page_title: Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
section_title: Missile collection
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Air Force Museum Cosford / Missile collection
caption_attribution_description: English: English Electric Thunderbird missile at the National Cold War Exhibition, Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
context_page_description: The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, located in Cosford in Shropshire, is a museum dedicated to the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force in particular. The museum is part of the Royal Air Force Museum, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and a registered charity. The museum is spread over two sites in England; the other site is at the Royal Air Force Museum London at Colindale in north London.
context_section_description: The museum holds a large collection of missiles and rocket-powered weapons, including several rare German World War II types. The majority are located in the National Cold War Exhibition, with the German collection on display in Hangar 1.
  
  
   
  Australian Government Aircraft Factories Malkara
  Blohm & Voss BV 246
  British Aerospace Rapier
  Hawker Siddeley SRAAM
  British Aircraft Corporation Bloodhound
  British Aerospace Sea Skua
  British Aircraft Corporation Swingfire
  British Aircraft Corporation Thunderbird
  Douglas Thor
  Douglas Skybolt
  Engins Matra AS37 AR Martel
  Fairey Fireflash
  Fairey Separation Test Vehicle
  Fieseler Fi103 (V-1 flying bomb)
  German Army V-2
  Hai Ying 2G Silkworm
  Hawker Siddeley Blue Steel
  Hawker Siddeley Firestreak
  Hawker Siddeley Martel AJ-168
   
  Hawker Siddeley Red Top
  Henschel Hs 117 'Schmetterling'
  Henschel Hs 293
  Henschel Hs 298
  Holzbrau Enzian
  Lockheed Polaris
  Nord AS11
  Philco-Ford AIM-9B Sidewinder
  RAF Lightweight Torpedo Mk30
  Raytheon AIM-7 Sparrow
  Rheinmetall Borsig Feuerlilie
  Rheinmetall Borsig Rheinbote
  Rheinmetall Borsig Rheintochter
  Ruhrstahl Kramer X-4
  Ruhrstahl AG Fritz X
  Scheufeln Taifun
  USA Lightweight Torpedo Mk43
  USA Lightweight Torpedo Mk44
  Vickers Red Dean
caption: The English Electric Thunderbird surface-to-air missile on display in the National Cold War Exhibition hall
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