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Summary of Museum Contents
Battle of Britain Hall:
Remembrance Corner, Battle of Britain memorabilia, Poets Corner and Aerial Photography Exhibition.
Middle Hall:
Home Front and Dambusters Exhibit.
Tangmere Hall:
SOE Exhibit, History of RAF Tangmere, First World War, Museum Picture Gallery and an exhibition on the
Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
Aircraft Exhibits
The Museum has some excellent aircraft and powerplant exhibits including the World Speed Record breaking
Gloster Meteor F.4 Special (flown by Group. Captain E.M. 'Teddy' Donaldson in 1946) and Hawker Hunter Mk3
(flown in 1953 by the Museum's late President Neville Duke). Both these aircraft are on loan from the RAF to the Museum.
Situated in the Merston Hall is a tribute to R.J. Mitchell, the designer of the Spitfire, with an excellent replica
of the prototype Spitfire that first flew in 1936.
The Lightning aircraft and the Hawker Hunter F.5 aircraft (splendidly exhibited in Tangmere's No.1 Squadron's colours)
were donated to the Museum by Raymond and Meryl Hansed and are located in the Meryl Hansed Memorial Hall.
The table below shows the locations where the aircraft are exhibited.
| MERSTON HALL |
MERYL HANSED HALL |
OUTSIDE |
| Gloster Meteor F.4 Special |
English Electric Lightning FR 53 |
De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW2 |
| Hawker Hunter Mk3 |
Hawker Hunter F.5 |
BAe Sea Harrier FRS2 |
| Supermarine Swift FR5 |
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Westland Wessex HU5 |
| Supermarine Spitifire Prototype (R) |
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Lockheed T-33A |
| Supermarine Spitfire V (R) |
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Gloster Meteor F.8 |
| Hawker Hurricane 1 (R) |
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McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR Mk2 |
Simulators
The Museum has 3 excellent interactive simulators located in the Merston and Middle Halls, which are enjoyed by young and grown-up 'pilots' alike.
The simulators may only be 'flown' with one of the Museum's volunteer guides present.
Reception Area:
The Museum shop. A model of RAF Tangmere between the World Wars. USA exhibit and the Museum's Cinema.
Memorial Garden
The Museum has a memorial garden which you may like to visit situated behind the Museum's Cafeteria.
Toilets
Toilets are located between the Reception Area and the Cafeteria.
Refreshment Areas
The Museum has a picnic area outside the front entrance on the grass. An area can also be made available in
one of the aircraft halls to allow the children to have their refreshments. School visit children may purchase
soft drinks, confectionary and ice cream from the Museum's Cafeteria.
Photography
Photography is permitted outside and in the two halls where the aircraft are exhibited (Merston and Meryl Hansed Halls)
but not in the other halls of the Museum.
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