Cold War Jets Collection


The Cold War Jets Collection is a museum based on the edge of Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, a former Royal Air Force station located near Lutterworth, Leicestershire in the United Kingdom.
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, Classic British Jets Collection, GJD AeroTech and previously the Buccaneer Aviation Group.
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.
However the collection reopened at a new location on the edge of Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome during September 2023, based around the QRA hangars, on an invitation only basis.
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Collection

AircraftVersionRegistrationMarkingsLast UnitOwnerNotes
BAC Jet ProvostT.5AXW290No. 1 FTSCBJC
Dassault MystèreIVA858-MVFrench AFCWJC
de Havilland Comet4CXS235G-CPDADTEOCWJC
de Havilland Sea VenomFAW.21WM571CBJC
de Havilland Sea VixenFAW.2XJ494121A&AEECBJC
de Havilland VenomFB4WR470G-DHVMSwiss AFCBJC
English Electric CanberraB.8WT333RAE
English Electric LightningF.6XR728JSNo. 11 Squadron RAFLPG
F.6XS904BQNo. 5 Squadron RAF/
No. 11 Squadron RAF		LPG
Folland GnatT.1XP540No. 4 FTSCBJC
Gloster MeteorNF.11WM167CBJC
Handley Page VictorK.2XM715No. 55 Squadron RAFCWJC
Hawker HunterGA.11WT806FRADUCBJC
T.8CXF994CBJC
T.7XL565YFRADUGP
Hawker Sea HawkFGA.6XE368CBJC
Hawker Siddeley NimrodMR.2XV226RAF Kinloss/
RAF St Mawgan Wing		CWJC
Hunting Jet ProvostT.3AXM365No. 1 FTSCBJC
Lockheed F-104 StarfighterG22+35jbG34
G22+57jbG34
PZL TS-11 IskraBIS B1H-1018Polish AFCWJC
SEPECAT JaguarGR.1XZ382No. 14 Squadron RAFCWJC