Prototype Martinet target tug. Based on the Miles Master trainer, the RAF gave priority to the Martinet to meet an urgent need for target tugs. Photo from: Imperial War Museum

The Martinet was the first British aircraft to be designed specifically for target-towing and this is the only surviving example; It was built in 1943 for the RAF as MS902 and spent its operational life in Iceland at RAF Reykjavik. In 1949, it was sold to the Akureyri Flying Club as TF-SHC. It crashed in 1951 near Kopasker in north-east Iceland but the wreckage remained at the crash site until 1977, when it was recovered and placed in storage by the Icelandic Aviation Historical Society.The aircraft was returned to the UK in 1996 and has been beautifully restored at this super museum.

Crashed in Yorkshire on July 7, 1943 in a forced landing after running out of fuel. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand