Beaufighter
	CR.42		Gladiator
	La-11		Sea Fury
	Spitfire MkIX		Spitfire Mk22

The Fighter Collection maintains and operates the largest collection of airworthy warbirds in Europe. It also undertakes much of the restoration work necessary to bring the aircraft up to airworthy standard.

The Engineers and Volunteers of the Fighter Collection can turn their hand to just about anything. Each aircraft in the restoration queue is first completely stripped of paint and inspected for corrosion and cracking.

Each assembly is further broken down and the components all cleaned and primed before reassembly. Sounds so simple doesn't it? Its only the thousands of fifty year old components, if they exist at all, that takes the time! Where parts do not exist, then they have to be made.

Basic metal work, frames, skins and the like, can be fashioned in the hangar. More specialised parts will have to be sent away for manufacture, using either the defunct part as a pattern to make a new drawing, or a copy of the relevant item from the extensive drawings library held by the Collection.

Other Aircraft Awaiting Restoration

Hidden out of the way of the feverish work in the hangar are a number of other aircraft which are waiting their turn at being restored. These are long term rebuilds, and may in fact be sent away for rebuild when it is realised that the amount of work far exceeds the resources available to the Fighter Collection at the moment. This queue includes:

A Japanese Nakajima K143 'Oscar'
This is just a collection of severely scrunched parts at the moment, mangled metal, harrassed hydraulics.

We are always on the look out for necessary spares for the aircraft we are rebuilding. If you can help with the provision of any warbird parts, then we would like to hear from you