26 episodes
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Behind the scenes at the Wings Museum near Balcombe in West Sussex.
Through the use of informative displays we aim to educate future generations of the sacrifices made by so many during World War Two in order to preserve the peace we all benefit from today. It is our goal to ensure that the memory of those who made such sacrifices are not lost through the passage of time, and that the courage and spirit of those individuals lives on to inspire us all.
Discover real history set among the sounds of the 1940s. Every artefact has its own unique story to tell. Whatever your interest or background you are bound to find something of interest at the Wings Aviation Museum!
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RAF Mustangs Collide Over Guildford 80th Anniversary
80 years ago today, on Saturday 17th April 1943, the residents of Guildford witnessed an unfortunate collision between two RAF Mustangs, an incident that caused the deaths of the two pilots, D**k De Kretser and Philip Price.
We also talk to author Chris Goss about his interest in the Luftwaffe and its people.
For more:
https://www.wingsmuseum.co.uk/2023/04/podcast-raf-mustangs-collide-over-guildford-80th-anniversary/
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Monty Felton - Halifax Navigator, Shorts Brothers Underground Factory, and Military Vehicles Visit Wings
In this episode:
Monty Felton tells about his time as a Halifax Navigator in the RAF during WWIISteve Quinton guides us through the Shorts Brothers underground factory and air raid shelter in RochesterIMPS visit the museum for another visit with their military vehicles
For more:
https://www.wingsmuseum.co.uk/2023/04/podcast-monty-felton-halifax-navigator-shorts-brothers-underground-factory-and-military-vehicles-visit-wings/
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Morgans, Mitchells and Military Vehicles
In this episode:
We talk to Jeffrey Deere of the Morgan Sports Car ClubFollow the team to a rural location near Peterborough to collect the rear fuselage for the B-25 Bedsheet Bomber ProjectEnjoy a visit from the Invicta Military-Vehicle Preservation Society and speak to Pete Marshall about his Jeep, re-enacting, and explaining RADAR and the Dowding System to the public
For more:
https://www.wingsmuseum.co.uk/2022/05/podcast-morgans-mitchells-and-military-vehicles/
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Memoirs of the Blitz at Bentley Priory
In this episode of the podcast, we catch up with Alex Collinson, a volunteer from Bentley Priory Museum in Stanmore who we last spoke to at one of our Merlin Engine Run events last October.
You can find out more about RAF Bentley Priory the Headquarters of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, the Memoirs of the Blitz exhibition and Bentley Priory Museum's opening times on their website, bentleypriorymuseum.org.uk
Of course you can also discover many items and stories about the Blitz and the Home Front back at the Wings Museum. Whilst it would be impossible to say that you would really know how it felt to be there, when you step inside a genuine Anderson shelter, or see how claustrophobic an under table Morrison Shelter would be, your imagination can certainly fill in many of the gaps.
Take a look at our website, wingsmuseum.co.uk
https://www.wingsmuseum.co.uk/2022/04/podcast-memoirs-of-the-blitz-at-bentley-priory/
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B-25 Mitchell "Bedsheet Bomber" wing restoration - January 2022
In this, the first Wings Museum podcast of 2022:
We talk to museum Co-Curator Daniel Hunt about the museum's role of remembering people's sacrifice in war, and keeping their stories alive, and visit the workshop for an update on a restoration project that we've spoken about before, the North American B-25 Mitchell "Bedsheet Bomber"...
https://www.wingsmuseum.co.uk/2022/01/podcast-b-25-mitchell-wing-restoration-jan-2022/
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Merlin Engine Run - October 2021
A Merlin Engine Run event gives us the opportunity to talk to:
Alex Collinson about the Bentley Priory Museum "Memoirs of the Blitz" projectAdrian Harrison about the 253 Squadron Kenley Living History GroupAaron Simmons about maintaining the museum's Merlin XX engine in fully running conditionFor more information visit: https://www.wingsmuseum.co.uk/2021/10/podcast-merlin-engine-run-oct-2021/
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