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North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland.
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Images of some of the exhibits in this small but important air museum in the North East of England, in the grounds of the former RAF Unsworth, latterly Sunderland airport then a car factory.
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| The Second World War |
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PIAT infantry anti-armour weapon |
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The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank weapon or PIAT for short was used by British forces during and after World War 2, particularly by paratroopers when...
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| later 20th Century & Modern |
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British 1,000lb bomb |
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A de-activated example of the ubiquitous British 1,000lb bomb carried by most of the RAF's ground-attack aircraft and although not sophisticated, effe...
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Dassault Mystère Mk IVa number 146 |
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The Mystère first flew on 28th Sept 1952, and more than 480 of these single-seat fighter-bombers flew with the French, Indian and Israeli Air Forces i...
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FMA Pucara, No. A-522 |
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The Pucara is a ground support and counter-insurgency aircraft used in various airforces around the world, most notably by the Argentinian Air Force d...
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Hawker Hunter E-419 |
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First introduced in the early 1950's and still serving with various airforces around the world right into the 1990's, the Hunter has been described as...
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Martin-Baker ejector seats |
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An essential piece of kit in any modern military aircraft, this image shows a pair of Martin-Baker ejector seats, the likes of which have saved many a...
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North American F-86D Sabre |
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The evocative Sabre of the Korean War, this was one of the most famous fighters of the late 1940's and 1950's. This is an F86D, the all-weather interc...
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The 'V' Bombers - Avro Vulcan B.2 |
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The most famous of the V bombers, and an aircraft to stir the heart of many an airman and enthusiast alike, this Vulcan XL319 served with the famous 6...
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The 'V' Bombers - Avro Vulcan B.2 - underside |
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A photograph of the 'belly of the beast'. The underside of the Vulcan clearly shows the bomb-bay doors between the two pairs of engines which would ha...
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WE-177 Tactical Nuclear Weapon (Training round) |
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This WE-177 nuclear bomb training round (never armed with atomic material) is an example of part of Britain's nuclear deterrent from 1966 up the the 1...
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