The Library

The Peter Wright Memorial Library houses more than 4,000 books and periodicals on all aspects of military aviation, including fine collections of aviators’ biographies, squadron histories, technical manuals, and wartime Air Ministry and Ministry of Information publications.

All our holdings are now on a searchable electronic catalogue. The Library is open to the Friends of the Museum on Wednesdays when our librarian is in attendance to provide assistance, and at other times by special arrangement with the curatorial staff. Friends may borrow books for a period of three weeks.

The Library is not open to casual visitors, but non-members of the Museum may apply to the Curator in advance of a visit to consult items of particular interest.

LATEST NEWS

An Indoor Family Day

An extremely wet and windy Sunday 26 August forced the Museum’s Events Team to implement…

Summer Exhibition Update

Since its opening on Saturday 21 July, the Museum’s summer exhibition ‘Tangmere and the SOE’…

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BOOKSHOP

Tangmere’s Own

TANGMERE’S OWN Pilots Who Served King And Country From A Sussex Airfield, 1918-1958 By David…

The Tangmere Logbook

Back numbers (excluding the current edition) of Tangmere’s biannual magazine The Tangmere Logbook are now…

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ARTICLES

Tangmere – 16 August 1940

On Thursday 15 August 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill was at Fighter Command Headquarters, Bentley…

Battle of Britain

By July 1940 France had been over-run and the British Expeditionary Force had been evacuated…

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Flight Simulators

The Tangmere Museum has 3 computer-controlled Flight Simulators for visitors to ‘fly’.

It also has a D-4 Link Trainer which may be flown by suitably-qualified visitors by prior arrangement only. Please click HERE for terms and conditions of use.

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Talks by Tangmere

The Museum is pleased to be able to offer speakers to interested groups or societies on a range of subjects connected with the history of operations at RAF Tangmere and other military aviation subjects.

The presentations are usually given as an audio/visual presentation using the Museum's equipment. Our presentations can be tailored to suit audiences ranging from specialist societies to community based groups and range in length from 40 to 90 minutes depending on the subject matter.

Further details of the full range of presentations and the availability of speakers can be obtained by calling the museum on 01243 790090, by emailing your interest to director@tangmere-museum.org.uk or by letter marked for the attention of the Director.