Lincolnshire Aviation
Heritage Centre
The centre is the only Airfield
Museum recreated to its original
design on an original WWII airfield.
This privately owned centre was set
up by farming brothers Fred and
Harold Panton as a memorial to
Bomber Command, and their older
brother Christopher who was shot
down and killed in a bombing raid over
Nuremburg in March 1944.
It holds a rare Avro Lancaster,
Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’, available
for four-engine engine taxi runs. It
also has the original 1940 control
tower. Exhibits on The Home Front
and Escape and Evasion give a wider
perspective on wartime Britain.
Newark Air Museum
The UK’s largest volunteer-managed
aviation museum with 74 aircraft and
cockpit sections from across the history
of aviation. The types displayed range
from a Tiger Moth biplane to the mighty
Vulcan bomber; star attractions include
Russian MiG fighters and the Swedish
Saab Viggen fighter / bomber. Two large
display hangars house more than 50
airframes and display 40 aero engines
and artefacts.
Contacts
RAF Coningsby
t. 01522 782040
e. [email protected]
Cranwell Aviation Heritage Centre
North Rauceby, near Cranwell
Cranwell’s Royal Air Force College has
a fascinating exhibition tracing the early
years of the airfield from its origins as
Royal Naval Air Service Station and the
establishment of the College as the world’s
first Military Air Academy.
t. 01529 488490
w. www.cranwellaviation.co.uk
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
t. 01790 763207
e. [email protected]
w. www.lincsaviation.co.uk
RAF Scampton
t. 01522 738361
w. www.raf.mod.uk/rafscampton
Newark Air Museum
t. 016367 07170
e. [email protected]
w. www.newarkairmuseum.org
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