The museum tour starts at 10am and is scheduled to last about 2 hours.
The admission fee is £12 per head and includes tea, coffee and biscuits/cakes.
We need a minimum of 12 people to attend and the plan would be to travel in groups of 4 and, if people wanted to, we will try and arrange a local hostelry for lunch afterwards. Please book your participation in the event using the blue Register button above.
Visits generally begin with the showing of the 15-minute film "Operation Carpetbagger"; wartime footage taken at RAF Harrington in 1944, which fully explains the role of the 801st-492nd Bombardment Group and a typical mission. Participants are then free to explore the museum and volunteers will be on hand to assist with any questions. RAF Harrington reopened in December of 1959 and became an important part of the UK nuclear deterrent, hosting a squadron of three Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles. The museum also houses an exhibition on this important aspect of our military heritage.
The Carpetbagger Aviation Museum is located within part of the hardened group operations building on the administration site of the former WW2 airfield at Harrington. The museum is accessed by a roadway from off the Harrington to Lamport road adjacent to the bridge over the A14 (M1-A1 link road). The museum is about a mile down the roadway from this junction. Although the roadway is relatively narrow it has several passing places and is suitable for coaches.
Please note that photography is not normally allowed in the museum.
