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aircraft to be seen from outside the building. It also allows visitors inside the museum to watch aircraft landing or taking off. From a visitor's perspective, the pedestrian entrance leads to a mezzanine floor level with the cockpit of the museum's B-52, while the lack of supporting columns allows aircraft to hang from the ceiling. Heavier aircraft stand on the floor of the building, which covers 6,500 m (70,000 sq ft). Construction began with the building of
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museum's aircraft had been brought to Duxford, and were being restored by volunteers of the East Anglia Aviation Society. While the museum's own aircraft were not restored to flying condition, by cooperating with private groups the museum was able to mount its first airshow in 1973. Further air shows followed, with a display in June 1976 attracting an audience of 45,000 people. The runway was bought by
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The south side visitor entrance, which now houses a shop and visitor facilities, was previously the airfield's armoury. The various buildings are arranged roughly parallel to the A505; AirSpace is furthest east, with Hangars 2, 3, 4 and 5 running westwards, followed by the American Air Museum and the
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As a licensed airfield Duxford has its own Fire Service (currently five vehicles, and 16 fire fighters / officers) which operates as part of the Airfield & Security department, the fire service was originally operated by voluntary crews who were part of Duxford Aviation Society, with the training
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inquiry recommended a review of arrangements for aircraft taking off or landing towards the M11. As a result, the CAA and Duxford agreed to a reduction in the runway's 1,500 m (4,900 ft) declared length, from 1,350 m (4,430 ft) to 1,200 m (3,900 ft), in order to provide
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In support of the Museum's goals, the DAS Military Vehicle Wing provides one of the world's leading teams of military vehicle restoration engineers The Wing (or its volunteers) own some of the vehicles located at Duxford, and provide restoration services for vehicles within the museum's collection.
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in 1977. The success of these shows provided a valuable source of revenue, and complemented the efforts of volunteers, so that the museum applied for the permanent transfer of the entire site to its use. Permission was received in February 1976 and Duxford became the first outstation of the Imperial
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Since 1973, Duxford has held regular air shows. Duxford is the home of several private aviation companies, such as Classic Wings, The Fighter Collection, the Old Flying Machine Company and The Aircraft Restoration Company. Between them these companies provide pleasure flights, historic aircraft for
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in 1969, and the museum duly requested permission to use part of one of the airfield's hangars as temporary storage. Duxford featured three double bay hangars of First World War vintage, which together provided over 9,000 square metres (97,000 sq ft) of space. Within two years, ten of the
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now on display in AirSpace. Duxford is a partner with the British Aviation Preservation Council in the National Aviation Heritage Skills Initiative, which has been funded since 2005 by the Heritage Lottery Fund and aims to provide training to volunteers supporting aviation heritage projects. It is
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in December 1944 and until the end of the war in Europe the Group remained at Duxford carrying out bomber escort and fighter sweeps, ground strafing and ground attack missions. Duxford was officially returned to the RAF on 1 December 1945. It remained a fighter station but by 1958 changing defence
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roof 90 m (300 ft) wide, 18.5 m (61 ft) high and 100 m (330 ft) deep. The dimensions of the building were dictated by the need to accommodate the museum's B-52 Stratofortress bomber with its 61 m (200 ft) wingspan and a tail 16 m (52 ft) high. The
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status. Duxford contains over thirty of these buildings, the largest number at any one site. Listed buildings include three hangars dating back to the First World War and the operations block, which received Grade II* status. This block, open to the public, houses the wartime operations room from
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forces were engaged. The effect of these expansions of remit was to cause the museum's collections to expand enormously, to the point that many parts of the collection, especially those of aircraft, vehicles and artillery, could not be effectively stored or exhibited. Although the museum's south
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The roof weighs 6,000 tonnes (5,900 long tons; 6,600 short tons) and is able to support suspended aircraft weighing up to 10 tonnes (9.8 long tons; 11 short tons). A glass wall, demountable to permit aircraft to be rearranged, allows in daylight, thereby reducing lighting costs and enabling the
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Other elements of the society provide or support a range of functions at the Duxford site, including canteen, aircraft conservation, learning and interpretative activities and administrative tasks. An affiliated group, the Duxford Radio Society, collects, preserves, exhibits, and demonstrates
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In 2000, Duxford announced plans for the redevelopment of Hangar 1, previously known as the 'Superhangar', which was built in the 1980s. The plans would expand the building by 40%, providing more display and conservation space, improve internal conditions, and enable the museum's British and
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Hangar 5, the westernmost original hangar, houses Duxford's aircraft conservation workshops. Open to the public, the hangar allows visitors to see museum staff and volunteers at work on a variety of conservation tasks. Notable projects include a Mitsubishi
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priorities saw the RAF's fighter force move to more northerly bases. Duxford's last operational flight was made in July 1961. No longer operational, the site gradually became increasingly derelict and overgrown. In 1968 the American film studio
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DA4, one of seven Typhoon development aircraft, which was donated to the museum by the Ministry of Defence in 2008 and went on display in June 2009. Civil aircraft include the Duxford Aviation Society's Concorde and Comet described above.
