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Wattisham Station Heritage

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Musée d'histoire militaire à Suffolk

Le musée du patrimoine de la station de Wattisham est situé sur le site de l'ancienne RAF Wattisham, une importante base aérienne militaire située dans le Suffolk, en Angleterre. Fondé en novembre 1991, le musée est hébergé dans la chapelle d'origine de la station, construite en 1943 par l'armée de l'air américaine.

Avions historiques au musée de Wattisham

Le musée s'engage à préserver et à présenter l'histoire de la base aérienne et de ses différentes unités, qui étaient stationnées là de 1937 à nos jours. Les expositions comprennent une vaste collection de photographies, d'artefacts, d'uniformes et d'équipements qui documentent la vie et les activités sur la base aérienne.

Visite du musée du patrimoine de Wattisham

Une attention particulière est accordée aux avions historiques qui sont restaurés dans le cadre de projets de restauration. Un point fort est la visite d'un McDonnell-Douglas Phantom, qui offre aux visiteurs un aperçu direct de la technologie et de l'histoire de cet avion.

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Wattisham Airfield
IP7 7RA Ipswich

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34 Avis

Dave
01.08.2024

Amazing place to visit, Small but packed with WW2, Cold War, and Peace time memorabilia. Staff are welcoming, and knowledgeable, highly recommend a visit.
James N
15.07.2024

A fantastic place, run my a team of friendly, knowledgeable volunteers. A museum full of history around the base and various pieces from over the years (WW2 right to modern day), easy to spend an hour just looking around. The best part of the day though is the visit to the Hardened Air Shelter and the planes. You also drive around 2 miles to it from the Museum so get a good idea of just how big the airfield actually is as you skirt the runway and go to the far side of the operational base. The planes, wow, just wow. Where else can you get up close to a Phantom with no ropes around it and appreciate the sheer size of it. Not only that but you're welcome to jump inside the front of the cockpit and see what it would have been like flying it (cramped!). The Hunter and Meteor are fantastic too and the Scout helicopter currently being restored is a nice touch, even the cold war hangar itself is mightily impressive. The volunteers are happy to talk you through the planes and are incredibly knowledgeable, we could have spent hours there! All in all, a fantastic 2/3 hours. It's free to do but must be booked and they rely on donations to keep it going which we were more than happy to do! Thanks to all involved :)
Lou Kyr
16.04.2024

Great place to visit if you get the chance.
William McDonald
12.08.2023

Lovely volunteer staff 🤩
Carol Theobald
14.06.2019

Excellent
Kevin Hardy
09.06.2019

Last at the RAF station in '76, this was my first visit to the museum. A great place to spend a couple of hours - highly recommend ;-)
Terry Horsley
12.03.2019

Great place
Johnston Cox
26.09.2018

Good place to see the heritage site
Susan Sutherland
13.07.2018

Loved the visit
Stephen Wright
08.06.2018

Lovely small museum with the added bonus of seeing a phamtom and a hunter in tge hanger along with a lightning cockpit...
TheMighty Vinnie
15.05.2018

Full of history. Friendly staff. Great to kill a few hours.
guadalupe maria Wells
22.03.2018

Excellent security
David DUTTON
16.02.2018

Loads of historic Helios and enthusiastic knowledgeable guide.
Ray & Sarah mcnicol-brown
11.12.2017

A great visit.... can't wait to return
Ray McNicol-Brown
01.10.2017

It was a fantastic visit and the people were so nice to talk to... looking forward to re visiting soon and learning more. Thank you all once again

 

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