Yorkshire Air Museum | aviation museum

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The Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial is the largest independent air museum in Britain and is located on the former World War II, Station near York. It is the most original WWll RAF Bomber Command station open to the public and the only base used by French Heavy Bomber Squadrons during the war (346 'Guyenne' & 347 'Tunisie'. They were preceded by No. 77 Squadron RAF. It is also the only allied air forces memorial in Europe.

The Museum has a good international reputation and profile with established branches in Canada and France and is supported by over 4000 registered “friends” across the world. The Museum's principal activity is in education and the history of flight, through which it is involved with aerospace manufacturers and organisations via its long term "Reach for the Sky" project which in 2008 delivered the first KS2 History of Aviation educational resource book to all 26,000 primary schools in UK, supported by RAeS and the Ministry of Transport.

www.yorkshireairmuseum.org/