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Description: | The collections serve to illustrate the history of military aviation in Kent, particularly focussing on the Second World War. The museum has 5 aircraft on display, including two original World War 2 German aircraft (the Focke Achgelis Fa 330 rotor kite & a Fieseler Fi 103R4 Richenberg piloted V1 flying bomb), the F100F Super Sabre, Dassault Mystere Iva and also a Lightning F53 nose section. Other objects include a Rapier missile system, items from the Falklands and both Gulf Wars, a 1911 Farman biplane propeller, other aircraft parts from those shot down during conflicts, uniforms, photographs, a full Roll of Honour, the story of Maidstone during the war, the history of the Royal Observer Corps and items associated with prisoners of war and civilians at war. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Headcorn Aerodrome
Headcorn
Ashford Kent United Kingdom,
TN27 9HX | FAX: | 01622 206783 | Telephone: | 01622 890226 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5659 | Go to resource |
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