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# South-East Aviation Heritage Network

Portal for events, news and information from aviation heritage sites

## Sitemaps

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## News

- [The 2023 11 Group Heritage Trail](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/the-2023-11-group-heritage-trail/) - The 11 Group Heritage Trail 2023.
- [Spitfire Summer @ Bentley Priory Museum - 2026](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/spitfire-summer-bentley-priory-museum-2026/) - >
- [MAHN network - update](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/mahn-network-update/)
- [Trustee Opportunity @ Historic Croydon Airport](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/trustee-opportunity-historic-croydon-airport/)
- [Congratulations!](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/congratulations/) - Congratulations to MAHN members Bentley Priory Museum Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Eastchurch Aviation Museum RAF Air Defence Radar Museum for being awarded King’s Award for Voluntary Service on 14 November 2025. In 2025, a total of 231 volunteer groups in the United Kingdom received this award. The King’s Award for Voluntary Service is the UK’s
- [What's On December 2025 @ RAF Biggin Hill Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/whats-on-december-2025-raf-biggin-hill-museum/)
- [What's On @ Battle of Britain Bunker -  September 2025](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/whats-on-battle-of-britain-bunker-september-2025/)
- [Fieseler Fi 156C-7 Storch @ Kent Battle of Britain Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/fieseler-storch-kent-battle-of-britain-museum-2/) - Ladies and Gentlemen, the proud Trustees and Volunteers at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust a Registered Charity, are very excited and proud to announce their latest acquisition of a Fieseler Fi 156C-7 Storch to the ever-expanding collection of airframes. For many years the Museum’s Chairman, Dave Brocklehurst MBE, has been searching for several
- [What's On @ Bentley Priory Museum July to October 2025](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/whats-on-bentley-priory-museum-july-to-october-2025/)
- [Top Gun @ Kent Battle of Britain Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/top-gun-kent-battle-of-britain-museum/) - Ladies and Gentlemen, the Volunteers at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust at Hawkinge are very pleased and excited to announce an amazing opportunity to purchase a very limited edition ‘Negative Ghost Rider, The Pattern is Full!’ an A4 Gloss Photograph of the now famous moment when Tom Cruise’s character, Maverick (actually Captain Lloyd
- [What's New @ Bentley Priory Museum for 2025](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/bentley-priory-museum-2025/)
- [Kent Battle of Britain Museum becomes world's largest collection on the  Battle of France Air Battles.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/kent-battle-of-britain-museum-becomes-worlds-largest-collection-on-the-battle-of-france-air-battles/) - Sunday 6th April 2025 and the day that the Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust at Hawkinge became the largest Battle of France Air Battle Museum as well as the largest Battle of Britain Museum in the World! Museum Curator Dave Brocklehurst MBE has been negotiating for around a year to acquire five aircraft engines
- [New Zealand Battle of Britain Medals](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/new-zealand-battle-of-britain-medals/) - Brilliant news from the Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust at Hawkinge is that Dave Brocklehurst MBE met Russell, the medal vendor, late yesterday afternoon, 28 February 2025, and was more than happy with the medals and associated memorabilia that he had brought with him. The deal was finalised and shaken on between the Museum
- [The Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust need your help!](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum-trust-need-your-help/) - We, the Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust at Hawkinge needs your help! We have the opportunity to purchase these six sets of Battle of Britain Aircrew Medals but need to raise a total of £58,000 within the next four weeks. Thankfully Dave has already been pledged £7,000 from two organisations, so we need to
- [Grant Awarded to Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/metheringham-airfield-visitor-centre/) - Grant Awarded to Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre We are pleased to announce that and particularly with thanks to two of our Trustees Barry and Caterina that Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre has been awarded an ‘Open Grant’ for just over £4600. So with this support from the Art Fund, Arts Council, England and Museum Development Midlands
- [Cheltenham's Silver Service for Jet Age Museum.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/cheltenhams-silver-service-for-jet-age-museum/) - The renowned Cheltenham Silver Band will be playing at Jet Age Museum as part of Armed Forces Day celebrations on Saturday 29 June 2024. They will join a host of other special displays at the Meteor Business Park based Museum from 10.00am to 4.00pm. Admission is free but donations are welcome. The Cheltenham Silver Band
- [D-Day Dawn to Dusk](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/d-day-dawn-to-dusk/) - https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/DawnToDuskDDayChallenge?utm_term=Q2r4GqD9x
- [David Bryant Art Exhibition - June 2024.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/david-bryant-art-exhibition-june-2024/)
- [Lincolnshire’s “hidden gem” of a museum gets set for the 80th anniversary of D-Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/lincolnshires-hidden-gem-of-a-museum-gets-set-for-the-80th-anniversary-of-d-day/) - Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre (MAVC) opens for its 2024 season on Saturday 30 March with a range of new exhibits and stories based around the museum’s resident C47 Dakota, an example of the aircraft which were vital to the success of the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944. The hangar in which the Dakota, whose
- [Photography Days 2024 - Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/welcome-to-aviation-heritage-lincolnshire/)
- [93rd Bomb Group - Open Days 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/93rd-bomb-group-open-days-2024/)
- [Flight Simulator upgraded](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/flight-simulator-upgraded/) - Visitors to Tangmere yesterday were able to fly as test pilots on the new look 'Red Simulator'. One of the simulators has been upgraded to a newer version of Microsoft Flight Simulator, which has much improved graphics and introduces some new aircraft, including a helicopter (Westland Whirlwind) and the Mosquito. All going well with the
- [Easter Egg Hunt @ RAF Biggin Hill Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/easter-egg-hunt-raf-biggin-hill-museum/)
- [2024 Lecture Programme - Merthingham Airfield Visitor Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/2024-lecture-programme-merthingham-airfield-visitor-centre/)
- [Thorpe Camp - Open Easter Sunday and Monday](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/thorpe-camp-open-easter-sunday-and-monday/) - We're Open Easter Sunday and Monday to start off our season. Our volunteers' have been busy during the winter break fixing cleaning and making new things to see. Have a great day out with lots of things to explore.
- [Spitfire Girl by ATA pilot Jackie Moggridge](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/spitfire-girl-by-ata-pilot-jackie-moggridge/) - 'Spitfire Girl' by ATA pilot Jackie Moggridge - available in the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum shop. These special copies in the shop are signed by Jackie's daughter, who updated Jackie's original book 'Woman Pilot' with photographs. These copies have also been flown from Dunkeswell Aerodrome where Jackie's ashes were scattered from Spitfire ML407 (the 'Grace'
- [Bentley Priory Museum - Summer Hours 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/bentley-priory-museum-summer-hours-2024/)
- [Elvington 44/45 - The Fight For Liberty](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/elvington-44-45-the-fight-for-liberty/) - @ Yorkshire Air Museum, Halifax Way, Elvington, York YO41 4AU. We can now reveal our theme for this year – 'Elvington 44/45 The Fight For Liberty'. The covers not just the 80th anniversary of D-Day but much more besides, including the arrival of two French Squadrons at RAF Elvington, just weeks before the Normandy landings.
- [Eastchurch Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/eastchurch-aviation-museum/) - Following an incredible team effort by our very dedicated volunteers and museum trustees, who over the last few weeks have completely transformed both our original display areas and the new extension thus enhancing the story of Sheppey’s pioneering aviation history for our visitors to enjoy. We reopen on TUESDAY 20TH February at 10am. Please note
- [Manston Spitfire Flight Simulator](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/manston-spitfire-flight-simulator/) - Although we have been busy over the half-term the team have been working hard on some updates for The Manston Spitfire Experience. Including a new more detailed instrument panel, working navigation light switch and other small details to make the physical cockpit more immersive. It is anticipated these upgrades will be implemented in March. If
- [Battle of Britain Memorial - Remembering the Few](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/battle-of-britain-memorial-remembering-the-few/) - Join us in paying tribute to the unsung heroes of the Battle of Britain through the Blade of Honour project ✈️ ​​ You can commemorate anyone, military or civilian, who had a support role during the Battle of Britain, which took place from 10 July to 31 October 1940, or one month either side of
- [Gatwick Aviation Museum - Were Back!](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/gatwick-aviation-museum-were-back/) - We're back! The Museum has now re-opened for 2024 and we can't wait to see you. Why not pay us a visit this weekend.
- [Bentley Priory Museum - Winter Closure](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/bentley-priory-museum-winter-closure/) - Wishing all our followers a happy and healthy new year! A quick reminder that we are closed for another fortnight, and will reopen on Wednesday 17 January. What's On in January: - NEW Saturday Scramble Club activity: paper hot air balloons - Friday Morning Talk from Aldon Ferguson: Military photo reconnaissance & interpretation in the
- [Higher, Faster, Further – The RAF 1919-1939](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/higher-faster-further-the-raf-1919-1939/) - Just before Christmas the RAF Museum at Hendon opened their latest permanent exhibition, ‘Higher, Faster, Further – The RAF 1919-1939’ 👀 This exhibition tells the story of the RAF in the period between the First and Second World War - from the establishment of the RAF’s identity to its expansion around the world. The interwar
- [Kent Battle of Britain Museum Model Day - 14 October 2023.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/kent-battle-of-britain-museum-model-day-14-october-2023/)
- [One of Our Own - Book launch](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/one-of-our-own-book-launch/) - It’s with great pleasure that The Tally Ho Project have announced that they will be at the incredible Kent Battle of Britain Museum this weekend signing copies of ‘One of Our Own’. The museum has been at the heart of our learning for over 13 years now and it’s an honour to be able to
- [South West England Aviation Heritage Trail launched](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/south-west-england-aviation-heritage-trail-launched/) - A new heritage trail to highlight the rich aviation history of the South-West England was launched today by Military Aviation Heritage Networks. The trail is aimed at families and features 14 historic airfields, museums, memorials and aviation sites concerned with aviation history ranging from the earliest experimental aviation projects through to the Cold War and
- [Junior Aviator Trail @ Capel le Ferne](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/junior-aviator-trail-capel-le-ferne/) - Let your little ones be the pilot of their own adventure with our new, self-guided Junior Aviator Trail! Collect your free sheet from reception, follow the clues and see how many questions you can get right. Finish your mission and claim your free prize in the Cockpit Café.
- [Research RAF History - Zoom Course](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/research-raf-history-zoom-course/) - This course starts on Tuesday 2nd May at 1930, then every Tuesday for 6 weeks. Places need to be booked by Monday. Book online on our website on the payment page. You will be sent joining instructions and course details upon payment.
- [Wings Aviation Museum - 2023](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/wings-aviation-museum-2023/) - More details about this location here:
- [Unique Education Room at The Kent Battle of Britain Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/unique-education-room-at-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum/) - Dave Brocklehurst MBE, talks about The Kent Battle of Britain Museum's new Battle of Britain Education Centre which will be in the Ju52 aircraft.
