A rare B-24 Liberator rear gun turret
Curator Dan takes up the story: Wings is well known for its rare aviation wrecks and relics, such as the substantial remains of one of only 2 surviving Nakajima B5N2 […]
North American B-25J “Bedsheet Bomber” Restoration Update
Work continues in earnest to restore a rare North American B-25J Mitchell Bomber 44-30861.The outboard wing sections which were heavily corroded are nearing completion. The outboard wings have been laid […]
Podcast – RAF Mustangs Collide Over Guildford 80th Anniversary
80 years ago today, on Saturday 17th April 1943, the residents of Guildford witnessed an unfortunate collision between two RAF Mustangs, an incident that caused the deaths of the two […]
Podcast – Monty Felton – Halifax Navigator, Shorts Brothers Underground Factory, and Military Vehicles Visit Wings
In this episode: Bentley Priory Museum –https://bentleypriorymuseum.org.uk/ Shorts Brothers Factory Tunnels and Air Raid Shelter Subterranea Britannica –https://www.subbrit.org.uk SubBrit page on the Shorts Tunnels –https://www.subbrit.org.uk/sites/rochester-shorts-brothers-factory-and-public-air-raid-shelter/ IMPS visit to Wings Museum […]
Wings Museum hosts London to Brighton Classic Car Run – May 2022
The London to Brighton Classic Car Run (https://www.classicmotorevents.co.uk/classic-cars), for production vehicles that are over 40 years old, starts at Brooklands Museum in Weybridge and finishes in Madeira Drive, Brighton. 60 […]
Podcast – Morgans, Mitchells and Military Vehicles
In this episode of the Wings Museum Podcast: – We talk to Jeffrey Deere of the Brighton Centre of the Morgan Sports Car Club – Follow the team to a […]
B-25 Mitchell “Bedsheet Bomber” fuselage collection
The collection of the rear fuselage of the B-25 Mitchell “Bedsheet Bomber” necessitates a trip to a rural location near Peterborough with suitably large transport to get it back to […]
Sussex Morgan Sports Car Club visit Wings Museum – April 2022
It is Wednesday 27th April 2022, and, following a good lunch locally, the good folk of the Brighton Centre of the Morgan Sports Car Club visited the Wings Museum, bringing […]
Podcast – Memoirs of the Blitz at Bentley Priory
In this episode of the podcast, we catch up with Alex Collinson, a volunteer from Bentley Priory Museum in Stanmore who we last spoke to at one of our Merlin […]
Podcast – B-25 Mitchell Wing Restoration – Jan 2022
In this, the first Wings Museum podcast of 2022: We talk to museum Co-Curator Daniel Hunt about the museum’s role of remembering people’s sacrifice in war, and keeping their stories […]