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War Museum. Initially open from March–October, Duxford received 167,000 visitors in the 1977 season, and 340,000 in 1978. Two million visitors had been received by 1982 and Duxford welcomed its ten millionth visitor in August 2005.
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status, Duxford "retain the best-preserved technical fabric remaining from up to November 1918" and being "remarkably well-preserved". The site also features several purpose-built exhibition buildings, such as the
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On 17 January 2014 the museum announced an award of £980,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The museum planned to use the money to build a website based on the photographic collection of aviation historian
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declared the site surplus to requirements in 1969 the Imperial War Museum received permission to use part of the site for storage. The entirety of the site was transferred to the museum in February 1976.
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Hangar 2 is a double Type T2 hangar, erected in the 1970s. It occupies the site of a T2 hangar erected in the 1950s. It accommodates the flyable aircraft of Duxford's private aviation companies, such as
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The Imperial War Museum originated during the First World War in 1917 as the National War Museum committee, formed by the British government to record the war effort and sacrifice of Britain and
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An aerial view of the IWM Duxford site in June 2008. Visible on the right is the large AirSpace exhibition hall, Hangars 2, 3, 4 and 5, the American Air Museum and the eastern end of the runway.
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photographs and information from the public about the men and women of the US Army Air Forces who served from the UK in the Second World War and the British people who befriended them.
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As a historic site, many of Duxford's buildings are of particular architectural or historic significance. In 2005, following a review of sites relating to British aviation history by
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The Society was formed in 1975 from a divergence of members of the East Anglian Aviation Society, which formerly operated the now-closed Bassingbourn Tower Museum at the former
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was commissioned to design a new building. Fundraising for the project began in 1987, support and funds being sought in the United States; the Founding Member was General
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AirSpace officially opened to the public on 12 July 2007. Over 30 aircraft are on display, dating back to the First World War; early aircraft include rare examples of an
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Hangar 4 is one of Duxford's historic hangars, and now houses an exhibition exploring Duxford's history as an operational RAF airfield from the First World War to the
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Hangar 3, an original Belfast truss hangar, houses Duxford's maritime exhibition. The collection includes notable vessels and naval aircraft. Boats on display include
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film or television work, and aircraft restoration services. Perhaps the most notable privately owned and operated aircraft based at Duxford is B-17 Preservation Ltd's
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The Duxford Air Show usually exhibits a wide range of aircraft, from vintage warbirds to contemporary jet aircraft, along with aerobatic flying by groups such as the
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On 12 September 2010 a Royal Anglian Regiment memorial was dedicated at Duxford. A fundraising campaign, which raised more than £340,000, was launched following the
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training aerodrome. From 1925 Duxford became a fighter airfield, a role it was to retain until the end of its operational life, and in August 1938 the Duxford-based
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and was described by the judges as "a great big, clear span hangar of a building...dramatic, awe-inspiring, an object of beauty...simple yet replete with imagery."