- [Aviation Heritage Trail launched for East Anglia](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/aviation-heritage-trail-launched-for-east-anglia/) - A new heritage trail to highlight the rich aviation history of East Anglia was launched today by Military Aviation Heritage Networks. The trail features 30 historic airfields, museums, memorials and aviation sites concerned with aviation history ranging from First World War bases that protected the country from airships and bombers to the Cold War bases
- [Newark Air Museum’s Golden Jubilee](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/newark-air-museums-golden-jubilee/) - On 14th April, 2023 the Newark Air Museum (NAM) will have been officially open to the public for fifty (50) years. To celebrate this golden jubilee anniversary, NAM is hosting a two-day special event on the weekend of 15th and 16th April, at its site in eastern Nottinghamshire, close to the Lincolnshire county border. Various
- [New Exhibit - a Ju52 at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/new-exhibit-a-ju52-at-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum/) - The Trustees and Volunteers at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust at Hawkinge are very excited and pleased to announce the acquisition of a C.A.S.A. 352L (Junkers Ju 52/3M) to the ever-expanding collection of airframes at the Museum. For many years the Museum’s Chairman, Dave Brocklehurst MBE, has been searching for several key airframes
- [Whats New at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum for 2022](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/whats-new-at-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum-for-2022/)
- [Kent Battle of Britain Museum - reopens 1 April 2023.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/kent-battle-of-britain-museum-reopens-1-april-2023/) - On Saturday 1 April 2023, The Kent Battle of Britain Museum, at Hawkinge, Kent, will reopen for the 2023 season. Whilst closed for the winter period, it has been a busy winter for the volunteer team at the museum and numerous, exciting new items will be on display for the first time. More information on
- [Funding secured for 11 Group family heritage trail](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/funding-secured-11-group-trail/) - 11 Group Heritage Network (the South-East MAHN region) has secured funding for a family-orientated heritage trail scheme to encourage visits to multiple aviation heritage sites in the region. Plans include designing a different badge for each site participating in the scheme, which will be collected on a lanyard along with a free trail 'passport' booklet
- [A week to go until... Cockpit-Fest 21 at Newark Air Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/a-week-to-go-until-cockpit-fest-21-at-newark-air-museum/) - Preparations for the 2021 Cockpit-Fest are well underway at Newark Air Museum’s site in eastern Nottinghamshire; close to the border with Lincolnshire. Newark Air Museum is a registered charity located on part of the former site of RAF Winthorpe; this year’s three-day Cockpit-Fest event is one of our first since the recent enforced Covid closures.
- [Aviation Heritage Trail launched for the South East of England](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/aviation-heritage-trail-launched-in-the-south-east-of-england/) - A new heritage trail to highlight the rich aviation history of the South-East of England was launched today by Military Aviation Heritage Networks. The trail features 17 historic airfields, museums, memorials and aviation sites concerned with aviation history ranging from the earliest experimental aviation projects through to the Cold War and beyond. Many sites are
- [Inaugural meeting for the Midlands/Central Aviation Heritage Network announced](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/a-new-regional-network-for-midlands-central-region/) - The inaugural meeting of the Midlands/Central Region Aviation Heritage Network which will take place at 7.30 to 8.30pm on Wednesday, 4th August (an online meeting via Zoom). The aim of the new group is to provide local and regional ‘peer to peer’ support, discuss common issues, develop mutually beneficial projects and share best practice. It is aimed at those
- [Northern Aviation Heritage Network established](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/northern-aviation-heritage-network-established/) - Following a successful planning meeting on the 15th June, 2021 a new regional network has been established for all those involved in aviation heritage sites in the North of England. Work is in progress to set up communication platforms for the group and we are planning the first network meeting for early September at the
- [Inaugral meeting of the East Anglia network announced](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/inaugral-meeting-of-the-east-anglia-network-announced/) - The inaugural meeting of the East Anglia Aviation Heritage Network which will take place at 7.30 to 8.30pm on Thursday 18th March (an online meeting via Zoom). This follows on from an Aviation Heritage Symposium hosted at RAF Marham Heritage Centre in 2019, which many aviation heritage organisations in the region attended, and at which
- [Inaugural meeting of the South West Aviation Heritage Network announced](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/inaugural-meeting-of-the-south-west-military-aviation-heritage-network-announced/) - The inaugural meeting of the South West Aviation Heritage Network will take place at 11.30am on Thursday, 14th January (online meeting via Zoom). The aim of the new group is to provide local and regional ‘peer to peer’ support, discuss common issues, develop mutually beneficial projects and share best practice. It is aimed at those
- [Last of the Few Memorial](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/last-of-the-few-memorial/) - On Tuesday, 21st February 2023, a team of volunteers from The Kent Battle of Britain Museum, at Hawkinge, Kent drove over to SPACERs at Ramsgate in the afternoon to meet Stephen Melton, Sarah Craske and team to collect a very special sculpture! Museum Chairman Dave had received the heads up from our incredibly talented and
- [Battle of Britain Model Day at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/battle-of-britain-model-day-at-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum/)
- [Historic site turns to modern marketing methods](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/historic-site-turns-to-modern-marketing-methods/) - One of Kent’s best loved heritage sites turned to modern-day methods to attract the attention of families with young children at the weekend. The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust, which commemorates the bravery and sacrifice of ‘the Few’ who kept this country safe from invasion in 1940, employed 21 st century methods to raise the
- [Documentary released on war hero Akin Shenbanjo](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/documentary-released-on-war-hero-akin-shenbanjo/) - A new short documentary film has been released by Military Aviation Heritage Networks on war hero Akin Shenbanjo, a Nigerian prince who enlisted in 1941 after the Battle of Britain and underwent extensive training. He flew operations as a wireless operator and air gunner with 76 Squadron and was awarded the DFC for bravery. Akin
- [Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre (Lincolnshire) reopens](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/metheringham-airfield-visitor-centre-lincolnshire-reopens/) - After being closed to the public for nearly two years, Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre is now open! The museum tells the story 106 Squadron and of the people who lived and worked at RAF Metheringham during the Second World War. Brand new for 2021 is the Commonwealth of Comrades exhibition, which tells the story of
- [The Cockpit Builders](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/the-cockpit-builders/) - We have just added a new short film showcasing the work of the Special Engineering Projects Team at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, restoring and creating cockpits for simulations and museum displays. This is part of our video series, Every Object Tells a Story.
- [Welcome to Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/aviation-heritage-lincolnshire/) - We are delighted to welcome Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire and its member sites to Military Aviation Heritage Networks. Brought together in 2009, Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire is a unique Partnership of County Council, military, commercial and volunteer heritage centres and museums located around the county and promoting the great aviation heritage that Lincolnshire has to offer. Members
- [Free conference: engaging schools with stories of war and conflict](https://www.mahn.org.uk/news/mahn-partners-online-conference-engaging-schools-with-war-and-conflict-stories-after-covid-19/) - Military Aviation Heritage Networks is a partner involved in an online conference entitled The ‘next normal’: engaging schools with stories of war and conflict, in light of COVID-19. Military Aviation heritage sites are encouraged to participate in this free conference which will be of particular interest to anyone involved in (or planning) heritage work with

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## Events

- [2023 Wings and Wheels Weekend](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/2023-wings-and-wheels-weekend/) - This weekend, Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th of July is the 2023 Wings and Wheels Weekend at the City of Norwich Aviation Museum! The weekend promises to be the best one yet, with flypasts confirmed from the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight on both days and more cars on show than ever
- [IPMS BDAC Model Show](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/ipms-bdac-model-show/)
- [Propwash Festival of the Air](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/propwash-festival-of-the-air/)
- [What's On in July at the Biggin Hill Memorial Museum and Chapel](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/whats-on-in-july-at-the-biggin-hill-memorial-museum-and-chapel/)
- [Open Day - 93 Bomb Group Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/open-day-93-bomb-group-museum/)
- [Jet Age Museum Tenth Anniversary Gala](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/jet-age-museum-tenth-anniversary-gala/)
- [Vintage Weekend @ KBoBM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/vintage-weekend-kbobm/)
- [Thorpe Camp 1940's Weekend](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/thorpe-camp-1940s-weekend/)
- [BDAC KITS 'n' BITS Traders Show](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/bdac-kits-n-bits-traders-show/) - Roll up, roll up we have a new event this year after popular demand from our long-standing customers & traders... The number one model trading event of your season! Do you want that elusive model, that unparalleled tin of super-duper paint? Is your paint sprayer no longer working & you need that extra gusto from
- [Flying up the Edgware Road with Mark Amies](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/flying-up-the-edgware-road-with-mark-amies/) - Join us for our Friday Morning Talk on Friday 30 June, when historian Mark Amies will be talking about the important early aviation history taking place locally, which forms the basis of his book ‘Flying up the Edgware Road’. Included in Museum Admission or Annual Membership. Please book your place in advance. You can find
- [Up in the Air Adventure](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/up-in-the-air-adventure/) - Horrible Histories: Up in the Air Adventure is coming to the RAF Museum this summer! Experience the (sometimes gruesome) history of flight in our Horrible Hangars, meet fearless and foolish flyers from the history of flight, and solve the clues in this fully interactive experience for all the family. This event has been designed with
- [Tonic Choir Presents: A Summer Serenade -  18 July 2026](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/tonic-choir-presents-a-summer-serenade-18-july-2026/) - Tonic Choir returns to Bentley Priory Museum for an afternoon programme of serenades to transport you to a moonlit Summer evening. Please note that the Museum is open for general admission from 10am – 2pm (last admission at 1pm). It is then open to Summer Serenade tickets holders only from 2pm, with a performance start
- [Dowding System Day -  11 July 2026](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/dowding-system-day-11-july-2026/) - Join us on Saturday 11 July for this year's annual Dowding System Day at Bentley Priory Museum. We are delighted to be welcoming back Group Captain Tim Willbond, who this year will speak about The Big Wing Controversy. Tim is the President of The Association of Royal Air Force Fighter Control Officers and is a
- [Ideas in Flight @ Tangmere Talks](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/ideas-in-flight-tangmere-talks/) - Ideas in Flight: Networks of Franco-British Resistance and the Chant des Partisans By the light of the moon, clandestine pilots broke through the boundaries of wartime France to land agents and operators on makeshift landing sites in farmers’ fields. They carried with them weapons, knowledge, and often documents that would change the course of the
- [FJR2 Fallschirmjager Re-enactment Group @ Kent Battle of Britain Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/fjr2-fallschirmjager-re-enactment-group-kent-battle-of-britain-museum/) - Date for your Diary Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd May 2026 i.e. this coming Bank Holiday Weekend. We are pleased to announce that our good friends from the FJR2 Fallschirmjager Re-enactment Group will be display at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust at Hawkinge on Saturday and Sunday (until mid afternoon on the Sunday)
- [Model Day @ Kent Battle of Britain Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/model-day-kent-battle-of-britain-museum-3/)
- [Mothers Day Afternoon Tea](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/mothers-day-afternoon-tea/)
- [Nothing To See Here @ Tangmere Talks](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/nothing-to-see-here-tangmere-talks/) - The Hidden Story of a German Raid on RAF St Lawrence. On Saturday 4th April, we are delighted to welcome researcher Paul Thompson to share the extraordinary results of his eight‑year investigation into a long‑denied episode of the Second World War: a German Kommando raid on the RAF radar station at St Lawrence, on the
- [Mitchell: Father of the Spitfire @ Tangmere Talks](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/mitchell-father-of-the-spitfire-tangmere-talks/) - Join us at Tangmere on 7 March 2026 for a very special event. Renowned aviation historian Paul Beaver will be giving an exclusive talk on his acclaimed biography Mitchell: Father of the Spitfire, celebrating the life and genius of Reginald Joseph Mitchell—the visionary engineer whose relentless pursuit of speed and innovation gave the world the
- [Engine Run Event - 23 May - Gatwick Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/engine-run-event-23-may-gatwick-aviation-museum/)
- [Bricks at the Museum 2026](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/bricks-at-the-museum-2026/) - Attention Lego Fans- this half term we have our Bricks at the Museum event from the 14th - 22nd February at RAF Manston History Museum. The event is extremely popular and includes quizzes for children of all ages – make a date in your diary now. The poster below gives you more details.
- [Controlled interception in the Battle of Britain -  13 February 2026](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/controlled-interception-in-the-battle-of-britain-13-february-2026/) - On Friday 13 February 2026, Sharon Ward will talking to us about controlled interception in the Battle of Britain. Success during the Battle of Britain was dependant on placing fighter pilots in the right place at the right time. Discover how sector operations room personnel guided and supported their pilots in their quest to meet
- [Air Marshal Robertson's Evening Lecture: The Shy Assassin](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/air-marshal-robertsons-evening-lecture-the-shy-assassin/) - Tickets for this event available via Evenbrite
- [Battle of Britain Day  @ Biggin Hill Memorial Museum and Chapel](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/battle-of-britain-day-biggin-hill-memorial-museum-and-chapel/) - We are very excited to announce that on the 20th September we will be hosting our Battle of Britain Day �� �� 20th September ⏰ 10am - 4pm ��RAF Biggin Hill Museum and Chapel ❌ There will be no parking on-site �� The site will be free to enter, but usual Museum admission fees apply.
