Saturday, 5 April 2014

VISIT TO EUROPE - UNITED KINGDOM - IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM DUXFORD - AIR WARFARE - I









CHAPPIDI ABHIRATH REDDY,
C/O COL GKS REDDY,


Secunderabad - 500 015.



Imperial War Museum Duxford


          Imperial War Museum Duxford is a branch of the Imperial War Museum near Duxford in Cambridgeshire, England. Britain's largest aviation museum, Duxford houses the museum's large exhibits, including nearly 200 aircraft, military vehicles, artillery and minor naval vessels in seven main exhibition buildings. The site also provides storage space for the museum's other collections of material such as film, photographs, documents, books and artefacts. The site accommodates several British Army regimental museums, including those of the Parachute Regiment(named Airborne Assault) and the Royal Anglian Regiment.

          Based on the historic Duxford Aerodrome, the site was originally operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the First World War. During theSecond World War Duxford played a prominent role during the Battle of Britain and was later used by United States Army Air Forces fighter units in support of the daylight bombing of Germany. Duxford remained an active RAF airfield until 1961. After the Ministry of Defence declared the site surplus to requirements in 1969 the Imperial War Museum received permission to use part of the site for storage. The entirety of the site was transferred to the museum in February 1976.


          Visited Imperial War Museum, Duxford on Tuesday 08 Oct 2013, along with my elder daughter Jahnavi Reddy. We started the day with a visit to Air Warfare Section, after which we visited Land Warfare Section


The Centre Piece at the Main Entrance of the Museum






British Comet Tank - The Comet was the first British Tank that was 
similar in performance to the Powerful German Tanks of WW II, hence
the Honour of Display at the main Entrance of the Museum


Air Warfare Section






British Aircraft Corporation TSR 2 - Prototype Strike Aircraft designed to replace 
the Canberra Bomber in 1960s. TSR 2 stands for Tactical Strike Reconnaissance 
(Mach 2). The project was cancelled in 1965 due to rising costs 






Interior view of Concorde Supersonic Passenger Aircraft






Avro York C-1 Military and Commercial Transport Aircraft - It was built in three 
versions, a long range freight transport, a combined passenger / freighter and 
a passenger aircraft. This Aircraft took part in Berlin Airlift of 1948 - 1949






Westland Wessex HAS-1 Maritime Helicopter - Anti Submarine 
Helicopter that could carry weapons and search equipment






British Lightning F-1 Fighter - RAF Interceptor Fighter in service from 
1960 to 1988, the only all British designed and made supersonic fighter 







Harrier GR 3 Strike Aircraft - The Harrier was the World's First Fixed Wing 
Vertical take off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The Harrrier has served as a 
Fighter, Bomber and Ground Attack aircraft and commonly known as Strike Aircraft






Havilland DH 9 Bomber - WW I British Bomber designed for strategic 
attacks on German Cities, Railways and Airfields






With elder daughter Jahnavi Reddy, in front of Havilland DH 9 Bomber






Rolls Royce Trent 800 Aero Engine - Important Turbofan Aero-engine 
of the late 1990s and early 2000s, used in over 40% of the 
World's long range Passenger aircraft






A side view of the Trent 800 Turbofan Aero-engine






Miles Magister Mark I Trainer - WW II RAF Elementary Training Aircraft






Fairey Swordfish Mark III Maritime Aircraft - WW II Torpedo Bomber and 
Reconnaissance Aircraft, most famous for the attack on Italian Fleet at Taranto






Lockheed Polaris A3 Missile - Inter continental Ballistic Missile and Britain's Strategic 
Nuclear Weapon from 1968 to 1994. Launched from Nuclear powered submarine






Boeing B 17G Flying Fortress - The Main American Bomber of WW II, used by 
the US Eighth Airforce in the Bombing Offensive from 1942 - 1945.






A side view of the Boeing 17G Flying Fortress






American McDonell Douglas F - 15A Eagle








 Note:- The information about the places visited has been Extracted from Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia 

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