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Commonwealth aircraft collection to be brought under cover. Planning permission was received later that year. The project cost £25 million and was supported by the
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Duxford has been associated with British military aviation since 1917, when a site near the village of Duxford, in southern Cambridgeshire, was selected for a new
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suffered a braking failure on landing, overran the runway and came to rest on the M11 motorway, a student pilot being killed after ejecting at ground level. An
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The Land Warfare Hall also houses the Forgotten War exhibition, which opened on 25 March 1999 and was a joint project between the Imperial War Museum and the
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In addition to the exhibition buildings, Duxford's 'North Side', the area of the site north of the A505 road, provides storage for the Imperial War Museum's
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on 1 August 1997. The total cost of the project had been £13.5 million. The museum was re-dedicated on 27 September 2002, in a ceremony attended by the then
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Land Warfare Hall. The museum site is approximately 1,800 m (5,900 ft) from one end to the other, and a visitor bus operates during opening hours.
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G-AXDN 101, a pre-production aircraft which achieved the highest speed of any Concorde, making a westwards trans-Atlantic flight in two hours, 56 minutes.
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used during the Battle of Britain, are still in use. Many of these buildings are of particular architectural or historic significance and over thirty have
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Duxford is operated in partnership between the Imperial War Museum, Cambridgeshire County Council and the Duxford Aviation Society. The Society is a
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during the north-west Europe campaign. Also on display are extracts from Montgomery's personal papers, which are held by the Imperial War Museum's
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When originally planned in 1917, Duxford aerodrome was to occupy a 238-acre (0.96 km; 0.372 sq mi) site divided by what is now the
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due to engine failure. It is displayed as part of a tableau showing the crashed aircraft under guard. One unusual aircraft on display is the
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jet fighter. Britain's air defence during the Second World War is particularly emphasised, with exhibits representing the Battle of Britain,
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of 85,069 feet (25,929m) in July 1976. Besides the Blackbird, nineteen other American aircraft are on display. Notable examples include a
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Duxford Aviation Society preserves and maintains the Civil Aviation Collection. Especially notable aircraft in the collection include a
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The team also operate vehicles for demonstrations during the year. The wing's works have been featured in the Discovery Channel's
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officers coming from Stansted and other local airports, for the last few years it has been a mixed voluntary/full-time operation.
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Major air shows held regularly include the Duxford Air Show, and American Air Day, which is held in conjunction with units of the
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which Duxford's aircraft were directed. Another historic building, the 1918 Watch Office, has been converted to accommodate the
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Exhibition, which displays items from the Cambridgeshire Regiment collection. Exhibits include the Singapore Drums, lost at the
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strike aircraft, one of only two survivors from the cancellation of the project in 1965. Recent additions include
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sections. Inverted T-shaped sections provided the inner layer with further flat panels forming the outer layer.
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From the late 1970s the museum acquired several important American aircraft; a B-17G Flying Fortress in 1978, a
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historic military electronic equipment. This is housed in Buildings 177 and 178, close to the Gibraltar Gun.
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at the main entrance. Several commercial airliners belonging to the Duxford Aviation Society stand on the
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Agar's Victoria Cross, and some of his personal effects such as a telescope, are also held by the museum.
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village. The exhibition was supported financially by the Burma Star Association and by £126,000 from the
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announced its intention to dispose of Duxford plans were drawn up for various developments including two
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Since January 1999, the Society have operated the Friends of Duxford membership scheme with the Museum.
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Panorama of the AirSpace exhibition hall, with the Duxford Aviation Society Concorde right foreground.
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of material such as film, photographs, documents, books and artefacts. The site accommodates several
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Cheek, Tim (1998) 'Duxford: An unofficial history of one of the RAF's most distinguished airfields'
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Cheek, Tim (1998) 'Duxford: An unofficial history of one of the RAF's most distinguished airfields'
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Cheek, Tim (1998) 'Duxford: An unofficial history of one of the RAF's most distinguished airfields'
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Cheek, Tim (1998) 'Duxford: An unofficial history of one of the RAF's most distinguished airfields'
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which made the first eastbound jet-powered trans-Atlantic passenger flight on 4 October 1958, and
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for the new building was performed by wartime 78th Fighter Group veteran, Major James E Stokes.