- [FAST - Hawker Test Beds Talk](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/fast-hawker-test-beds-talk/)
- [John Vasco - Zerstörer book launch](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/john-vasco-zerstorer-book-launch/) - he Volunteers at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust at Hawkinge (www.kbobm.org) are very pleased to announce that on Saturday 27th September 2025 we will have our good friend, John Vasco, at the Museum to Officially Launch his new book ‘Zerstörer’. Originally published 30 years ago, this updated and expanded version of over 300
- [The Shamrock Spitfire - 13 September 2025](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-shamrock-spitfire-13-september-2025/) - On 13th September, at 2pm, Kenley Revival will be supporting a special screening of “The Shamrock Spitfire” at the David Lean Cinema, Croydon - it is an award-winning drama based on the life of “Paddy” Finucane, the Irish ace who rose to fame flying with 452 (Australia) and 602 Squadrons at Kenley and Redhill. ☘️Although
- [Model Weekend](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/model-weekend/) - A date for your diary!! We are pleased to report that the Autumn Model Show at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust at Hawkinge is returning on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September 2025. The event is being organised by our own inhouse Model Club, the Shepway Military Model Society, (thank you lads and
- [Andy Singleton - Modelling Battle of Britain Fighter Aircraft](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/andy-singleton-modelling-battle-of-britain-fighter-aircraft/) - A date for your diary!! This Saturday, 23rd August 2025, we, the Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust at Hawkinge (www.kbobm.org) are hosting the book launch of one of our very own volunteers’ books! Andy Singleton is a seasoned author on model making, painting wargaming models and on Saturday he is officially launching his latest
- [Skirmish At The Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/skirmish-at-the-museum/)
- [John Vasco @ the Kent Battle of Britain Museum.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/john-vasco-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum-2/) - We are pleased to announce that John Vasco will return to the Kent Battle of Britain Museum, on 9 and 10 August 2025, to give more of his presentations on the Me 110 aircraft.
- [Family Fun Day 2025 @Tangmere](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/family-fun-day-2025-tangmere/)
- [Polish Air Force Day @ The Bunker](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/polish-air-force-day-the-bunker/)
- [Comicon@theMuseum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/comiconthemuseum/)
- [Model Day @ Kent Battle of Britain Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/model-day-kent-battle-of-britain-museum-2/)
- [Celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day @ Biggin Hill Memorial Museum and Chapel](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/whats-on-in-july-at-the-biggin-hill-memorial-museum-and-chapel-3/) - Join us at RAF Biggin Hill Museum & Chapel to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, on May 10th! There will be vintage vehicles, live music and tasty food, so pop along and enjoy the celebrations!
- [Open Cockpit weekend  2025](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/manston-re-enactment-2023-2/) - On the 12th and 13th of April our popular Open Cockpit weekend will take place at RAF Manston History Museum. Come along have fun, and do not forget to get some food at our onsite NAAFI café.
- [Friday Morning Talks: Forgotten stories. Lesser known members of The Few – With Dom Pound](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/friday-morning-talks-forgotten-stories-lesser-known-members-of-the-few-with-dom-pound/) - Join us at the Museum for our Friday morning talk, where Dom Pound will be telling the stories behind 3 of the perhaps lesser known members of The Few. Dom will be focusing on: Flt Lt W. Rhodes-Moorehouse 601 Sqn Flt Lt W. Rushmer 603 Sqn Flt Lt J. Sanders 615 Sqn This talk will
- [Open Cockpit Day @ Yorkshire Air Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/open-cockpit-day-yorkshire-air-museum-2/)
- [80th Anniversary VE Day @ RAF Bradwell Bay](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/80th-anniversary-ve-day-raf-bradwell-bay/)
- [‘50 Plus Years of Flying’ @  Sunday Talks](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/50-plus-years-of-flying-talk-by-geoff-connolly/) - Join us at 2pm on Sunday 23 March for the ‘50 Plus Years of Flying’ talk by Geoff Connolly. Geoff, an aviation professional, now in his 56th flying year, began flying with the RAFVR with the University of London Air Squadron, gained his Private Pilot Licence (Aeroplanes) in 1970, and has maintained proficiency in light
- [Flying through the ranks @ Sunday Talks](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/flying-through-the-ranks-sunday-talks/) - Join us on Sunday 11 May at 2pm for our latest Sunday talk, ‘Flying Through the Ranks - Phew - That Was Close!' by Air Marshal G.A. ‘Black’ Robertson CBE. His talk includes enthralling stories from the Cold War, the Falklands and Kosovo, and the experiences of both aircrew and groundcrew. ‘Black’ Robertson CBE shares
- [Female SOE & SIS agents of WW2 @ Tangmere Talks](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/female-soe-sis-agents-of-ww2-tangmere-talks/) - There are still tickets left for our talk about Female SOE & SIS agents of WW2. On International Women’s Day, Sheryl Green tells the story of six women of different nationalities and backgrounds who consciously chose to train and act as agents, fully aware of the dangers they would face. Discover the extraordinary stories of
- [Exclusive Photoshoot @ Tangmere](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/exclusive-photoshoot-tangmere/) - Join us for an exclusive photoshoot event at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum on March 8, 2025! Capture stunning images of historic aircraft, including Phantom FGR2 XV408, Sea Harrier FA2 XZ459, and the legendary Hunter F3 WB188 flown by Neville Duke. Limited spots available—don't miss out on this unique opportunity! More details here. #TangmereMuseum #AviationHistory #ExclusiveEvent
- [American Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/american-day/) - Last year, the RAF Sculthorpe Heritage Centre held its first American Day and was a huge success with 2,000 people attending. It's back for 2025! Sunday, 10th of August We would love to welcome any American/classic vehicle to this year's event. No charge to show your vehicle(two people per car free entry) and complementary tea
- [Open Day - Croydon Airport](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/open-day-croydon-airport-2/) - Tickets for our 2nd of March Open Day are now available. Book here your tickets to one of our exclusive behind-the-scenes, guided tours of the Historic Croydon Airport control tower and air traffic control facilities.
- [Bricks at the Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/bricks-at-the-museum/)
- [Christmas Vintage Afternoon Tea](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/christmas-vintage-afternoon-tea-4/)
- [Christmas Vintage Afternoon Tea](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/christmas-vintage-afternoon-tea-3/)
- [Christmas Vintage Afternoon Tea](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/christmas-vintage-afternoon-tea-2/)
- [Christmas Vintage Afternoon Tea](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/christmas-vintage-afternoon-tea/)
- [Manston Modelfest 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/manston-modelfest-2024/)
- [Santa at the Museum 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/santa-at-the-museum-2024/) - It’s that time again.. come to the museum to see Santa and enjoy the museum and NAAFI café whilst you are with us. See you there! More information, here.
- [𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸'𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘇𝗱𝗮 𝗠𝗫-𝟱 𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 @ NASAM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘀-𝗠𝗮𝘇𝗱𝗮-𝗠𝗫-𝟱/) - Norfolk MX5 Owners Club will be spending a good part of Wednesday the 9th of October with us at the Museum so, if you are able, you are cordially invited to join them, and us, in an appreciation of this little Japanese marvel, probably the best selling two seat convertible sports car in history. The
- [Modelfest at the Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/modelfest-at-the-museum/)
- [Aston Martin Owners Club @ NASAM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/aston-martin-owners-club-nasam/) - Come and join us at the Museum on Saturday the 5th of October when we will be hosting a visit from the Aston Martin Car Club – they'll be bringing around ten of their finest examples, The Museum site will be fully open as usual from 1000 thru to 1600 on the day, with aircraft
- [Model Day @ Kent Battle of Britain Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/model-day-kent-battle-of-britain-museum/)
- [Trevor Bardell @ the Kent Battle of Britain Museum.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/trevor-bardell-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum/) - This Sunday, 8th September 2024, Trevor Bardell, a very talented artist, will be painting and displaying his artwork in the Stuart-Buttle Memorial Hangar. Trevor produces some stunning side profiles of aircraft, both piston and jet, which we sell in the Museum Shop. This Sunday Trevor will be setting up his easel in the Stuart-Buttle Memorial
- [RAF Kenley’s blast pens - 14 September 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/raf-kenleys-blast-pens-14-september-2024/) - Kenley Airfield played a unique and important role in Britain’s history. As the UK’s most complete surviving Battle of Britain fighter airfield, it gives us a direct and tangible link to our aviation past. As an active airfield today, it builds on that heritage, while the surrounding environs of Kenley Common provide us with a
- [Open Cockpit Day @ Yorkshire Air Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/open-cockpit-day-yorkshire-air-museum/)
- [Josef Frantisek @ the Kent Battle of Britain Museum.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/josef-frantisek-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum/)
- [Open Day @ 466th BG Visitor Centre Attlebridge](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/open-day/)
- [Britain at War Weekend](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/britain-at-war-weekend/)
- [John Vasco @ the Kent Battle of Britain Museum.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/john-vasco-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum/) - We are pleased to announce that John Vasco will return to the Kent Battle of Britain Museum, on 10 and 11 August 2024, to give more of his presentations on the Me 110 aircraft.
- [RAFA and Veterans Day @ NASAM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/rafa-and-veterans-day-nasam/) - This coming Sunday, the 4th of August 2024 is our 𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗔 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆. Come along and meet members of the local Royal Air Forces Associations and other military Veterans. Enjoy talking to these veterans whilst taking a look at the 1000’s of artefacts, 60+ aircraft and cockpits that we have. Along with open cockpits,
- [Family Fun Day @Tangmere](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/family-fun-day-tangmere/) - Tangmere is excited to invite you to our Family Fun Day on the 4th August! We will have activities for all of the family, and tickets include entry to the museum: 🎈 Balloon animals 🎨 Face painting 📷 Photo art ✈️ Make & take models 🌟 Punch & Judy ♥️ Games & activities 🚔 Emergency
- [Battle of Britain Commemorative Day -  14 September 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/battle-of-britain-commemorative-day-14-september-2024/) - Join us for our annual family friendly Battle of Britain Commemorative Day on Saturday 14 September. Activities will include historical displays, music from Harrow Apollo Male Choir, pop-up talks, garden games. The Museum will be open from 10am - 5pm with activities taking place throughout the day [between 10am - 4pm] which are included with
- [Great War - Living History Weekend](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/great-war-living-history-weekend/) - Seeking a unique day out? Experience the Great War-Only Living History Event this weekend! Grab your tickets on our website
- [Big Modelling Brick W/E @ NASAM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/big-modelling-brick-w-e-nasam/) - Click here if you would like to know more about forthcoming events at the Museum throughout the summer. Find us on Facebook @ NASAMFlixton Find us on Twitter @ FlixtonMuseum Read our Blog @ NASAM Blog
- [East Kirby Air Show 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/east-kirby-air-show-2024/) - More details here
- [Battle of Britain Weekend](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/battle-of-britain-weekend-2/)
- [Family Fun Day @ NASAM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/family-fun-day-nasam/) - 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸 𝗔𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 The Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum is pleased to be able to host their Annual Family Fun Day on Sunday the 21st of July 2024. For more information, go to: https://tockify.com/nandsavmuseum/detail/181/1721552400000 And if you would like to know more about forthcoming events at the Museum throughout
- [Kenley Airfield Free Guided Walk - 23 August 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/kenley-airfield-free-guided-walk-23-august-2024/) - This free guided walk led by volunteers from the Kenley Revival Project will cover some of the amazing history, stories and accounts from pilots, servicemen and servicewomen at RAF Kenley, the most intact Fighter Command airfield associated with the Battle of Britain. The tour will take roughly 2 1/2 hours, starting at the entrance to
- [Kenley Airfield Free Guided Walk - 21 July 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/raf-kenleys-blast-pens-16-september-2023-2/) - This free guided walk led by volunteers from the Kenley Revival Project will cover some of the amazing history, stories and accounts from pilots, servicemen and servicewomen at RAF Kenley, the most intact Fighter Command airfield associated with the Battle of Britain. The tour will take roughly 2 1/2 hours, starting at the entrance to
- [Vintage Weekend @ KBoBM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/vintage-weekend-kbobm-3/)
- [𝗔𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/𝗔𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗔𝗿𝘁-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗠𝗼/) - The Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum is pleased to be able to hold a miniature day – where all of our exhibitors are mini! The bigger Minis are the collection of well restored and loved examples of Sir Alec Issigonis' best known creation courtesy of the Bury Mini Club – and the smaller Minis are
- [Lightning Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/lightning-day/) - Lightning Day at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum near Chichester, West Sussex. Please note that you must book in advance via the email address below as space is limited. Saturday 10th August 2024. The Tangmere Lightning Day celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the first flight of the English Electric P.1A – forerunner of the mighty Lightning
- [Pops 'n' Props!](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/pops-n-props/) - Looking for something special do on Fathers Day? A perfect opportunity to visit Tangmere Military Aviation Museum in Chichester, on the South Coast of England. Bring your dad, grand-dad, or father figure along to explore our museum, fly a plane (in one of our many flight simulators that are included in your museum ticket), explore
- [Cold War Wheels Car & Bike show](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/cold-war-wheels-car-bike-show/)
- [Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the D Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/commemorate-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-d-day/) - Come and commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the D Day Landings on 6th June 1944, 6th June 2024. At the Green Man Inn Bradwell Waterside. Winston Churchill will talk about the events of the day, with footage from the landings shown on screen. Winston will also talk about RAF Bradwell Bay’s contribution to the day.
