This two-day event is being hosted at the museum, to mark fifty years since the museum was officially opened to the public, on 14th April 1973. The original opening ceremony was led by AVM Sir Ralph Cochrane KBE, the former Officer Commanding 5 Group Bomber Command at the time of the famous Dambusters Raid; he […]
On the weekend of 11th/12th February 2023 it will be forty (40) years since Avro Vulcan XM594 landed (actual landing date 07.02.83) on the former wartime runway at Winthorpe Showground to go on display at the museum; the year 2023 it is also the 60th anniversary of its entry into RAF service. To mark the […]
Holocaust Survivor Ruth Schweining will be offering her inspiring testimony on Sunday 28th May. Ruth was born in Breslau in 1935. Due to increasing pressure her parents decided to emigrate to Austria hoping to find safety for the family. Kristallnacht changed their lives and Ruth's father was arrested and taken to Dachau. Ruth tells of […]