RAF COLLEGE CRANWELL“Aircraft through the Ages”

Training Aircraft at RAF Cranwell 1920 - 2020

RAF 100 Aircraft

A Review Written in 1961

College Models on Display

These models represent aircraft that flew from RAF Cranwell from 1918 to 1939. They were hand built from scratch to 1/48 scale by Peter Stephenson who lives nearby and produced them to

supplement presentations that he gave locally on the history of RAF Cranwell between the two World Wars. These models are no longer used and Mr Stephenson donated them to the College in

February 2009. All the models bear the airframe serial numbers allocated to actual aircraft during their period of service at RAF Cranwell.

Airships Early 1920s

Avro 504K - 1920 to 1927

Avro 504Ks of 2 Sqn

Bristol F2b - 1920 to 1930

Formation of Bristol F2b

DH 9a - 1920 to 1930

DH 9a Trainer

Sopwith Snipe - 1921 to 1927

Vickers Vimy Bomber - 1919 to 1925

AW Siskin 111 A - 1927 to 1933

AW Siskin 111A

Sopwith Cuckoo - Early-1920s

Gloster Grebe - Early-1920s

Boulton Paul P9 - Early-1920s

Flying Parade A Flt - 1922

DH 10 - Mid/late-1920s

New Zealand 2019 - Flyby of Vintage Aircraft

Long Distance Flights of 1920s

Cranwell-Karachi Non-stop 29-5-22

Miss Columbia at Cranwell 1927

Fairey Long Distance Monoplane Cranwell-Tunis December 1929

Capt Lindberg at Gosport 31-5-27

Evolution of RAF Cranwell in 1920s

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Electrical & Wireless Apprentiship School

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Command HQ

Church

Airmen’s Quarters

To Sleaford

Fairey Long Range Monoplane 1929

Cranwell Training Facilities 1920s

Hawker Audax (derived from the Hart) - 1934 to 1938

Whitley Mk V - FTS War Years

Spitfire Mk V - 1944 to 1945

Biplanes 1931

Venom - 1949

Chipmunk T Mk 1 - 1952 to 1969

Balliol and Havard Aircraft -1954 to 1955 & 1944 to 1954

Percival Provost - 1954 to 1961

Percival Provost - Restoration

Dear Sir

I hope you don’t mind my contacting you ?

I’m currently having one of two Percival Provost T.1 training aircraft restored to airworthiness. The two aircraft in question served at RAF Cranwell during the 1950’s. They shall be going back into their original Cranwell colour scheme and codes, as it is only correct they should.

I thought the association maybe interested in hearing this news, and that your more than welcome to visit these aircraft. Please see attachment for a little more information.

Best wishes and thankyou for you time.

James Atkinson Director Provost Preservation

Vampire - 1954 to 1962

Meteor (2 variants), Vampire and Varsity - 1960

Jet Provost - 1960 to 1961

Jet Provosts Mk 3 and Mk 5 - 1960 to early 1980s

HS 125 Dominie - 1973 to 1977

Jetstream T1 - 1972 to 2003

Grob G115 Tutor - 1985 to 2018

Beechcraft King Air B200 - 2004 to 2018

Embraer Phenom 100 2018 to date

Grob 120TP Prefect - 2018 to date