- [Armed Forces Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/armed-forces-day/)
- [Fly In at the Museum -26 May.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/fly-in-at-the-museum-26-may/)
- [The Life and Death of Amy Johnson -25 May.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-life-and-death-of-amy-johnson-25-may/) - I am delighted to announce I will be delivering the illustrated talk 'The Life and Death of Amy Johnson' at the RAF Manston History Museum on Friday 24th May (the anniversary of Amy landing in Darwin) and Saturday 25th May. It will be extra special to be speaking in an aviation museum surrounded by aircraft
- [The Life and Death of Amy Johnson -24 May.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-life-and-death-of-amy-johnson-24-may/) - I am delighted to announce I will be delivering the illustrated talk 'The Life and Death of Amy Johnson' at the RAF Manston History Museum on Friday 24th May (the anniversary of Amy landing in Darwin) and Saturday 25th May. It will be extra special to be speaking in an aviation museum surrounded by aircraft
- [The BIG Anniversary Open Day 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-big-anniversary-open-day-2004-2/)
- [We'll Meet AGain 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/well-meet-again-2024/) - WE'LL MEET AGAIN 2024 Our packed events calendar moves on. After Open Cockpit Day, we're gearing up for our 1940s weekend on May 10/11/12th May (the first day is mostly setting up). Re-enactors, vehicles, talks and demos, all against the background of the Halifax, the Dakota (sporting its new-for-24 invasion stripes) and our original RAF
- [𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗫𝟱 𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 @ NASAM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲/) - 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸 𝗔𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 We are very pleased to be able to announce a visit from the 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗫𝟱 𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 who will be having a day out at the Museum on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰. We are expecting about 20 of these classic Japanese cars, with their
- [Kent Battle of Britain Museum Model Day - 20 April 2024.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/kent-battle-of-britain-museum-model-day-20-april-2024/)
- [David Bryant Art Exhibition 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/david-bryant-art-exhibition-2024/)
- [Open Day - 4 April - Gatwick Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/open-day-4-april-gatwick-aviation-museum-2/)
- [Open Day - 4 April - Gatwick Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/open-day-4-april-gatwick-aviation-museum/)
- [Open Day - D-Day80](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/open-day-d-day80/)
- [Special Jet Age Anniversary Event](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/special-jet-age-anniversary-event/)
- [Norfolk Mini Owners @ NASAM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/norfolk-mini-owners-nasam/) - Keep an Eye on Social Media To keep an eye on the date and any restrictions in place at the time, please follow us on social media. Also, more details of what is available on the day will be published in the week before the event. Find us on Facebook @ NASAMFlixton Find us on
- [Buccaneer Night Shoot](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/buccaneer-night-shoot/) - As part of our Buccaneer Day on April 6th, we are holding a night photo shoot with all three Buccs, plus reenactors. This should be a great evening. Tea and coffee are included and the Café will be open to serve hot food on request. Price is £35 - tickets available here.
- [Bomber County Day - Photography Days 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/bomber-county-day-photography-days-2024/)
- [B25 Day - Photography Days 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/b25-day-photography-days-2024/)
- [Mosquito Day - Photography Days 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/mosquito-day-photography-days-2024/)
- [Thorpe Camp 1940's Weekend](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/thorpe-camp-1940s-weekend-2/)
- [Easter Egg Adventure](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/easter-egg-adventure-2/)
- [Easter Egg Adventure](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/easter-egg-adventure/)
- [RAFAT - The Red Arrows (including a review of the 2024 season)](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/rafat-the-red-arrows-including-a-review-of-the-2024-season/)
- [Current and future UK Remotely Piloted Air Systems: MQ-9A to B](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/current-and-future-uk-remotely-piloted-air-systems-mq-9a-to-b/)
- [In Silent Tribute: The memorials of RAF Bomber Command 1936-1968](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/in-silent-tribute-the-memorials-of-raf-bomber-command-1936-1968/)
- [The 6th Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment in Gallipoli and the post war Controversy](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-6th-battalion-the-lincolnshire-regiment-in-gallipoli-and-the-post-war-controversy/)
- [The Allied Air Contribution to Op OVERLOARD](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-allied-air-contribution-to-op-overloard/)
- [Coastal Command and the Battle of the Atlantic](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/coastal-command-and-the-battle-of-the-atlantic/)
- [Tommy Goes to War](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/tommy-goes-to-war/)
- [Lancasters, Lincolnshire and the International Bomber Command Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/lancasters-lincolnshire-and-the-international-bomber-command-centre/)
- [Simply Mustang UK](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/simply-mustang-uk/)
- [Special Easter Opening](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/special-easter-opening/)
- [MG Owners Club](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/mg-owners-club/)
- [Thunder Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/thunder-day/)
- [Open Cockpit Weekend](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/open-cockpit-weekend-2/)
- [Royal Canadian Air Force Centenary Memorial Trail  - 1 April 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/royal-canadian-air-force-centenary-memorial-trail-1-april-2024/) - 1st April, 2024 marks the centenary of the formation of the Royal Canadian Air Force – an important anniversary for us at Kenley Common as RAF Kenley was home to 8 RCAF Fighter Squadrons during WW2 and Canadians make up roughly one third of the Kenley pilots who lost their lives in that epic struggle
- [RAF Kenley’s  RCAF Memorial Tree Dedication  - 31 March 2024](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/raf-kenleys-blast-pens-16-september-2023/) - At 1pm on 31st March, 2024, Revd. Annie Kurk, of St. Luke’s Church, Whyteleafe, will lead us in a short service and tree dedication ceremony to mark the centenary of the formation of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The Red Maple tree will be situated near the Hayes Lane entrance to Kenley Common on land
- [Churchill's Few Screening](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/churchills-few-screening/) - This is your chance to book a free space for our next screening, from 2pm on Sunday 17 March at the Battle of Britain Memorial ✈️ ‘Churchill’s Few’ is a critically acclaimed documentary that not only gives an insight into the career of Geoffrey Page, a Hurricane pilot who was shot down and badly burned
- [D-Day (Uxbridge Bunker) -With Dilip Amin](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/d-day-uxbridge-bunker-with-dilip-amin/) - Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Dilip Amin’s talk will help us mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. Dilip Amin is a military historian, public speaker, and published author. His previous talk on his book ‘Enemy Sighted’ was widely praised. Hear him now bring the remarkable story of how control of the air
- [ROC and Battle of Britain Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/roc-and-battle-of-britain-day/) - Keep an Eye on Social Media To keep an eye on the date and any restrictions in place at the time, please follow us on social media. Also, more details of what is available on the day will be published in the week before the event. Find us on Facebook @ NASAMFlixton Find us on
- [RAFA and Veterans Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/rafa-and-veterans-day/) - Keep an Eye on Social Media To keep an eye on the date and any restrictions in place at the time, please follow us on social media. Also, more details of what is available on the day will be published in the week before the event. Find us on Facebook @ NASAMFlixton Find us on
- [Family Fun Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/family-fun-day-2/) - Keep an Eye on Social Media To keep an eye on the date and any restrictions in place at the time, please follow us on social media. Also, more details of what is available on the day will be published in the week before the event. Find us on Facebook @ NASAMFlixton Find us on
- [Aviation Art and Model Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/aviation-art-and-model-day/) - Keep an Eye on Social Media To keep an eye on the date and any restrictions in place at the time, please follow us on social media. Also, more details of what is available on the day will be published in the week before the event. Find us on Facebook @ NASAMFlixton Find us on
- [MOG Friends Club](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/mog-friends-club/)
- [London’s Industrial Past – With Mark Amies](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/londons-industrial-past-with-mark-amies/) - Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Mark Amies returns by popular demand to talk about London’s Industrial Past. London was once a hive of manufacturing industry producing an enormous variety of products from biscuits to fighter aircraft. Sadly since the 1960s so much of that industry has disappeared, with much of it leaving
- [Up close to the Nuclear Bang’ – Brian Pearce and Brian Edwards | Bentley Priory Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/up-close-to-the-nuclear-bang-brian-pearce-and-brian-edwards-bentley-priory-museum/) - Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Brian Pearce will talk us through Operation Grapple, the first British tests of a thermonuclear weapon. In 1957 Brian Pearce was a midshipman and then a sub lieutenant serving on HMS Narvik. Narvik played a leading role in Operation Grapple, the first British tests of a thermonuclear
- [Forgotten Air VC’s of The Great War – With Jim Nicolson](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/forgotten-air-vcs-of-the-great-war-with-jim-nicolson/) - Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Jim Nicolson will talk us through the stories of four of the lesser known flying Victoria Cross recipients during The Great War. 628 Victoria Crosses were awarded during the great war, but only nineteen went to airmen. Of these nineteen awards, four were posthumous and all but
- [Nine from One: The true story of 9 RAF pilots from 1 family in 106 years – With Anthony Inglis](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/nine-from-one-the-true-story-of-9-raf-pilots-from-1-family-in-106-years-with-anthony-inglis/) - Join us for our Friday morning talk, where renowned Music Director Anthony Inglis Howard-Williams ARCM will talk about his family’s incredible RAF service. This presentation, given by an ambassador for the Royal Air Forces Association, is the story of his own family sending nine members to war. Incredibly, all survived. All except one served in
- [WW2 Codebreaking and Intelligence – People and Places – with Ron Koorm](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/ww2-codebreaking-and-intelligence-people-and-places-with-ron-koorm/) - Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Ron Koorm will talking to us about some of the key people and places involved globally during the 2nd World War. Ron was commissioned to write a glossary on WW2 codebreaking in three parts, the first for release in summer 2024 is subtitled ‘People and Places’. This
- [What's On in July at the Biggin Hill Memorial Museum and Chapel](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/whats-on-in-july-at-the-biggin-hill-memorial-museum-and-chapel-2/) - Join us this February half-term and discover our new Teddy Cooper activity pack. Teddy Cooper was a mascot that accompanied Flight Sergeant Frederick Cooper in daring operational missions during the Second World War. Whilst you're here, why not create your own mascot using our craft materials. Available from Tuesday 13th February- Saturday 17th February, 11.00
- [Airfix make and paint model sessions](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/airfix-make-and-paint-model-sessions/) - Join us at the Battle of Britain Memorial on Sunday 18 February for our make and paint Airfix model sessions 🎨 Our expert modellers will teach you the secrets of constructing and painting Airfix models. With a choice of a Fokker Triplane, Sopwith Camel or WW1 male tank, you can unleash your creativity and make
- [From the Battlefield to the Big Screen with Melody Foreman](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/from-the-battlefield-to-the-big-screen-with-melody-foreman/) - Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Melody Foreman will be talking to us about the research into the film stars behind her book, ‘From the Battlefield to the Big Screen’. Melody will look closely behind the lives of the stars who appeared in a host of legendary war films and discover how memories
- [The Battle of Britain – September Skies](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-battle-of-britain-september-skies/) - This is your chance to book a free space for an afternoon viewing of a Kent war film by Phillip Day, from 2pm to 4pm on Sunday 25 February at the Battle of Britain Memorial ✈️ The Battle of Britain – September Skies has been remixed from two other films to create a dramatic tale
- [East Anglian Air Ambulance Easter Egg Hunt](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/east-anglia-air-ambulance-easter-egg-hunt-nasam-2/) - East Anglia Air Ambulance Easter Egg Hunt The annual East Anglian Air Ambulance Easter Egg Hunt will take place at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum. This annual family day out at the museum is in support of the East Anglian Air Ambulance. A donation will be made to the Air Ambulance after the event.
