English Electric Lightning F.1 XG337 at The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands. #coldwar #ColdWarHistory #warbirds #lightning #royalairforce | Daniel J Wheatcroft

De Havilland Devon VP952 at The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands #dehavilland #warbirds #avgeek #aviation #aviationphotography | Daniel J Wheatcroft

Vickers Valiant at The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands. The Valiant was the first of the V-Bombers to see service, and the only one to drop live nuclear weapons. She was also the first to leave service after the new low level attack role proved too stressful for the Valiant fleet. #coldwar #vickers #valiant #bomber #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft

Fw190A-8/R6 Wk Nr. 733682 at The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands. She was captured in 1945 as part of a Mistel (‘Mistletoe’) S3B trainer configuration joined with a Ju 88. The Mistel was a fairly desperate concept and while it had the potential to be effective, the proposal had little chance in the face of allied aerial supremacy. #ww2 #ww2history #fw190 #luftwaffe #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft