WONZ 297 – Wings Over Britain: Bottisham is now online. In this mini-episode of Wings Over Britain I met Jason Webb at the Bottisham Airfield Museum, at former RAF Bottisham in Cambridgeshire. The museum presents the history of the wartime station, which has now reverted back to countryside, including its time as a Royal Air Force station with Army Cooperation P-40s and Mustangs, and then as a USAAF fighter base with Mustangs. It also covers the local area’s war efforts with displays depicting the Home Front organisations such as the Home Guard and Air Raid Precautions (ARP) units.
The museum is located in genuine wartime buildings from the airfield, and includes recreations of various offices and living quarters to show how life was there during WWII, plus lots of aviation artefacts, genuine uniforms, models, photos and much more depicting the base’s history, and there is a stunningly realistic replica P-51D Mustang “Lou IV” acting as centrepiece and gate guard.
Listen to the episode and see photos here:
https://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/2024/02/wonz-297-wings-over-b…
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By: Uporequity77 - 27th February 2024 at 11:03
I would love to visit the Bottisham Airfield Museum someday and see the exhibits and the replica Mustang. Thank you for sharing this episode and keep up the good work.
The museum also hosts some events throughout the year, such as classic car shows and helicopter flights. You can find more information on their website: https://www.bottishamairfieldmuseum.org.uk/ soccer skills world cup
By: Dave Homewood - 22nd February 2024 at 06:01
Thanks guys. My visit was thanks to Mike Shreeve, who suggested it when we were at Duxford. I’d heard of the name Bottisham in connection with the USAAF but was unaware there is a museum there. So it came as an unplanned visit and I was grateful to Jason for doing the impromptu interview. I wish I’d known ahead of time and could have prepared a few more questions, but I think he covered it very succinctly in this mini-episode anyway.
By: trumper - 18th February 2024 at 14:14
Here are some videos i took when we first moved from the old site to it’s current site .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A046jkdsM-U
By: hawker1966 - 18th February 2024 at 13:15
Definitely on my to do list 2024 season.
By: Prop Strike - 18th February 2024 at 11:34
That Mustang looks the Bees Knees ! I will put a visit on my ‘ to do ‘ list.
The RAF museum recently gave ( yes, gave) away a Mustang to a museum in New South Wales, what a shame it could not have instead gone just 70 miles up the road to Bottisham .
By: trumper - 18th February 2024 at 11:11
Well done 🙂 , spent many happy hours with Jason and the other volunteers scrubbing out the old smokery and moving from it’s original site to it’s present one.
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