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The latest all colour edition of ‘Friends of The Few’ has gone out to Museum Club members. Contents include:
We are delighted to announce that to help ‘kick-off’ the new open season there will be a wonderful signing event at the Museum on Sunday 11th April 2010, starting at 10:30am.
There will be a break for lunch from 12:30pm to 1:30pm and the event is expected to finish at about 4pm. The cost for getting items signed (maximum 3 items at any one time) will be £20 per item for all signatures or £10 per item for single signatures. All proceeds from the event go towards Museum projects.
Confirmed attendees are:
More info on our Signing Days page.
The latest all colour edition of ‘Friends of The Few’ has gone out to Museum Club members. Contents include:
The latest all colour edition of ‘Friends of The Few’ has gone out to Museum Club members. Contents include:
On Tuesday 29th September 2009, the Shoreham Aircraft Museum was proud to unveil a stone memorial honouring 23 years old Flying Officer Robin McGregor Waterston of 603 Squadron, who was shot down and killed during the Battle of Britain on 31st August 1940.
His Spitfire crashed in the road outside of the present day main entrance into the Royal Artillery Barracks Headquarters at Woolwich in London, where adjacent to this spot the memorial was unveiled as a lasting tribute to a brave young RAF fighter pilot who made the ultimate sacrifice.
This is the 6th memorial to be unveiled as part of the Shoreham Aircraft Museum Pilot Memorials Project, which will continue the aim to honour more individual Battle of Britain pilots in the years ahead.
As previously highlighted in the News page, Museum volunteer Dean Sumner embarked on his planned BoB-to-BoB cycle ride on August Bank Holiday Monday to raise funds for the Museum extension building. The accompanying picture shows the current progress with the extension building.
Setting off from the Battle of Britain London Monument at just after 8am, Dean arrived at the Museum at around 10:15am. After a welcome tea and a bun, he departed the Museum at 11am and made steady progress through the afternoon as he made his way down towards Hythe/Folkestone sticking to quiet and picturesque country lanes as much as possible.
After a slight delay passing through Folkestone, Dean successfully made it up the hill to the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne at around 6:30pm. Then he had to return home – but that was another adventure!
Anyone wishing to still support Dean’s wonderful fund-raising effort, then please contact the Museum. Thank you.
We’re sad to announce that our old friend Ernst Poschenrieder died on 13th August 2009. He was a great friend and supporter to all of us at the Shoreham Aicraft Museum here in Kent, and will be sadly missed by his many friends here. We will always remember the many laughs we had at the great pilot reunions held at the museum over the years which Ernst used to attend.
During the Battle of Britain, Ernst flew Messerschmitt Bf 109s with 7/JG53. He was taken prisoner on 30th September 1940 after force-landing near Strood.
For those who missed it, a few images from Saturday’s Sit-in-a-Spit event:
The wonderful extension building work is progressing rapidly and with the brick piers completed, the framework and roof has now been installed and awaits fitment of the glass. Then the flooring can be laid and other fitting out of the interior before the exciting step of placing the chosen exhibits and displays inside. The last job will be to cut the ribbon for the official opening – coming soon!
