Shoreham Aircraft Museum

The Shoreham Aircraft Museum is located in the village of Shoreham near Sevenoaks in Kent, England, on the south-east edge of Greater London. It was founded by volunteers in 1978 and is dedicated to the airmen who fought in the skies over southern England during the Second World War.

The museum houses aviation relics excavated by the Shoreham Aircraft Preservation Society over 30 years. These relics come from crashed RAF and Luftwaffe aircraft and are displayed alongside personal accounts of those involved. A particular focus is the Battle of Britain period.

Many aircraft types are represented in the collection, including recovered engine examples from the following:

The museum has collections of flying helmets, uniforms, insignia and Home Front memorabilia, along with photos and other items which have been donated by ex-pilots and private individuals. The museum also holds a collection of original paintings and prints by the aviation artist Geoff Nutkins. Other examples of his work can be seen at the RAF College in Cranwell, the Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon and The RAF Club in Piccadilly, London.

There is also a tearoom and garden serving cream teas and homemade cakes. The museum is open from 10am to 5pm on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays from Easter until the end of October each year. The tearoom and garden only is also open on Saturdays and is free to enter.

All current and ex-military service personnel can enter the museum free of charge.

External links

Shoreham Aircraft Museum official website

Coordinates: 51°20′02″N 0°10′39″E / 51.3339°N 0.1774°E / 51.3339; 0.1774

British aviation museums

England

North	AeroVenture Avro Heritage Museum Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester) North East Land, Sea and Air Museums Real Aeroplane Company Solway Aviation Museum Yorkshire Air Museum

East	City of Norwich Aviation Museum de Havilland Aircraft Museum Gatwick Aviation Museum Imperial War Museum Duxford IWM collection Kent Battle of Britain Museum Lashenden Air Warfare Museum Museum of Berkshire Aviation Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum Royal Air Force Museum London Science Museum Shuttleworth Collection Shoreham Aircraft Museum The 453rd Bombardment Group Museum

South	Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Bournemouth Aviation Museum Brooklands Museum Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Jet Age Museum Museum of Army Flying Solent Sky Tangmere Military Aviation Museum The Helicopter Museum

West	Flambards Experience Fleet Air Arm Museum

Central	East Midlands Aeropark Midland Air Museum Newark Air Museum Royal Air Force Museum Cosford Sywell Aviation Museum Wellesbourne Wartime Museum

Isle of Man

Manx Aviation and Military Museum

Northern Ireland

Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

Scotland

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