- [East Coast Pirates Day at the Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/east-coast-pirates-nasam-2/) - East Coast Pirates Day at the Museum Great Yarmouth's largest car club will hold a rally at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum. With cars of all ages and descriptions arriving and departing throughout the day, this feast of cars for the enthusiasts is a popular day out to the museum, especially with free entry
- [40's Day at The Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/40s-day-at-the-museum/) - After our successful launch in 2023, the 1940’s Weekend is back. Classic Cars/Motorcycles, Military Vehicles, Re-Enactors, Open Cockpits and live period entertainment with the return of Jeff Short and Sweetheart Sue. For the children, Crazy Corin. Be sure to dress up in period costume for this one! Keep an Eye on Social Media To keep
- [Open Day - Croydon Airport](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/open-day-croydon-airport/) - Get the New Year off to a great start! Come and join us at our first Open Day of 2024 on Sunday 7th January. Follow this link to book your ticket on our upgraded ticketing platform here.
- [Easter Head Hunt](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/easter-head-hunt/) - On Easter Sunday, Children of all ages can help find clues hidden around the museum for a traditional Easter gift. For more information and prices visit: www.cnam.org.uk
- [Cold War Conflict](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/cold-war-conflict/) - An event to commemorate and showcase the vital role played by those who kept us safe during an era where nuclear warfare was a real threat. For more information and prices visit: www.cnam.org.uk
- [Wings & Wheels](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/wings-wheels/) - Our ever-popular event with classic cars and motorcycles, military vehicles, re-enactors, open cockpits with live entertainment from Lee Vasey and for the kids, Crazy Corin! For more information and prices visit: www.cnam.org.uk
- [1940's Weekend](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/1940s-weekend/) - Be sure to dress in period costume, our second 1940's weekend is here! Featuring military vehicle displays, re-enactors, local history groups with period music from GI Jeff and Sweetheart Sue and for the kids Crazy Corin returns! For more information and prices visit: www.cnam.org.uk
- [Father Christmas Lands](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/father-christmas-lands/) - Pack your bags and climb aboard our aircraft to visit Father Christmas! Children get a chance to visit Santa on board one of our iconic aircraft; receiving a small gift and ensuring Santa know's exactly what they want for Christmas '24! For more information and prices visit: www.cnam.org.uk
- [Christmas Concert](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/christmas-concert/) - Just a few days to go until our Festive Concert by @HAMC2014 on Sunday 10 December! We're looking forward to welcoming the choir back for another performance of festive favourites in the our spectacular Operations Room. The Festive Concert will take place from 2.30pm until 4.30pm, with an interval. The galleries and shop will be
- [Christmas Concert - 16 December 2023](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/christmas-concert-16-december-2023/)
- [The Canadians of RAF Kenley with Linda Duffield](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-canadians-of-raf-kenley-with-linda-duffield/) - Join us on Saturday the 4th of November for an enlightening talk by Linda Duffield from RAF Kenley! She will be delving into the fascinating story of the Canadian pilots at RAF Kenley and their contributions during the Battle of Britain. The talk starts at 2pm and is included with entry.
- [Remembrance Day Service - 11 November 2023](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/remembrance-day-service-11-november-2023-2/) - Join us for our annual short Remembrance Day service of commemoration and wreath laying on Saturday 11 November. The short service begins at 11am - please arrive ten minutes or so before that. Visitors are encouraged to attend ✈️ After paying tribute, take a peaceful stroll around the Memorial. Then, stop by the Cockpit Café
- [Remembrance Day Service - 11 November 2023](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/remembrance-day-service-11-november-2023/)
- [Forever Two Wheels UK](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-fenlanders-hog-2/)
- [Kent Battle of Britain Museum Model Day - 14 October 2023.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/kent-battle-of-britain-museum-model-day-14-october-2023/)
- [Autumn Air](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/autumn-air/)
- [Sheds and Shelters Guided Walk - 1 October 2023](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/sheds-and-shelters-guided-walk-1-october-2023/) - Join the Kenley Revival team for a guided walk highlighting the buildings and structures which once stood on this historic airfield. This walk accompanies the “Lost Heritage” trail of information boards around the airfield, which will be in place until November. We will be walking a circuit of the airfield perimeter track which is just
- [Vintage Weekend @ KBoBM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/vintage-weekend-kbobm-2/)
- [Battle of Britain Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/battle-of-britain-day/)
- [The Fenlanders HOG](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-fenlanders-hog/)
- [RAF Kenley’s blast pens - 16 September 2023](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/raf-kenleys-blast-pens-10-september-2023-2/) - As part of Open House Festival 2023, we will be opening the air raid shelters in two of RAF Kenley’s blast pens on 10th and 16th September, from 11am – 3pm. Kenley’s blast pens are all slightly different from one another. This is a very rare chance to see two on opposite sides of the
- [RAF Kenley’s blast pens - 10 September 2023](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/raf-kenleys-blast-pens-10-september-2023/) - As part of Open House Festival 2023, we will be opening the air raid shelters in two of RAF Kenley’s blast pens on 10th and 16th September, from 11am – 3pm. Kenley’s blast pens are all slightly different from one another. This is a very rare chance to see two on opposite sides of the
- [Open Cockpit Weekend](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/open-cockpit-weekend/)
- [Double Engine Run Event](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/double-engine-run-event/)
- [Vintage Motorcycle Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/vintage-motorcycle-day/)
- [Large Model Air Show](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/large-model-air-show/)
- [Emergency Services Fun Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/emergency-services-fun-day/) - A family friendly day, lots of displays and demonstrations by the emergency services, Helicopters from KSSAAT (Kent Air Ambulance), police and Coast Guard. Food, ice cream, music and Rockchoir. Tickets free but must be obtained from KSSAAT in advance. Medway Aircraft Preservation Society (MAPSL) hangar and shop will be open to view the restoration of
- [Head in the Clouds - 31.08.23.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/head-in-the-clouds-31-08-23/) - Spaces are being booked up at breakneck speed for our #Headintheclouds sessions in August, here at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome. Ideal for memory-making and family fun! We're really grateful to Essex Community Foundation for funding the sessions, too! Remember - every young person must have an adult, with a maximum of three young people
- [Head in the Clouds - 24.08.23.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/head-in-the-clouds-24-08-23/) - Spaces are being booked up at breakneck speed for our #Headintheclouds sessions in August, here at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome. Ideal for memory-making and family fun! We're really grateful to Essex Community Foundation for funding the sessions, too! Remember - every young person must have an adult, with a maximum of three young people
- [Head in the Clouds -10.08.23.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/head-in-the-clouds/) - Spaces are being booked up at breakneck speed for our #Headintheclouds sessions in August, here at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome. Ideal for memory-making and family fun! We're really grateful to Essex Community Foundation for funding the sessions, too! Remember - every young person must have an adult, with a maximum of three young people
- [Head in the Clouds - 17.08.23.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/head-in-the-clouds-2/) - Spaces are being booked up at breakneck speed for our #Headintheclouds sessions in August, here at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome. Ideal for memory-making and family fun! We're really grateful to Essex Community Foundation for funding the sessions, too! Remember - every young person must have an adult, with a maximum of three young people
- [One of Our Own - Book launch](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/one-of-our-own-book-launch/) - It’s with great pleasure that The Tally Ho Project have announced that they will be at the incredible Kent Battle of Britain Museum this weekend signing copies of ‘One of Our Own’. The museum has been at the heart of our learning for over 13 years now and it’s an honour to be able to
- [Call to Arms](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/17741/)
- [Merlin Engine start up day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/merlin-engine-start-up-day/) - Join us this Saturday for our Merlin Engine start up day starting at 11am until 2pm. Come along and hear the roar of the engine, we hope to be running the engine on the hour. Why not enjoy our virtual reality spitfire running throughout the day or enjoy lunch in the Nightingale Cafe.
- [Polish Bomber Squadron Center - Open Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/polish-bomber-squadron-center-open-day/)
- [40's Weekend](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/40s-weekend/)
- [Battle of Britain Weekend](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/battle-of-britain-weekend/)
- [Dunkeswell Aerodrome 80th Anniversary](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/dunkeswell-aerodrome-80th-anniversary/)
- [FAST - 30 Years of Progress](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/fast-30-years-of-progress/)
- [Family Fun Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/family-fun-day/)
- [93rd Bomb Group - Open Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/93rd-bomb-group-18-june/)
- [Children's Photography Workshop at the Memorial - 16 August 2023](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/childrens-photography-workshop-at-the-memorial-16-august-2023/) - We’ll be taking our budding photographers to all the best photography spots across the site and will be giving them some brilliant tips and tricks to get some impressive shots of our replica Hurricane and Spitfire, our seated airman statue, impressive architecture and more. Attendees will finish the workshop with a great set of images
- [Military Identification and Military Ancestry Event](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/military-identification-and-military-ancestry-event/)
- [Children's Photography Workshop at the Memorial - 9 August 2023](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/childrens-photography-workshop-at-the-memorial-9-august-2023/) - We’ll be taking our budding photographers to all the best photography spots across the site and will be giving them some brilliant tips and tricks to get some impressive shots of our replica Hurricane and Spitfire, our seated airman statue, impressive architecture and more. Attendees will finish the workshop with a great set of images
- [The history of Boxted Airfield](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-history-of-boxted-airfield/) - The history of Boxted Airfield. Presentation in Boxted Village Hall 11th June from 1030 to 4. Ticket price of £8 includes lunch. Guest speakers and families of the men who served tell the story of this important airfield. Aviation artist Ken Stanton and author Alan Crouchman attending. Seat £8 MUST BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE. Full
- [Wings and Wheels 2023](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/wings-and-wheels-2023/) - Its back!!! Yes, after its record-breaking success in 2022, the famed Wings and Wheels event is back at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome! Tickets available here
- [Vulcan Restoration Trust  - 24 September 2023](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/vulcan-restoration-trust-24-september-2023/)
- [The People's Mosquito](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-peoples-mosquito/)
- [Manston Re-Enactment 2023](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/manston-re-enactment-2023/)
- [Shackleton Engine Run Event](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/shackleton-engine-run-event/)
- [Cockpit Open Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/cockpit-open-day/)
- [Kenley Airfield history talk - Kenley Common](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/kenley-airfield-history-talk-kenley-common/) - Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 10:00 - 12:00 BST Location: Kenley Common - tribute (Hayes Lane) Hayes Lane Coulsdon CR3 5LN. Kenley airfield played a unique and important role in Britain’s history. As the UK’s most complete surviving Battle of Britain fighter airfield, it gives us a direct and tangible link to our aviation past.
