The Wings Museum is an aviation museum located in Sussex, United Kingdom. It is housed in a 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) hangar-like former farm building in Brantridge Lane, between Handcross and Balcombe. The museum displays mainly World War II-related flying memorabilia and equipment which have been donated,[1][2] or which have been recovered and restored by volunteers.[3]
The museum was originally located at Redhill Aerodrome.[4] By 2011 it had relocated to Brantridge Lane.[5]
In 2013, the museum hosted a fundraiser for the upkeep of the Bomber Command Memorial in nearby Green Park.[6][7]
In 2015, volunteers restored a Bristol Beaufighter Mk1f which had crashed 75 years earlier.[8]
Aircraft collectionedit
Visitors to the museum can walk inside a complete fuselage from a Douglas C-47 Dakota which was used on D-Day[9] and later during the filming of the television series Band of Brothers.[10]
There are some very rare aircraft from World War II and some of them are the only ones of their type in the UK.
Turbine engine aircraftedit
Hawker Siddeley Kestrel XS694 (under restoration and parts in storage)
Piston engine aircraftedit
North American B-25J-25-NC 44-30861 (under restoration)
Bell P-63 King cobra - 43-11137 (under restoration);[11] the museum has five more in storage
Douglas A-20 Boston (displayed as found)
Nakajima B5N2 Kate (very large fuselage and wing section)
Douglas C-47 Dakota (fuselage from Band of Brothers)
^"War hero’s memorabilia donated to Wings Museum in Balcombe". 26 April 2014
^Chris Ransted (19 September 2013). Disarming Hitlerês V Weapons: Bomb Disposal, the V1 and V2 rockets. Pen and Sword. pp. 62–. ISBN978-1-4738-2967-1.
^"More Details Emerge About Wartime Military Aircraft Crash". The Guilford Dragon.
^"Wartime bomb discovered at Woodhatch pub to be displayed in museum". Surrey Mirror April 17, 2016
^Alexis Catsambis; Ben Ford; Donny L. Hamilton (8 September 2011). The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology. OUP USA. pp. 1002–. ISBN978-0-19-537517-6.
^"VIDEO: Bomber Command veterans raise hundreds for Green Park memorial". Mid Sussex Times, 10 April 2013.
^"Wings reunion for Bomber Boys". ITV News, 9 April 2013
^"Nostalgia: Remembering Second World War fighter pilots killed in crash". Surrey Mirror, November 01, 2015.
^John Grehan; Martin Mace (2012). Battleground Sussex. Casemate Publishers. pp. 198–. ISBN978-1-84884-661-6.
^"Tyre from a wartime bomber surfaces after 74 watery years". Mid Sussex Times, 8 March 2014
^"The Wings Museum’s Bell P-63C Kingcobra Restoration", Warbirds News, November 1, 2013
^Gordon Riley (19 October 2015). Hawker Hurricane Survivors. Grub Street Publishing. pp. 97–. ISBN978-1-910690-79-6.
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January 01, 1970
wings, museum, aviation, museum, located, sussex, united, kingdom, housed, square, feet, hangar, like, former, farm, building, brantridge, lane, between, handcross, balcombe, museum, displays, mainly, world, related, flying, memorabilia, equipment, which, have. The Wings Museum is an aviation museum located in Sussex United Kingdom It is housed in a 12 000 square feet 1 100 m2 hangar like former farm building in Brantridge Lane between Handcross and Balcombe The museum displays mainly World War II related flying memorabilia and equipment which have been donated 1 2 or which have been recovered and restored by volunteers 3 Wings MuseumWings Museum entrance on Brantridge LaneLocationBalcombe West SussexCoordinates51 03 37 N 0 10 06 W 51 0603 N 0 1684 W 51 0603 0 1684TypeAviation museumWebsitewww wbr wingsmuseum wbr co wbr uk Contents 1 History 2 Aircraft collection 2 1 Turbine engine aircraft 2 2 Piston engine aircraft 2 3 Aircraft cockpits 2 4 Simulators 2 5 Piston engines 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe museum was originally located at Redhill Aerodrome 4 By 2011 it had relocated to Brantridge Lane 5 In 2013 the museum hosted a fundraiser for the upkeep of the Bomber Command Memorial in nearby Green Park 6 7 In 2015 volunteers restored a Bristol Beaufighter Mk1f which had crashed 75 years earlier 8 Aircraft collection editVisitors to the museum can walk inside a complete fuselage from a Douglas C 47 Dakota which was used on D Day 9 and later during the filming of the television series Band of Brothers 10 There are some very rare aircraft from World War II and some of them are the only ones of their type in the UK Turbine engine aircraft edit Hawker Siddeley Kestrel XS694 under restoration and parts in storage Piston engine aircraft edit North American B 25J 25 NC 44 30861 under restoration Bell P 63 King cobra 43 11137 under restoration 11 the museum has five more in storage Douglas A 20 Boston displayed as found Nakajima B5N2 Kate very large fuselage and wing section Douglas C 47 Dakota fuselage from Band of Brothers Hawker Hurricane wreck 12 Handley Page Hampden TB 1 P1273 wreck Aircraft cockpits edit Douglas A 26 Invader 43 22649 Bristol Beaufighter 1f 13 Curtis Helldiver SB2C 5 in storage Jet Provost XM486 in storage English Electric Canberra in storage De Havilland Chipmunk WD377 North American B 25 Mitchell Simulators edit Link trainer Piston engines edit Rolls Royce Merlin 5 one running as a living memorial Junkers Jumo 211 Daimler Benz 610See also editList of aerospace museumsReferences edit War hero s memorabilia donated to Wings Museum in Balcombe 26 April 2014 Chris Ransted 19 September 2013 Disarming Hitleres V Weapons Bomb Disposal the V1 and V2 rockets Pen and Sword pp 62 ISBN 978 1 4738 2967 1 More Details Emerge About Wartime Military Aircraft Crash The Guilford Dragon Wartime bomb discovered at Woodhatch pub to be displayed in museum Surrey Mirror April 17 2016 Alexis Catsambis Ben Ford Donny L Hamilton 8 September 2011 The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology OUP USA pp 1002 ISBN 978 0 19 537517 6 VIDEO Bomber Command veterans raise hundreds for Green Park memorial Mid Sussex Times 10 April 2013 Wings reunion for Bomber Boys ITV News 9 April 2013 Nostalgia Remembering Second World War fighter pilots killed in crash Surrey Mirror November 01 2015 John Grehan Martin Mace 2012 Battleground Sussex Casemate Publishers pp 198 ISBN 978 1 84884 661 6 Tyre from a wartime bomber surfaces after 74 watery years Mid Sussex Times 8 March 2014 The Wings Museum s Bell P 63C Kingcobra Restoration Warbirds News November 1 2013 Gordon Riley 19 October 2015 Hawker Hurricane Survivors Grub Street Publishing pp 97 ISBN 978 1 910690 79 6 BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER NEWS AirSoc 31 Aug 2015External links edit nbsp Media related to Wings Museum Sussex at Wikimedia Commons Official website of the Wings Museum Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wings Museum amp oldid 1213686977, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
