Anyone who was visiting the Museum recently might have noticed the arrival of a large haulage truck with a strange shaped object strapped to its
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum is attending the Littlehampton Armed Forces day event on the 29th june opening at 10:30, for more information on the event
Fans of the Dad’s Army programme are set to be entertained at the Museum tomorrow!, 17th March 2024 Re-enactors from a group called NAAFI Brigade
Calling all Military Vehicle Owners, particularly World War 2! The Museum is holding a Cockpit Day and D-Day80 event on Sunday 2 June 2024. We
The museum opens after refurbishment on Thursday 1st February. Additionally we now have a new website which was launched a week before we opened. The
On Saturday 11 November 2023 the Museum’s annual Armistice Day Remembrance Service was held in the Memorial Garden. In beautiful autumn sunshine, the service was
On 4 November David Hooper, son of Flight Lieutenant Robin Hooper DSO DFC, presented to Dudley Hooley, the Museum’s chairman, a facsimile of his father’s
Visit England Quality Rose Marque Tangmere Tops Again! September 2023 Tangmere Military Aviation Museum has again earned the Quality Rose Marque from Visit England. The
The Vampire has risen, well not exactly but the Museums restoration that started sometime after 2008 has finally been completed and on Tuesday 3rd October
The Museum has received a donation of bomb fuses, taken from German bombs that fell on Portsmouth and other places.
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum has announced the date for the annual 2023 Battle of Britain Service.
On the night of 2/3 June 1944 a Lysander aircraft of No 161 (Special Duties) Squadron, flown by Flying Officer ‘Alex’ Alexander picked up a
My story ; from humble beginnings as a Flight Operations Assistant in the RAF to commercial pilot.
Between October 5th to 11th 2015 Oxford Archaeology East, local community volunteers and members of Operation Nightingale excavated the remains of Spitfire Mk Ia X4593
Three volunteers from our Wednesday team spent the day at Littlehampton, helping them to celebrate Armed Forces Day on Saturday June 24th. Located in a
Sunday 4 June 2023 dawned as a beautiful day at Tangmere – a very special day as it was the official opening of the Spitfire
It is always nice to catch up with relatives of those who flew from Tangmere, and last Friday was no exception. Talking to a couple
A new plaque in memory of the Museum’s late Chairman, Group Captain David Baron, has been placed in the Garden of Remembrance. A short service
It is with great sadness that the staff and ‘Friends’ of Tangmere Military Aviation Museum heard the news of the death of Her Majesty Queen
On a glorious, hot summer’s day afternoon on Sunday 10 July, 17 members of the Chichester BIg Band played a concert on the Museum’s lawn
One of the Museum’s business plan objectives for 2022 is to reduce our energy costs and the majority of our lights have now been replaced
A new film on life at RAF Tangmere in the 1930s has been installed in the Museum, featuring Nos 1 and 43 Squadrons. The film
On Friday 20 May a play entitled ‘SOE’ was previewed at the Museum in front of 20 members of staff. The play has been written
The Museum’s Meteor F8 left for Yorkshire on 12 May. The aircraft (WA829) is a hybrid of at least two Meteors. WA829 was delivered to
On Sunday 1 May 2022, the Museum held a ‘Falklands Day’ to mark and remember the events of 1 May 1982 when an RAF Avro
In preparation for the Museum’s ‘Falklands Day’ on Sunday 1 May, its two Harriers have been moved by the Museum’s engineering team from the outside
On Friday 4 March a memorial and dedication service to celebrate the life of Ron Robinson was held in the Museum’s memorial garden. Ron, who
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