- [Vulcan Restoration Trust  -20  August 2023](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/vulcan-restoration-trust-20-august-2023/)
- [Vulcan Restoration Trust  -18 June 2023](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/vulcan-restoration-trust-18-june-2023/)
- [The Big Wild Walk! Kenley and Coulsdon Commons](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-big-wild-walk-kenley-and-coulsdon-commons/) - ✈️ RAF Kenley history 🧶 Craft activities 🐝 Learn about the local ecology.. If you want to learn more about Coulsdon and Kenley Commons, we'll be taking part in the Big Wild Walk event on 31st May..more details here:
- [Battle of Britain talk and book signing with Dilip Sarkar MBE](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/battle-of-britain-talk-and-book-signing-with-dilip-sarkar-mbe/) - PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED Join bestselling author and historian Dilip Sarkar MBE as he delivers uniquely illustrated presentations at St George’s RAF Chapel of Remembrance at Biggin Hill. The talks will feature two of his books, ‘Battle of Britain 1940: The Finest Hour’s Human Cost’, and ‘Letters from the Few’. Both titles
- [East Coast Pirates  @ NASAM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/east-coast-pirates-nasam/) - East Coast Pirates @ NASAM Great Yarmouth's largest car club will hold a rally at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum. With cars of all ages and descriptions arriving and departing throughout the day, this feast of cars for the enthusiasts is a popular day out to the museum, especially with free entry and free
- [Open Day at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/open-day-at-the-lincolnshire-aviation-heritage-centre/) - What’s included on your Museum open day? Join us for an open day of the Centre to watch the Lancaster and Mosquito taxy runs, have a Hurricane fly straight over your head, peer into the Lancaster cockpit and get up close to our newly acquired B25. You can dip in and out of these activities
- [Historic Croydon Airport Open Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/historic-croydon-airport-open-day/) - You are cordially invited to attend the Historic Croydon Airport Open Day on Sunday, May 7th. You can partake in one of our exceptional volunteer-led guided tours to visit the impressive Grade II* listed building. You will also have the chance to hear captivating tales of air travel during the 1920s and 1930s and see
- [May 2023 Half-Term Events @ BigginHill](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/may-2023-half-term-events-bigginhill/)
- [Christmas Event & Buffet with Kev Rumens](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/christmas-event-buffet-with-kev-rumens/) - Our guest speaker will be Kev Rumens. Kev became familiar to air show goers in the 2010s as a display pilot on XH558, where his dramatic and memorable displays enthralled thousands all across the UK. More recently, he has joined the VRT Crew and has accompanied Bill Burnett on pilot duties for XL426’s taxi-runs in
- [Operation Black Buck Twilight Taxi-Run](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/operation-black-buck-twilight-taxi-run/) - Join us on Saturday 21 May to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Falklands conflict and the Operation Black Buck missions, at the time the longest bombing raids in the history of warfare. Our event will begin with a big-screen Secret Cinema showing of the TV documentary movie Falklands' Most Daring Raid in association with
- [Visit The Vulcan in August](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/visit-the-vulcan-in-august/) - See former RAF V-bomber Avro Vulcan XL426 up close at our Visit the Vulcan Classic Jet Day. Walk round the Vulcan and for an additional fee you can enjoy a guided tour of the cockpit. Cockpit sections of classic jets, including a Buccaneer, Phantom, Jaguar, Hunter and Scimitar will be there; also a DH Chipmunk. The cockpits will be FREE
- [John Vasco at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/battle-of-britain-model-day-2023-at-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum-2/) - We are pleased to announce that John Vasco will return to the Kent Battle of Britain Museum, on 12 and 13 August 2023, to give more of his presentations on the Me 110 aircraft.
- [RAF Bradwell Bay - Family Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/raf-bradwell-bay-family-day/)
- [Vulcan 60th Anniversary](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/vulcan-60th-anniversary/) - Vulcan 60th Anniversary & Outdoor Aeroboot This will mark the 60th Anniversary of XM594 entering operational RAF squadron service.
- [50th Anniversary of the Museum Opening](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/50th-anniversary-of-the-museum-opening/) - 50th Anniversary of the Museum Opening to the public & Outdoor Aeroboot
- [Cockpit-Fest & Outdoor Aeroboot](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/17309/) - Cockpit-Fest & Outdoor Aeroboot
- [Battle of Britain Model Day 2023 at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/battle-of-britain-model-day-2023-at-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum/)
- [The Battle of Britain Bunker’s Speaker Series - March](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-battle-of-britain-bunkers-speaker-series-march/) - The Battle of Britain Bunker’s Speaker Series brings together historians, presenters and authors for engaging discussions and Q&A’s about the people and the technology that made history. We’ll be running the series of talks throughout the year, starting on Friday 17th March with aviation blogger Joe Coles from @Hush_Kit. Tickets range from £0 - £5
- [Op TELIC 20th Anniversary](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/op-telic-20th-anniversary/)
- [RAF Squadron Patches and Memorabilia Day](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/raf-squadron-patches-and-memorabilia-day/)
- [Biggin Hill Memorial Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/biggin-hill-memorial-museum/)
- [The Spy Who Loved](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-spy-who-loved/) - Join author Clare Mulley on Saturday 11th March at 2pm for her fascinating lecture - The Spy Who Loved. Churchill called her his favourite spy, and part-Jewish, Polish-born Countess Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, was Britain’s first and longest serving female special agent of the Second World War. Despite being arrested more than once, Krystyna
- [Tangmere Scale Modellers](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/tangmere-scale-modellers/)
- [Canberra Days](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/canberra-days/)
- [Operation Jubilee - 80th anniversary](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/15411/) - On Friday 19 August, we are launching a new exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of Operation Jubilee. The exhibition explains the role of No. 11 Group, responsible for coordinating fighter and bomber squadrons during the operation, and highlights a variety of personal stories. We invite you to join us on 20 and 21 August, to
- [Kent Battle of Britain Museum - Re-Opening 2022.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/kent-battle-of-britain-museum-re-opening-2022/) - 2 April 2022 The Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge, Kent will reopen for the 2022 season on on 2 April. Come and see the world's largest collection of Battle of Britain artefacts and memorabilia. We look forward to your visit. More information here.
- [Animals at War - 3 June to 5 December 2022 - Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/animals-at-war-3-june-to-5-december-2022-cranwell-aviation-heritage-museum/) - More information here
- [Film Screening - Angels One Five - 30 October 2022](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/film-screening-angels-one-five-30-october-2022/)
- [Film Screening - Saving Private Ryan - 26 June 2022](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/film-screening-saving-private-ryan-26-june-2022-2/)
- [40s Themed Day at the Museum - 15 May 2022](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/40s-themed-day-at-the-museum-15-may-2022/) - 40s Themed Day at the Museum This will be a 40s themed day at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum. With stalls, items for sale and 40s vehicles on display, this will be a great day out for the whole family. There will be plenty of time to walk around the museum and look at
- [Aviation Art and Model Aircraft Show - 22 May 2022](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/aviation-art-and-model-aircraft-show-22-may-2022/) - Aviation Art and Model Aircraft Show The aviation art and models on show at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum is a great day out for the whole family with stalls, instruction, and things for the children to do and see. Free entry and free parking make this an affordable family day out. There will
- [New Farm Aviation Centre, Frettenham](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/15131/) - New Farm Aviation Centre New Farm 10 Buxton Road Frettenham Norwich NR12 7NG 5 Portacabins and a barn converted into two show halls. Free Admission Refreshments Available. We are open this Sunday 10 till 4 We are open second and fourth Sundays of the month.
- [Falklands 40th - Marham's Tankers Lead the Way](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/falklands-40th-marhams-tankers-lead-the-way/)
- [Falklands Day - Tangmere](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/falklands-day-tangmere/) - FALKLANDS DAY During the ‘Falklands 40’ exhibition a ‘Falklands Day’ will be held on Sunday 1 May when aircrew who were involved in the war will be in attendance to share their experiences. Also on view will be the Museum’s latest aircraft acquisition, Sea Harrier XZ459, that as an FRS 1 flew 53 sorties during
- [RAF Scunthorpe](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/raf-scunthorpe/)
- [TMAM At 40 Exhibition](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/tmam-at-40-exhibition/) - The final passing of RAF Tangmere in October 1970 was deeply felt by many. In its time Tangmere had been one of Britain’s best known and within the RAF, best-loved fighter stations. At the suggestion of local residents, Tangmere Parish Council erected a memorial stone on the village green at the end of the road
- [Falklands Air War 40 Exhibition](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/falklands-air-war-40-exhibition/) - On 2 April 1982, Argentina carried out its threat to invade the Falkland Islands and quickly overcame the small British garrison. The next day, Britain’s Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, announced the formation of a naval task group to regain the islands. The group included two aircraft carriers; HM Ships Hermes and Invincible with 20 of
- [Film Screening - Dark Blue World - 11 December 2022](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/film-screening-dark-blue-world-11-december-2022/)
- [Film Screening - Battle of Britain - 18 September 2022](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/film-screening-battle-of-britain-18-september-2022/)
- [Sketch and Draw - 9 June 2022](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/sketch-and-draw-9-june-2022/)
- [Film Screening - First Light - 28 August 2022](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/film-screening-first-light-28-august-2022/)
- [Film Screening - Dunkirk - 24 April 2022](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/film-screening-dunkirk-24-april-2022/)
- [Sketch and Draw - 26 May 2022](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/sketch-and-draw-26-05-22/)
- [Sketch and Draw - 28 April 2022](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/sketch-and-draw-2/)
- [Sketch and Draw - 14 April 2022](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/sketch-and-draw/)
- [Norfolk Internal Combustion Engine Society @ NASAM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/norfolk-internal-combustion-engine-society-nasam/) - Norfolk Internal Combustion Engine Society The Norfolk Internal Combustion Engine Society will be holding an open day at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum on Sunday 10th April 2022. There will be tabletop displays of models and crafts as well as working engines around the museum. Lots to Do Come along and see one of
- [Visit The Vulcan](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/visit-the-vulcan/) - See former Royal Air Force bomber Avro Vulcan XL426 up close at our Visit the Vulcan Day. You can walk round the Vulcan and for an additional fee you can climb inside the cockpit. Talk to our volunteers about the Vulcan and the work they do to keep it in ground running order. Gates open
- [RAF Bradwell Bay 80th Commemoration](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/raf-bradwell-bay-80th-commemoration/)
- [Battle of Britain Model Day at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/battle-of-britain-model-day-at-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum/)
- [Kent Battle of Britain Museum - Keith Gillman](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/kent-battle-of-britain-museum-keith-gillman/)
- [East Anglia Air Ambulance Easter Egg Hunt @ NASAM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/east-anglia-air-ambulance-easter-egg-hunt-nasam/) - East Anglia Air Ambulance Easter Egg Hunt The annual East Anglian Air Ambulance Easter Egg Hunt will take place at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum. This annual family day out at the museum is in support of the East Anglian Air Ambulance. A donation will be made to the Air Ambulance after the event.
- [South West Aviation Heritage Network: inaugural meeting](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/south-west-military-aviation-heritage-network-inaugural-meeting/) - The inaugural meeting of the South West Aviation Heritage Network will take place at 11.30am on Thursday, 14th January 2021 (online meeting via Zoom). The aim of the new group is to provide local and regional ‘peer to peer’ support, discuss common issues, develop mutually beneficial projects and share best practice. It is aimed at
- [East Anglia Heritage Network: inaugural meeting](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/inaugral-meeting-of-the-east-anglia-heritage-network/) - The inaugural meeting of the East Anglia Aviation Heritage Network will take place at 7.30 to 8.30pm on Thursday 18th March (an online meeting via Zoom). This follows on from an Aviation Heritage Symposium hosted at RAF Marham Heritage Centre in 2019, which many aviation heritage organisations in the region attended, and at which they
- [Inaugural meeting of the Midlands/Central Region Aviation Heritage Network](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/inaugral-meeting-of-the-midlands-central-region-aviation-heritage-network/) - The inaugural meeting of the Midlands/Central Region Aviation Heritage Network which will take place at 7.30 to 8.30pm on Wednesday, 4th August, 2021 (an online meeting via Zoom). The aim of the new group is to provide local and regional ‘peer to peer’ support, discuss common issues, develop mutually beneficial projects and share best practice. It is aimed at
- [CNAM 220522](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/cnam-220522/) - This poster can be downloaded here.
