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CLASSIC WHEELS EVENT 2013
Including exhibitors, over 500 visitors attended the Museum’s ‘Classic Wheels’ event on Sunday 9th June. After a great deal of skilful manoeuvring, over 60 classic…
JAMES McCAIRNS’ MEDALS GIFTED TO THE MUSEUM
James ‘Mac’ McCairns was one of the most famous pilots to fly from RAF Tangmere. On 6th July 1941 whilst flying with Douglas Bader’s Tangmere…
SPITFIRE MK VB REPLICA
On 3rd August 2012, we reported that an inspection of our replica Spitfire Mk VB BL924 had revealed age-related structural problems and that an assessment…
K5054 REPLICA GIFTED TO THE MUSEUM
On Saturday 27 April, members of the Spitfire Society and K5054 build project attended the Museum to gift the replica Spitfire prototype K5054 to Tangmere…
NEW MUSEUM BOOKLET AND TOUCHSCREEN
The popular series of booklets, produced exclusively for the Museum, has now been expanded to 13 with the recent publication of ‘People of Tangmere’. This…
POLISH WWII RAF VETERAN CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY AT TANGMERE
Leon Filary’s life story reads like a Hollywood script for a Raiders of the Lost Ark sequel. At the outbreak of WWII, Leon was serving…
TRANSATLANTIC AIR RACE HARRIER ARRIVES AT TANGMERE
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3, XV744, formerly kept at the United Kingdom Defence Academy, Shrivenham, has arrived at its new permanent home at Tangmere. Originally built…
OPERATION ECLIPSE REMEMBERED AT THE MUSEUM
On the night of 24 February 1943 a lone Special Duties Lysander of No 161 Squadron flown by Squadron Leader Hugh Verity took off from…