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Significant vehicles in the collection include three command vehicles used by Field Marshal
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exhibition, depicting the history of the site and the experiences of Duxford's personnel.
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and also served as Chairman of the Trustees of the Imperial War Museum from 1978 to 1989.
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Harrier GR3, serial XZ133 and Tornado GR1, serial ZA465. Woolford and Warner (2008) p.15
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in October 1995 and the roof was completed in September 1996. The building won the 1998
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Kavanagh, Gaynor (1988), "Museum as Memorial: The Origins of the Imperial War Museum",
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MTB-71, acquired from the British Military Powerboat Trust in 2005, an example of an
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show (organised by The Fighter Collection), was held annually at Duxford until 2019.
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and participated in three major Second World War airborne operations; the June 1944
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Wing was formed at Duxford. Notable among the pilots of the Wing was Group Captain
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Oakey, Michael (Ed.) (Vol. 35 No. 9, September 2007) "Duxford's AirSpace opens".
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were won. The Second World War in particular is illustrated with tableaux of the
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In keeping with the site's history many of Duxford's original buildings, such as
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The Land Warfare Hall also accommodates the Royal Anglian Regiment Museum. The
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fighter acquired from an American owner in 'jungle recovery' condition, and a
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Fairey Gannet AS6, with the hangar's Belfast truss construction visible above.
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As of 2008, the Duxford Aviation Society had almost 700 volunteer members.
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of Germany. Duxford remained an active RAF airfield until 1961. After the
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The AirSpace exhibition hall at Imperial War Museum Duxford (October 2009)
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Evans, Peter (8 July 1971) 'Need for 20 new penal centres in S E likely'
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As an active civil airfield, operations at Duxford are regulated by the
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in 1989. Fundraising events were held across the US in Houston (1989),
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and the Duxford Aviation Society, a charity formed in 1975 to preserve
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previously stood near the American Air Museum (now hanging inside). A
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surface-to-air missile stands on the site of the demolished hangar. A
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Selwood, Sara (October 2007) 'AirSpace, Imperial War Museum Duxford'
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was formed in 1964 by the amalgamation of the three regiments of the
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Some aircraft and other exhibits are displayed externally, such as a
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For a demonstration of the building's geometry, see Foster+Partners
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on display flew 19 missions during the 1991 Gulf War as part of the
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E which was flown during the Battle of Britain until forced down in
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and airborne forces. Previously located at Browning Barracks near
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secures a future for the aviation sites that protected our past'
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fighter station had been declared surplus to requirements by the
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Museums sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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MacDonald, Patrick 'The History of the Cambridgeshire Regiment'
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Third annual American Air Day at The Imperial War Museum Duxford
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Imperial War Museum Duxford: Friends of Duxford: Events (2009)
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of 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment during the unit's 2007
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stands outside the Land Warfare Hall and the Gibraltar Gun, a
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78th Fighter Group P-51D Mustangs at Duxford in summer 1945.
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and promote appreciation of British civil aviation history.
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B-29A-BN, serial 44-61748. Woolford and Warner (2008), p.49
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For a list of aircraft, vehicles and boats at Duxford, see
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and features artifacts, archival film and photographs, and
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Cunningham, Justin (25 July 2007). "The sky's the limit".
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No. 285809 – Duxford Aviation Society, Charity Commission
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The American Air Museum was designed by Norman Foster and
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Duxford Imperial War Museum

Imperial War Museum Duxford is located in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
CB22 4QR
Coordinates
52°05′35″N 0°07′46″E / 52.09306°N 0.12944°E / 52.09306; 0.12944
Aviation museum
National Rail
Whittlesford Parkway
www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford
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Imperial War Museums
Churchill War Rooms
HMS Belfast
IWM Duxford
IWM London
IWM North
Imperial War Museum
Duxford
Cambridgeshire
aviation museum
aircraft
other collections
British Army
Parachute Regiment
Airborne Assault
Royal Anglian Regiment
Duxford Aerodrome
Royal Flying Corps

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