- [CNAM 0722](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/cnam-0722/) - This poster can be downloaded here.
- ['Rebuilding Heroes' Exhibition](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/rebuilding-heroes-exhibition/) - Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum will be launching their new exhibition ‘Rebuilding Heroes’ on Friday 12 November. This exhibition focuses on the poignant and uplifting story of the Guinea Pig Club – a social group formed by a group of young men during their recovery after receiving experimental plastic surgery treatment for burns sustained during their
- [1946 Speed Record Attempt Exhibition: until 30th November](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/1946-speed-record-attempt-exhibition/) - In the summer of 1946 the RAF High Speed Flight was reformed and arrived at RAF Tangmere to make an attempt on the World Airspeed Record. This exhibition marks 75 years since the attempt and covers the history of the RAF High Speed Flight, the personnel involved including the pilots chosen to make the record
- [Film night: Hurricane (15) at the Battle of Britain Bunker](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/film-night-hurricane-15-at-the-battle-of-britain-bunker/) - Film night: HURRICANE (15): Sunday 31 October at 6pm Join us for a film night to mark the end of the Battle of Britain. Hurricane (2018) depicts the experiences of airmen who served with the Polish Air Force fighter unit – No. 303 (Ko´ ciuszko) Squadron – during the Battle of Britain. Many of the
- ['Attagirls' Book Launch and Q&A](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/attagirls-book-launch-and-qa/) - On Friday 24th September between 1-3pm, Paul Olavesen-Stabb will be at Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum, answering questions and signing copies of his new publication, ‘Attagirls’ about the female pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). With a foreword by Minnie Churchill, this book is also a major financial contributor to the Attagirls Molly Rose Pilot
- [Martlesham Heath Aviation Society monthly talk](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/martlesham-heath-aviation-society-monthly-talk/) - Details of another fascinating, Martlesham Heath Aviation Society Monthly Meeting, Friday 1st October 2021 at 7:30 p.m. The Martlesham Heath Aviation Society Friday 1st October @ 7:30 p.m. Martlesham Heath Community Centre, Felixstowe Road, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk IP12 4PB The Battle of Barking Creek - took place on 6th September 1939, 3 days after the
- [Autumn 1940s Weekend at Newark Air Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/autumn-1940s-weekend-at-newark-air-museum/) - On Newark Air Museum’s site in eastern Nottinghamshire; close to the border with Lincolnshire preparations are well in hand for the 1940s Weekend event, which takes place on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd October, 2021. This two-day event has been organised to commemorate various aspects of the 1940s at what is part of the former
- [ROC Day @ NASAM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/roc-day-nasam/) - We at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, will hold our annual ROC Day on Sunday, the 19th of September 2021. The Museum will be open from 1000 until 1600 and entry is free, as is parking on the day. This is the annual Royal Observer Corps Association Day at the Museum. Flypast by the RAF BofB Memorial
- [Cockpit-Fest 21 at Newark Air Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/cockpit-fest-21-at-newark-air-museum/) - Preparations for the 2021 Cockpit-Fest are well underway at Newark Air Museum’s site in eastern Nottinghamshire; close to the border with Lincolnshire. Newark Air Museum is a registered charity located on part of the former site of RAF Winthorpe; this year’s three-day Cockpit-Fest event is one of our first since the recent enforced Covid closures.
- [Pirates and Planes @ NASAM](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/pirates-and-planes-nasam/) - Pirates and Planes @ NASAM Sunday 22 Aug 2021 … The East Coast Pirates Car Club will hold its annual run and meeting at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum on Sunday the 22nd August 2021. The museum will be open from 1000 until 1600. With a family-friendly atmosphere, all are welcome. No advance booking, just turn up on
- [Bentwaters Northern Technical Site Walks](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/bentwaters-northern-technical-site-walks/) - We are running some walks of the northern side technical area(not the airfield side) of the former RAF Bentwaters site over the coming months – this walk will show you some of the remaining buildings on the site and our tour guide, Graham Gilbert, will be explaining what various buildings were used for when the airbase was operational during the Cold War by the United States Air Force.
- [Open day at North Weald Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/open-day-at-north-weald-aviation-museum/) - North Weald Aviation Museum open day, Sunday 5th September from 11am to 4pm, including classic cars, stalls and refreshments. Lots of aviation books, magazines, framed limited edition paintings and some original Clive Kidder paintings for enthusiast and passer by alike. No need to book, but we may need to restrict the flow of those entering
- [Fabulous Forties Day, RAF Bradwell Bay](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/fabulous-forties-day-raf-bradwell-bay/) - Come and enjoy live 1940s music, military vehicle displays, raffles, games and more at the Green Man pub, Bradwell Waterside, Essex. Winston Churchill could even make an appearance! Noon onwards.
- [Vulcan XL426 Taxi-Run](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/vulcan-xl426-taxi-run-september-2021/) - Vulcan XL426 will take to the runway London Southend Airport on Saturday 11 September for our second taxi-run event of the year. Viewing will be from the the Vulcan Restoration Trust's exclusive visitor area in front of its hangar. This will give an uninterrupted view across the airport and unrivalled photographic opportunities. After speeding down
- [Proms at the Vulcan](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/proms-at-the-vulcan/) - Join us for an evening of music with the Essex Concert Orchestra at London Southend Airport. The Essex Concert Orchestra, joined by a soprano soloist, will be performing a selection of popular and classical music at this family-friendly outdoor event. 6pm start. Bring along your chair and sit back and enjoy the music alongside Vulcan
- [Inaugral Study Day, RAF Bradwell Bay Preservation Group](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/inaugral-study-day-raf-bradwell-bay-preservation-group/) - Three talks: Wartime Maldon (World War 2) by Stephen P. Nunn A talk on George ffolliott Powell-Shedden by his daughter The Last CO by Eric Simonelli £25 inc Lunch, tea, and coffee (please advise of any dietary requirements on booking) @ The Othona Community Centre, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex Saturday 21st August 2021 from 09:30 (Reception and
- [Boxted Airfield Museum 10th Anniversary year](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/boxted-airfield-museum-10th-anniversary-year/) - New for 2021 LINK TRAINER (World War Two aircraft simulator) preservation project in its own display building. (come and see the progress). ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS EXHIBIT Tribute to local lady's long service Admission donation £4 Open 10-4 Langham lane, Langham near Colchester CO4 5NW contact 07503952354
- [Bomber Command 85th Anniversary service of commemoration](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/bomber-command-85th-anniversary-service-of-commemoration/) - Join the International Bomber Command Centre team as we commemorate all those who served and supported in Bomber Command since it was launched in 1936. We will remember the one million men and women who served to protect our freedoms, 58,500 of whom paid the ultimate sacrifice. The service starts at 11.45 and will take
- [D-Day Commemoration at the RAF Defence Radar Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/d-day-commemoration-at-the-raf-defence-radar-museum/) - Come and join us on this special day, when we will be joined by local WW2 military vehicle enthusiasts and local air cadet and marine cadets. Learn about the D-Day landings on the Normandy beaches. A fascinating day out for all the family! Special D Day display area within the Museum. Entrance includes a WWII
- [40s & 50s Vulcan Hangar Dance](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/40s-50s-vulcan-hangar-dance/) - Dance the night away at our 1940s & '50s themed Vulcan Hangar Dance with the Sid Bolan Big Band. The 18-piece band will be playing a selection of hits from the wartime and post-war years. There will be a fully licensed bar and food available. 7.30pm Start. Tickets are £19.00 (£16.00 for VRT Members) and
- [Secret Cinema at the Vulcan](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/secret-cinema-at-the-vulcan/) - Secret Cinema at the Vulcan, part of the 2021 Southend Film Festival, is back with a unique screening of the 1969 classic 'Battle of Britain'. Southend Airport (then RAF Rochford) was a Battle of Britain airfield, so this a unique opportunity to watch the film at a historic location. 8pm Start. Tickets are £14.00 and can be purchased via
- [Kent Battle of Britain Museum - Re-Opening 2021.](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/kent-battle-of-britain-museum-re-opening-2021/) - David Brocklehurst MBE, Chairman and Curator of the Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge, Kent, gives an insight about the new exhibits at the Museum when it re-opens on 18 May 2021 here. The Kent Battle of Britain Museum.
- [Operation Black Buck I, online talk on Vulcan raids in the Falklands War](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/operation-black-buck-i-online-talk-on-vulcan-raids-in-the-falklands-war/) - Discover the story of Black Buck I, the first of seven planned Vulcan Raids against Port Stanley Airfield during the Falklands War. Online talk by Sqn Ldr Bob Tuxford AFC Ret'd. The talk is FREE through funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Book online at Bentley Priory Museum website.
- [Kent Battle of Britain Museum - Special Pre Season Event](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/kent-battle-of-britain-museum-special-pre-season-event-3/) - We sadly cannot reopen the Museum until Tuesday 18th May 2021, at the earliest, but we can open the Grounds, so on the May Bank Holiday (Saturday 1st, Sunday 2nd and Monday 3rd May 2021) we are opening the Museum Grounds, the No. 25 Squadron Mess and Tea Rooms are providing a BBQ, and the
- [Online Talk: The Wreck Hunter: Battle of Britain & the Blitz](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/online-talk-the-wreck-hunter-battle-of-britain-the-blitz/) - Discover the world of Battle of Britain archaeology! Non-Annual Member Tickets: £4 Online talk by Melody Foreman on Friday 25th June at 11am-12pm. Tickets Annual Member Tickets: Free Book online at Bentley Priory Museum website.
- [Online Talk: How Did The Cold War Become Heritage?](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/online-talk-how-did-the-cold-war-become-heritage/) - Discover how key Cold War sites became part of our national heritage. Online talk by Wayne Cocroft. The talk is FREE through funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Book online at Bentley Priory Museum website.
- [Online Talk: Finding The Few](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/online-talk-finding-the-few/) - Discover the moving tales of the missing Battle of Britain pilots and the diligent search to find them. Online talk by Andy Saunders on Friday 14th May at 11am-12pm. Tickets Non-Annual Member Tickets: £4 Annual Member Tickets: Free Book online at Bentley Priory Museum website.
- [Online Talk: Iron Lady or Iron Chancellor? The 1981 Defence Review and the RAF Forty Years On](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/online-talk-iron-lady-or-iron-chancellor-the-1981-defence-review-and-the-raf-forty-years-on/) - Discover the impact of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Defence policies on the RAF in the Cold War. Online talk by Dr Alastair Noble. The talk is FREE through funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Book online at Bentley Priory Museum website.
- [Online Talk: Spitfire Elizabeth & the Roaring Boys](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/online-talk-spitfire-elizabeth-the-roaring-boys/) - Discover the amazing true story of Royal Canadian Air Force’s 411 Squadron. Online talk by Nick Oram on Friday 16th April at 11am-12pm. Tickets Non-Annual Member Tickets: £4 Annual Member Tickets: Free Book online at Bentley Priory Museum website.
- [Online Talk: Support Services to Intelligence Operations during WW2](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/online-talk-support-services-to-intelligence-operations-during-ww2/) - Discover the incredible organisations supporting intelligence operations and codebreaking during WW2. Online talk by Ronald Koorm on Friday 11th June at 11am-12pm. Tickets Non-Annual Member Tickets: £4 Annual Member Tickets: Free Book online at Bentley Priory Museum website.
- [Online Talk: Operation Black Buck 1](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/online-talk-operation-black-buck-1/) - Discover the story of the Vulcan raids during the Falklands War. Online talk by Sqn Ldr Bob Tuxford AFC. The talk is FREE through funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Book online at Bentley Priory Museum website.
