The Davidstow Airfield and Cornwall at War Museum is located on part of the old WW2 airfield RAF Davidstow Moor: it covers about two acres and holds thousands of items in 18 separate buildings. This is not your usual type of museum and it certainly isn’t a large grey building with all the exhibits neatly…
De Havilland left in 1947 and the Hall slipped into a derelict condition in 1955 the Hall was taken in hand by an ex Royal Marine Major named Walter Goldsmith. The name was changed to the Mosquito Aircraft Museum, and the Supporters Society was formed. In 1977 the de Havilland Aircraft Museum Trust Ltd was…
The Royal Air Force Museum was established as a legacy of the RAF’s fiftieth anniversary, opening our London (Hendon) site in 1972. 1968 saw the 50th Anniversary of the formation of the RAF, and a small display was held to celebrate the occasion. Later that year the last aircraft to use Hendon’s runways, a Blackburn…
The Boscombe Down Aviation Collection (BDAC) was initially opened in April 1999 within a Hardened Aircraft Shelter (TabVee) at the Boscombe Down military airfield. With the collection expanding and the dificulty of accepting visitors the decision was made to move to Old Sarum Airfield. Staying local to the military test airfield whose name they bear…
The Army Flying Museum is located at Middle Wallop, close to Andover, in Hampshire. The Museum tells the story of British Army Flying from the early days of military ballooning to the modern Army Air Corps. The collection was started in 1946 at RAF Andover but later moved to Middle Wallop and first opened to…
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