunday. Individual Groups also held events of their aircraft, these included fast taxi runs, static engine runs, photoshoots etc.

It was reported in June 2020 that the museum had closed.[1][2]

However the collection reopened at a new location on the edge of Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome during September 2023, based around the QRA hangars, on a inviation only basis.[3]

Collection

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Aircraft Version Registration Markings Last Unit Owner Notes
BAC Jet Provost T.5A XW290 No. 1 FTS CBJC [4]
Dassault Mystère IVA 85 8-MV French AF CWJC [5]
de Havilland Comet 4C XS235 G-CPDA DTEO CWJC [5]
de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.21 WM571 CBJC
de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 XJ494 121 A&AEE CBJC [4]
de Havilland Venom FB4 WR470 G-DHVM Swiss AF CBJC [6]
English Electric Canberra B(I).8 WT333 RAE [4][6]
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728 JS No. 11 Squadron RAF LPG [7][6]
F.6 XS904 BQ No. 5 Squadron RAF/
No. 11 Squadron RAF		 LPG [7][6]
Folland Gnat T.1 XP540 No. 4 FTS CBJC [7]
Gloster Meteor NF.11 WM167 CBJC [6]
Handley Page Victor K.2 XM715 No. 55 Squadron RAF CWJC [5]
Hawker Hunter GA.11 WT806 FRADU CBJC [4][6]
T.8C XF994 CBJC [8]
T.7 XL565 Y FRADU GP [4]
Hawker Sea Hawk FGA.6 XE368 CBJC [9]
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 XV226 RAF Kinloss/
RAF St Mawgan Wing		 CWJC [5]
Hunting Jet Provost T.3A XM365 No. 1 FTS CBJC [4]
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter G 22+35 jbG34 [4]
G 22+57 jbG34 [4]
PZL TS-11 Iskra BIS B 1H-1018 Polish AF CWJC [5][6]
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 XZ382 No. 14 Squadron RAF CWJC [5]

Previous residents

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Aircraft Version Registration Markings Last Unit Owner Notes
Folland Gnat T.1 XP534 XR993 No. 4 FTS Phoenix Aviation [7] to South Wales Aviation Museum[10]
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B XW544 Y No. 16 Squadron RAF T-BAG [11] to Cotswold Airport[12]
S.2B XX889 T No. 12 Squadron RAF T-BAG [11] to South Wales Aviation Museum[13]
S.2B XX894 020 No. 208 Squadron RAF T-BAG [11] to Cotswold Airport[14]
S.2B XX900 No. 208 Squadron RAF CWJC [5] to Tatenhill Airfield[15]
SEPECAT Jaguar T.2A XX145 ETPS CWJC [5] to Boscombe Down Aviation Collection[16]
Vickers VC10 K.4 ZD241 N No. 101 Squadron RAF GS [4] Scrapped

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ "Cold War Jets Museum, Bruntingthorpe, UK is closed and will not re-open". aviationmuseum.eu. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Bruntingthorpe: Fears 'historic' VC10 passenger plane to be scrapped". BBC News. 27 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Cold War jets roar at Bruntingthorpe – full report". Key Publishing. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ellis 2014, p. 131.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Ellis 2014, p. 96.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Cold War Jet Collection Open Day Bruntingthorpe". Eventbrite. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d Ellis 2014, p. 130.
  8. ^ "T.8C XF994 - Classic British Jets Collection, Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  9. ^ "FGA.6 XE368 - Classic British Jets Collection (stored), Leicestershire". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  10. ^ "T.1 XR993 - South Wales Aviation Museum, St. Athan, Wales". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  11. ^ a b c Ellis 2014, p. 129.
  12. ^ "S.2B XW544 - The Buccaneer Aviation Group (taxiable), Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  13. ^ "S.2B XX889 - South Wales Aviation Museum, St. Athan, Wales". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  14. ^ "S.2B XX894 - The Buccaneer Aviation Group, (taxiable), Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  15. ^ "S.2B XX900 - British Aviation Heritage (taxiable), Tatenhill Airport, Staffordshire". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  16. ^ "T.2A XX145 - Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Old Sarum Airfield, Wiltshire". Thunder and Lightnings. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

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