- [Online Talk: ‘On a ‘Wing’ and a Prayer: The British Imperial Airship Scheme 1924-30’](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/online-talk-on-a-wing-and-a-prayer-the-british-imperial-airship-scheme-1924-30/) - Discover the fascinating history and ultimate tragedy of the Airships. Online talk by Rudi Newman on Friday 19th March at 11am-12pm. Tickets Non-Annual Member Tickets: £4 Annual Member Tickets: Free Book online at Bentley Priory Museum website.
- [Britain’s Vietnam War: Online Talk on The RAF over Indo-China, 1945-6](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/britains-vietnam-war-online-talk-on-the-raf-over-indo-china-1945-6/) - Discover the fascinating story of the RAF’s campaign in French Indo-China at the beginning of the Cold War. Online talk by Stuart Hadaway. The talk is FREE through funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Book online at Bentley Priory Museum website.
- [Photography Night Shoot at the RAF Museum, London](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/photography-night-shoot-at-the-raf-museum-london/) - For the first time, RAF Museum in London will be teaming up with Threshold Aero to offer an exclusive evening shoot with our fantastic collection of aircraft inside our Hangars. We’ve had great success with these events at our Cosford site, so now it’s time to showcase our collection in London.
- [Lecture: Rod Dean, ‘The Spitfire and Seafire’](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/some-other-event/) - Rod Dean, Aviation Consultant, has been actively involved in aviation for over 50 years as both an RAF fast jet pilot and for over 30 years as a display pilot, mainly flying vintage piston and jet engine aircraft. He has flown a variety of World War Two fighter aircraft such as the Spitfire and the
- [Photography workshop, RAF Museum London](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/photography-workshop-raf-museum-london/) - The RAF Museum London have teamed up with Chappers Photography to offer a unique, hands-on course in aviation photography. In these small workshops, you can expect to learn the theory behind aviation photography, pick up some tips and tricks and try out your newly learned skills in a range of settings, scenarios and cameos in
- [The buses that served RAF Biggin Hill](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-buses-that-served-raf-biggin-hill/) - Join Tony Francis as he introduces the new book from the Omnibus Society, ‘They also served, Bus Route 410: The story of the buses that served RAF Biggin Hill and the surrounding area.’ Many serving at RAF Biggin Hill or attending the RAF Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre would have used Route 410 linking Bromley
- [Back to the 40’s at Biggin Hill – Battle of Britain Weekend](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/back-to-the-40s-at-biggin-hill-battle-of-britain-weekend/) - Join us on Saturday 12th September 2020 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with our special event to remember the courage and sacrifice of the men and women involved in the battle for the skies during the summer of 1940.
- [The Girls in Blue – A Talk by Stephen Bungay](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/the-girls-in-blue-a-talk-by-stephen-bungay/) - The Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, better known by its acronym the WAAF, was formed on 2nd June 1939. By July 1940 as the Battle of Britain began, it had 11,800 members, and by October as it drew to a close, it had 17,400.
- [Adult Lecture Series: Bob Ogley on Doodlebugs and Rockets](https://www.mahn.org.uk/events/adult-lecture-series-bob-ogley-on-doodlebugs-and-rockets/) - Join local historian Bob Ogley for a talk on V1 and V2 Rockets, based on his book, ‘Doodlebugs and Rockets.’ He will talk about the experiences of those who lived through the flying bomb raids. Between June 1944 and March 1945 the Germans launched V1 and V2s or Doodlebugs and Rockets in an effort to

## Organisations

- [Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/thorpe-camp-visitor-centre/)
- [Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/stow-maries-great-war-aerodrome/)
- [de Havilland Aircraft Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/de-havilland-aircraft-museum/)
- [Eastchurch Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/eastchurch-aviation-museum/)
- [Robertsbridge Aviation Society](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/robertsbridge-aviation-society/)
- [British Airways Speedbird Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/british-airways-speedbird-heritage-centre/)
- [Brooklands Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/brooklands-museum/)
- [The Helicopter Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/the-helicopter-museum/)
- [RAF Cranwell Heritage and Ethos Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-college-cranwell-heritage-and-ethos-centre/)
- [Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/metheringham-airfield-visitor-centre/)
- [New Farm Aviation Heritage Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/new-farm-aviation-heritage-museum/)
- [Wattisham Station Heritage Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/wattisham-station-heritage-museum/)
- [Bournemouth Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/bournemouth-aviation-museum/)
- [Fort Perch Rock](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/fort-perch-rock/)
- [Upottery Airfield Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/upottery-heritage-centre/)
- [Wings Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/wings-museum/)
- [RAF Waddington Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-waddington-heritage-centre/)
- [RAF Manston History Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-manston-history-museum/)
- [Hornchurch Aerodrome Historical Trust](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/hornchurch-aerodrome-historical-trust/)
- [The Royal Observer Corps Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/the-royal-observer-corps-museum/)
- [RAF Burtonwood Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-burtonwood-heritage-centre/)
- [Maidenhead Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/maidenhead-heritage-centre/)
- [Sywell Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/sywell-aviation-museum/)
- [Twinwood Museums](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/twinwood-museums/)
- [Waterbeach Military Heritage Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/waterbeach-military-heritage-museum/)
- [Royal Air Force Museum, London](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/royal-air-force-museum-london/)
- [Royal Air Force Museum, Midands](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/royal-air-force-museum-midands/)
- [The Shuttleworth Collection](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/the-shuttleworth-collection/)
- [Trenchard Museum, RAF Halton](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/trenchard-museum-raf-halton/)
- [Midland Air Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/midland-air-museum/)
- [306th Bombardment Group Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/306th-bombardment-group-museum/)
- [Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Derby](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/rolls-royce-heritage-trust-derby/)
- [RAF Regiment Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-regiment-heritage-centre/)
- [Tornado Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/tornado-heritage-centre/)
- [Yorkshire Air Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/yorkshire-air-museum/)
- [Avro Heritage Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/avro-heritage-museum/)
- [93rd Bomb Group Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/93rd-bomb-group-museum/)
- [Ridgewell Airfield Commemorative Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/ridgewell-airfield-commemorative-museum/)
- [West Raynham Control Tower](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/west-raynham-control-tower/)
- [RAF Waddington Aircraft Viewing Experience](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-waddington-aircraft-viewing-experience/)
- [Canberra Heritage Trust](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/canberra-heritage-trust/)
- [Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/norfolk-suffolk-aviation-museum/)
- [Well Meet Again Homefront Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/well-meet-again-homefront-museum/)
- [Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/cranwell-aviation-heritage-museumntre/)
- [Friends of the New Forest Airfields](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/fonfa/)
- [Spitfire Visitor Centre Hangar 42](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/spitfire-visitor-centre-hangar-42kpool-airport/)
- [East Midland Aeropark](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/east-midland-aeropark/)
- [The Gliding Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/the-gliding-heritage-centre/)
- [Greenham Common Control Tower](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/greenham-common-control-tower/)
- [RAF Bircham Newton Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-bircham-newton-heritage-centre/)
- [RAF Bradwell Bay Preservation Group](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-bradwell-bay-preservation-group/)
- [Museum of Berkshire Aviation](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/museum-of-berkshire-aviation/)
- [North Weald Airfield Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/north-weald-airfield-museum/)
- [Newark Air Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/newark-air-museum/)
- [The Army Flying Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/the-army-flying-museum/)
- [Harrington Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/harrington-aviation-museum/)
- [95th Bomb Group Hospital Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/95th-bomb-group-hospital-museum/)
- [RAF Biggin Hill Museum & Chapel](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-biggin-hill-museum/)
- [Rougham Control Tower Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/rougham-control-tower-aviation-museum/)
- [RAF North Creake](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-north-creake/)
- [RAF Coltishall Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-coltishall-heritage-centre/)
- [RAF Barnham No.94 MU](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-barnham-no-94-mu/)
- [Museum 4 Watton](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/museum-4-watton/)
- [Martlesham Heath Aviation Society Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/martlesham-heath-aviation-society-museum/)
- [Langham Dome](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/langham-dome/)
- [Wellesbourne Wartime Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/wellesbourne-wartime-museum/)
- [Airfield Research Group](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/airfield-research-group/)
- [453rd Bombardment Group Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/453rd-bombardment-group-museum/)
- [389th Bomb Group Memorial Exhibition](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/389th-bomb-group-memorial-exhibition/)
- [RAF Sculthorpe Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-sculthorpe-heritage-centre/)
- [North Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/north-lincolnshire-aviation-museum/)
- [RAF Elsham Wolds Memorial Room and Garden](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-elsham-wolds-memorial-room-and-garden/)
- [RAF Wickenby Memorial Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-wickenby-memorial-museum/)
- [Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/lincolnshire-aviation-heritage-centre/)
- [International Bomber Command Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/international-bomber-command-centre/)
- [Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/battle-of-britain-memorial-flight-visitor-centre/)
- [Stirling Aircraft Project](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/stirling-aircraft-project/)
- [Bentwaters Cold War Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/bentwaters-cold-war-museum/)
- [Bawdsey Radar](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/bawdsey-radar/)
- [Parham Airfield Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/parham-airfield-museum/)
- [Bottisham Airfield Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/bottisham-airfield-museum/)
- [Imperial War Museum Duxford](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/imperial-war-museum-duxford/)
- [Vulcan Restoration Trust](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/vulcan-restoration-trust/)
- [Boxted Airfield Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/boxted-airfield-museum/)
- [American Library](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/american-library/)
- [RAF Marham Aviation Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-marham-aviation-heritage-centre/)
- [RAF Oulton Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-oulton-museum/)
- [Seething Control Tower Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/seething-control-tower-museum/)
- [RAF Defence Radar Museum Neatishead](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-defence-radar-museum/)
- [City of Norwich Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/city-of-norwich-aviation-museum/)
- [100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/100th-bomb-group-memorial-museum/)
- [Grantham Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/grantham-museum/)
- [RAF Ingham Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-ingham-heritage-centre/)
- [RAF Digby Sector Operations Room Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-digby-sector-operations-room-museum/)
- [RAF Northolt](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/raf-northolt/)
- [Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum, Manston](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/spitfire-and-hurricane-memorial-museum-manston/)
- [Shoreham Aircraft Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/shoreham-aircraft-museum/)
- [Historic Croydon Airport](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/historic-croydon-airport/)
- [Gatwick Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/gatwick-aviation-museum/)
- [Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/farnborough-air-sciences-trust-museum/)
- [Dunkeswell Airfield Heritage Centre](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/dunkeswell-airfield-heritage-centre/)
- [REME Museum (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/reme-museum-royal-electrical-and-mechanical-engineers/)
- [Fleet Air Arm Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/fleet-air-arm-museum/)
- [Defford Airfield Heritage Group](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/defford-airfield-heritage/)
- [Davidstow Airfield and Cornwall at War Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/davidstow-moor-raf-memorial-museum/)
- [Aerospace Bristol](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/aerospace-bristol/)
- [North East Land, Sea and Air Museum (NELSAM)](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/north-east-land-sea-and-air-museum-nelsam/)
- [Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/speke-aerodrome-heritage-group/)
- [South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/south-yorkshire-aircraft-museum/)
- [Solway Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/solway-aviation-museum/)
- [Medway Aircraft Preservation Society Ltd](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/medway-aircraft-preservation-society-ltd/)
- [Boscombe Down Aviation Collection](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/boscombe-down-aviation-collection/)
- [Kenley Revival](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/kenley-revival/)
- [Tangmere Military Aviation Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/tangmere-military-aviation-museum/)
- [The Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel-le-Ferne](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/the-battle-of-britain-memorial-capel-le-ferne/)
- [Lashenden Air Warfare Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/lashenden-air-warfare-museum/)
- [Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/kent-battle-of-britain-museum/)
- [The Battle of Britain Bunker, Uxbridge](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/the-battle-of-britain-bunker-uxbridge/)
- [Jet Age Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/jet_age_museum/)
- [Bentley Priory Museum](https://www.mahn.org.uk/organisations/bentley-priory-museum/)

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