RAF Tangmere Museum

[Officer Dibley]

Visited here today. Not a bad museum. Tangmere had Bushell, Richey, Bader, Fiske, Nicholson all here. Archibald McIndoe and his Guinea Pigs were just up the road at East Grinstead. A lot of SOE missions were flown from here in Lysanders

 

[Officer Dibley]

More pics. Museum isn't as good as the two at Manston but still worth a visit

 

[Officer Dibley]

And more...

 

[Officer Dibley]

More.....

 

[Officer Dibley]

 

[Officer Dibley]

Nearly there !
Interesting story here ......

Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[s4rmark]

Great photos, thanks for sharing.

 

[B-Man2]

Outstanding photos of places we never see or read about here in the US. Cool stuff!
Thanks for posting Dave!

 

[Tommy]

Great museum, that I live nearby (well 25 miles away). Whose uniform is that, somehow missed that?

There's a great book on Fiske and some of his fellow Bobsledders called Speed Kings btw https://www.theguardian.com/books/2...ly-fiske-clifford-gray-eddie-eagan-jay-Obrien . Fiske probably gets the most coverage.

 

[Micawber]

Good photos Dave, thanks for posting. Another volunteer run museum, I think they do well with what they have. As is so often the case some of the mannequins could do with replacing, shop display types just don't do exhibits justice.

 

[Flightengineer]

Thank you for photos. Nice place.

 

[Micawber]

Pathe short featuring Flight Lieutenant Eric James Brindley Nicolson VC in which he speaks to a collegue about his new baby followed by a short piece to camera by his wife - quite an endearing piece...

 

[Lorenzo_l]

Great photos, Dave. Looks like the museum is well worth a visit. Thanks for posting!

 

[Lord Flashheart]

I have decided I need to visit a few more of these small museums and so this is going on the list. I recently read about the Hunter incident (there's a thread I think Micawber started ...) but a colour photo brings it really to life. Thank you Dave.