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FLYPAST MUSEUM GUIDE 2018 25

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STAFFORDSHIRE

THE POTTERIES MUSEUM AND
ART GALLERY
Local man R J Mitchell is remembered by the
Spitfire displayed in this Stoke museum. The
fighter is gradually being restored but remains
on view. The museum welcomes donations to the
project

Location and contact info
Address Bethesda Street, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3DW
Telephone 01782 232323
Websites http://www.stokemuseums.org.uk/pmag and http://www.
spitfirerw388.org.uk

Admission info
Times Monday-Saturday 10.00-17.00hrs, Sunday 11.00-
16.00hrs
Prices Free

Aircraft exhibits
Supermarine Spitfi re LFXVIe RW388 R

SUFFOLK

493RD BOMB GROUP MUSEUM
A museum centred on the control tower at what
was one of the last East Anglian airfields to be
occupied by the US 8th Air Force.

Location and contact info
Address Grove Farm, Clopton, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6QS
Telephone 07850 078432
Website http://www.493bgdebach.co.uk

Admission info
Times April to September – Wednesday 11.00-15.00hrs
and last Sunday of the month, 11.00-16.00hrs
Prices Free

BAWDSEY RADAR
The Suffolk coastal site of the world’s first
operational radar station, where many vital
experiments with the new technology took
place, has recently re-opened after major
refurbishment. Its displays tell the story of radar
development and Bawdsey’s own history.

Location and contact info
Address Bawdsey Radar Trust, Bawdsey, Suffolk IP12 3AT
Telephone 07821 162879
Website http://www.bawdseyradar.org.uk

Admission info
Times From Easter – see website for details
Prices Adults £6.50, concessions £6, children (5-18) £1,
under 5s free

BENTWATERS COLD WAR
MUSEUM
Recalling Bentwaters as an RAF and USAF airfield
during the Cold War, the BCWM is located in the

base’s former hardened command post. The

A-10, on loan from the USAF, is one of only two on

museum display in Britain.

Location and contact info

Address Building 134, Bentwaters Parks, Rendlesham,

Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 2TW

Telephone 07588 877020

Website http://www.bcwm.org.uk

Admission info

Times April to October – first and third Sundays of each

month and Bank Holidays 10.00-16.00hrs

Prices Adults £5, concessions £4, under 14s free

Aircraft exhibits

Gloster Meteor D16 WH453 R

English Electric Lightning F53 ZF581 R

Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0219 S

Hawker Hunter GA11 XE707 R

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 ZD667 S

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2 XV401 R

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2 XV497 S

SEPECAT Jaguar GR1A XX741 R

HALESWORTH AIRFIELD

MUSEUM

The memorabilia museum at the wartime home

of the 56th Fighter Group and 489th Bomb Group

commemorates both units and the airfield’s other

occupants.

Location and contact info

Address Sparrowhawk Way, Upper Holton, Halesworth,

Suffolk IP19 8NH

Telephone 01986 875084

Website http://www.halesworthairfieldmuseum.co.uk

Admission info

Times April to October – Sunday and Bank Holidays

14.00-17.00hrs

Prices Free

MARTLESHAM HEATH CONTROL

TOWER MUSEUM

A fine collection of artefacts, pictures and stories

housed in the World War Two control tower pays

homage to the illustrious memory of the historic

RAF station at Martlesham Heath just outside

Ipswich.

Location and contact info

Address Parkers Place, off Eagle Way, Martlesham Heath,

Ipswich IP5 3UX

Telephone 01473 611665

Website http://www.mhas.org.uk

Admission info

Times Easter to end of October – Sunday 14.00-

17.00hrs

Prices Free

NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK

AVIATION MUSEUM

Exhibits spread across three hangars,

several buildings and outdoor areas form

what proclaims itself to be ‘East Anglia’s

Aviation Heritage Centre’. Items from the

Boulton Paul Association have bolstered an

already impressive collection of aircraft and

memorabilia.

Location and contact info

Address The Street, Flixton, Bungay, Suffolk NR35 1NZ

Telephone 01986 896644

Website http://www.aviationmuseum.net

Admission info

Times April to October – Sunday-Thursday 10.00-

17.00hrs

November to March – Tuesday, Wednesday and

Sunday 10.00-16.00hrs (closed December 15 to

January 15)

Prices Free

Aircraft exhibits

Auster AOP6/T10 VX123/G-ARLP R

Avro Anson C19 VL349 S

Avro Shackleton MR3

(fuselage section) WR971 S

Avro Vulcan K2 (nose) XL445 S

BAe Sea Harrier FA2 ZA175 S

Bensen B7 LHS-1 S

Boeing-Stearman PT-27 Kaydet ‘42-15662/FJ801’ R

Boulton & Paul Overstrand

(nose replica) ‘K4556’ S

Boulton & Paul P6 (replica) ‘X25’ S

Bristol Sycamore HR14 XG518 S

Bristol Sycamore HR14 (cockpit) XG523 S

Colditz Cock (replica) BGA 4757 S

Dassault Mystère IVA 79 S

de Havilland Mosquito NF

(cockpit replica) - S

de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW1 XJ482 S

de Havilland Vampire T11 XK624 S

English Electric Canberra B2 (Mod)

(nose) WG789 S

English Electric Canberra B(I)8 (nose) WM279 S

English Electric Canberra PR3

(nose replica) ‘WE168’ S

English Electric Canberra T4 WH840 S

English Electric Lightning DB/F1 XG329 S

EoN Primary BGA 1461 S

Eurowing Goldwing G-MMWL S

Fairchild F24C-8F N16676 S

Felixstowe F5 (nose) - S

Flexiform Striker/Moult Trike G-MTFK S

FMA IA-58 Pucará A-528 S

Fokker D.VIII scale (replica) - S

Fokker F27-200 Friendship (nose) G-BDVS S

Gloster Javelin FAW9R XH892 S

Gloster Meteor F8 WF643 S

Goldfi nch Amphibian - S

Gowland GWG2 Jenny Wren G-ASRF S

Handley Page Victor K2 (nose) XL160 S

Hawker Hunter FGA9 XG254 S

Hawker Hunter T53 (nose) ‘XE531’ S

Hawker Hurricane I (fuselage frame) P3708 S

Hawker Sea Hawk FGA6 (nose) WV838 S

Hawker Siddeley Gnat T1

(cockpit simulator) - S

Hunting Jet Provost T3A XN500 S

Itaco-Center (Antonov) C-14 - S

Kiceniuk Icarus II - S

Lightwing Rooster 1 G-MJVI S

Letov S-103 3794/‘1972’ S

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star 55-4433 S

Lovegrove Discord Gyroplane - S

Lovegrove Sheffy Gyroplane G-CDFW S

Luton LA5 Major G-APUG S

Maupin Woodstock One BGA 3833 S

MBA Tiger Cub G-MJSU S

Mignet HM14 Pou-du-Ciel - S