Newark Air Museum
A former Royal Air Force station at Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England, close to Newark-on-Trent, is now home to the Newark Air Museum, an aviation museum. There are several different planes at the museum.
The Newark Air Museum is a must-see for anyone with an interest in the history of aviation and is situated on a portion of the former World War Two airfield of RAF Winthorpe, close to the border between Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. This paradise for aviation enthusiasts is home to an amazingly diverse collection of more than 90 aircraft and cockpit pieces that together provide a fairly thorough overview of aviation history.
When it first opened in September 1940, the airfield was known as RAF Winthorpe. It held No. 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit, training Avro Lancaster crews, in No. 5 Group with about thirty aircraft from 1942 until 1944. It joined No. 7 Group in 1944, which was still a part of Bomber Command. It was given to Transport Command in 1945.
A Supermarine Swift, Hawker Sea Hawk, Percival Prentice, and a Hawker Hunter, all of which have been designated as National Benchmarks by the National Aviation Heritage Register, are a few of the most coveted aircraft on exhibit at Newark.
Location: Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England
