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Member of the British Aviation
Preservation Council
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| WINGS MUSEUM |
| REGISTERED CHARITY |
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Display Cases |
WANTED |
We are urgently seeking ANY glass display cases for use in the museum. |
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Sheet Metal Volunteers |
WANTED |
We are urgently seeking volunteers who are experienced
in sheet metal to help with restoration. |
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CAN YOU HELP? |
Do you know or have
you ever witness an aircraft crash during
World War Two? - ever wanted to know
more? If so, then please contact us Today! |
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WANTED |
Any Items of World War Two Aviation Memorabilia. From aircraft parts, photographs, uniforms,
flying equipment, logbooks, medals,
paper work. |
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Smartwater systems in use. |
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Open every Saturday & Sunday 10am - 5pm |
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Now taking weekday & weekend group bookings for 2016 |
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World War Two Remembrance Museum |
The ideal family day out in Sussex come rain or shine! |
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School Bookings & Group Visits now being taken |
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Venue available for Vintage Vehicle Rallies & Military Events |
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| The Wings
Museum is a totally voluntary
organization run by friendly dedicated volunteers
& is a registered
charity & a member of the BAPC. The Wings Museum is housed
in a large approximately 12,000 sq ft "hangar" style building near Balcombe & Handcross. |
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The Wings Museum was based at Redhill Aerodrome in Surrey (formally RAF Redhill) but vacated in 2008 to our current location in West Sussex. We are still very much dedicated
to remembering & recording the history
of RAF Redhill. We have a dedicated display within the museum which includes original memorabilia associated to the station as well as a comprehensive collection of photographs & the Redhill Book of Remembrance were every mission flown from RAF Redhill was researched by Daniel Hunt (Museum Curator) in 2007 & lists over 70 pilots who lost their lives flying from Redhill during World War Two. This was the first time such a list was compiled. Read more>
We also display an abundance of original memorabilia representing a wealth of "display themes" including: The Home Front, RAF Fighter Command, The Blitz, Battle of Britain, RAF Bomber Command, US 8th Air Force, Luftwaffe, Russian Front, D-Day & Beyond & much much more. Items include aero engines, airframes, uniforms, equipment & medals.
The Wings
Museum is a growing &
very much active museum. Through the
use of informative displays we aim
to educate future generations through school visits of the
sacrifices made by our gallant armed
forces during World War Two in order
to preserve the peace we all benefit
from today. It is our goal to ensure
that their memory is not lost through
the passage of time & that their
courage & spirit lives on to inspire us all.
We hope you enjoy
the site & we look forward to seeing you at the museum soon! |
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| A quick guide to |
what
we do.... |
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| We
rescue items of our wartime heritage for
future generations. |
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& display original World War Two memorabilia, airframes & engines. |
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| We raise
memorials to fallen airmen throughout
Europe - on behalf of the families of
WW2 aircrew. |
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| We recover
WW2 aircraft for museum display &
preservation. |
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Volunteers Wanted - Can you help? |
Be part of the friendly Wings Museum Team! |
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| Read
what our visitors have to say about the Wings Museum> |
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| Other websites you may find of interest on the subject> |
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WANTED for NEW Ordnance Display |
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Inert German Bomb fuzes, tail fins, bomb relics & parts, shrapnel, including Bomb Disposal items. |
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| WINGS LATEST NEWS: |
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| The Wings Museum recently displayed at Dunsfold's Wings & Wheels 2016 where we displayed the cockpit of Chipmunk WD377 - visitors could sit in the pilots seat which proved very popular. |
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| The cockpit section of a an RAF Jet Provost XM468 arrived at the museum in August. The Wings team are now looking for parts to complete the cockpit section. |
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| The cockpit section of a rare WW2 US Curtiss Helldiver SB2C-5 arrived at the museum in July. The Wings team are now looking for parts to complete the cockpit section. |
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| NEW for 2016 – 152 Squadron Memorial Hut is now open for the 2016 season. |
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| New Imports! |
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| Nose glass for our A-26 Invader has recently been imported from the US. |
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| The restored cockpit section of Bristol Beaufighter 1f Night Fighter is now on display for the 2016 season. |
| Some of our most recent Memorials unveiled: |
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| On 8th May 2015 a new memorial to the gallant crew of Stirling BF513 was unveiled at the crash site in Belgium with many people in attendance. Read more> |
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On 19th March 2015 a new memorial to the gallant crew of B-17G 43-39035 was unveiled at the crash site on Reigate Hill with many people in attendance. Read more> |
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| School & Group Visits |
Now taking weekday & weekend group bookings for 2016/17 |
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| Restoration News: |
A-26 Invader The front windscreen has now been fitted work is now being done on remaking the metal retainers. |
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P-63 Kingcobra Cockpit Canopy now completed, Rudder pedals now being restored. |
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Merlin XX Engine from Halifax JD150LATST NEWS: Flight Engineering will now complete the restoration to ground running condition. The final parts were sent up to Leeds last month. The engine will be run in memory of the crew who tragically lost their lives in the crash. We are greatful to the MoD, the German authorities & especially Nils Hempnel who discovered the crash site. |
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| WW2 Vickers Metropolitan 90cm Searchlight |
A donor 1936 searchlight has recently been kindly donated to the Wings Museum by Newhaven Fort. The Wings Museum searchlight was rescued from outside a Care Home in Newhaven, Sussex in May 2015 & restoration is now entering the final stages. |
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| A-20 Cockpit Section |
Repairs have begun on the remains of an A-20 cockpit which was recovered by the Hunt brothers from Russia. |
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| DeHavilland Chipmunk Cockpit |
Cockpit of Chipmunk WD377. Restoration now enters the final stages. |
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