#Duxford

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Marinell taxing at Duxford

#North American #P-51 #Mustang #warbird #WW2 fighter #Duxford #airfield #photography #plane #aviation #Marinel

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Desert Ops by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: Spitfire JG891 stands on the flightline at Duxford, waiting to take part in the 2023 "Battle of Britain" air show. Aircraft: Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc JG891 (G-LFVC) T-B. Location: The Imperial War Museum's Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire.

#Spitfire #JG891 #stand #flightline #Duxford #wait #take #part #2023 #Battle #Britain #Battle of Britain #air #show #military #aviation #heritage #warbird #WW2 #WWII #World #War #II #2 #Aircraft #Royal #Force #Supermarine #Mk.V #Mk.Vc

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XVI – Duxford – Angleterre – Septembre 2006

©Photo de Chowells

#WWII #Royal Air Force #RAF #Aviation militaire #Military aviation #Avion de chasse #Chasseur #Fighter #Supermarine Spitfire #Spitfire #Base aérienne de Duxford #Duxford #Angleterre #England #09/2006 #2006

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1435:G-PBIX / WZ-RR by David Whitworth Via Flickr: Spitfire LF.XVIe, Duxford 2-10-22

#DUXFORD #G-PBIX #WZ-RR #flickr

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#classics #manufacturers #offer #duxford #auction #car #cars #luxury #luxurycars #classic

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I took a very good friend to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford!

#imperial war museum #duxford

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Hasselblad 501cm Kodak Portra 160 Duxford, UK

Photo taken by stevejack0.

Sharing great photos taken on a film.

#wall #architecture #hangar #green #pattern #shadow #shape #UK #Duxford #Hasselblad #Kodak #Portra #Kodak Portra 160 #Hasselblad 501cm #sharing is caring #film is not dead #film is alive #shoot film #stay broke shoot film

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Rare sight

#canon 5d mark iv #100 400mm #duxford #lancaster #Spitfire

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15 June 2023

Scramble

Imperial War Museum Duxford 15 June 2023

The east of England - specifically Cambridgeshire, East Anglia and Lincolnshire - is sometimes known as ‘bomber country.’ It was this region that housed the heavy bombers; the B-17s and B-24s of the US Eighth Air Force and the Lancasters and Halifaxes of RAF Bomber Command. Duxford Aerodrome, just outside Cambridge, was not one of these bases, but it still played a major part of the Combined Bomber Offensive (and of course the Battle of Britain - Czech, Polish and British squadrons flew from there during the height of the battle.) After 1943, it was occupied by the US 78th Fighter Group, flying P-47 and P-51 fighters to escort the bombers to their targets (or as close to their targets as fuel allowed) in Germany and occupied Europe.

We’ll discuss the moral dimension of the Combined Bomber Offensive on Tuesday; the human cost for the USAAF is evident in the nearby American cemetery. 26,000 airman of the Eighth Air Force were killed over Europe. The total number of casualties, 47,000, represented half of the entire total of USAAF casualties in the Second World War. In Bomber Command, it was even worse - 55,573 were killed, an astounding death rate of 44% of all personnel.

Today, Duxford is the home of an annex of the Imperial War Museum. I went there with a good friend from Bedford to show them around; it’s always a very good time, and today was no exception. We noticed a lot of classic cars pottering around when we got there; I later found out that it was a car meet. Essentially, we got a full gauntlet of planes, cars, tanks and artillery. All that was missing were trains and boats.

The museum is divided between three purpose-built exhibition buildings and three hangers, and stretches along the length of the airfield. I’ll admit some of the exhibitions feel a little muddled - the big AirSpace building feels like a smorgasbord of random aircraft at times. Yet a smorgasbord of random aircraft is still a collection of aircraft, and sometimes that’s exactly what you want to see. Lancasters, Vulcans and Concordes are impressive machines wherever they are. Perhaps I am simply becoming a grumpy old man before my time.

I have spoken about Duxford time and time again, but I never have difficulty coming up with highlights to bring up. There’s the He112 jet fighter being cosmetically restored in the conservation hall for example - I’m not certain I’ve ever seen one. There’s the Fairey Swordfish, the unassuming biplane torpedo bomber that crippled the Bismarck. There’s Montgomery’s M3 Grant command tank in the Land Warfare Hall, and an A10 Warthog in the American Air Museum that I swear wasn’t there before.

And there were Spitfires - lots and lots of Spitfires. I don’t think I’ve ever stopped to think about how many Spitfires there are at Duxford. I suppose you can never have too many.

It’s also worth noting that Duxford contains the regimental museums of the Parachute Regiment and the Royal Anglian Regiment. The former is particularly impressive, and somewhat impressively it dedicates a placard to the infamous Bloody Sunday of 1972, where men of 1 PARA opened fire on civilians. I imagine there’s a lot of people who would say that it’s insufficient, but it’s a start.

We grabbed McDonalds for lunch and headed back to Bedford, and I spent a quiet afternoon in. Tomorrow we’re taking the bus down to Cambridge proper, which ought to be an interesting day trip.

#imperial war museum #duxford #second world war #usaaf #eighth air force #royal air force #bomber command #british army #parachute regiment #the troubles

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More shots from Duxford.

They have one of the Concord airliners. You can go inside and marvel at how very 1960s it all is, with its pastel colours and draylon upholstery. Then you remember that it crossed the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound, complete with passengers, cargo and gallons of champagne. Why can't we do that today? Because we subsequently realised what a dumb idea it all was.

#concord #duxford #iwm #aviationlovers #aviation #aircraft #olympus omd em5 #olympuscamera #coffeemonster42

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Anna is unboxing 1:1 P-40 Warhawk #Duxford #iwmduxford #imperialwarmuseum #p40 #p40warhawk #warbird #warbirdphotography #usairforce #duxfordimperialwarmuseum (w: Duxford Imperial War Museum - Battle of Britain Air Show) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgMctDrjTTJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#duxford #iwmduxford #imperialwarmuseum #p40 #p40warhawk #warbird #warbirdphotography #usairforce #duxfordimperialwarmuseum

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R4118 at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford UK

RAF Hawker Hurricane Mk-1 R4118 G-HUPW UP-W 605 Squadron:

The only Hurricane from the Battle of Britain still airborne today, Mk1 R4118 is widely regarded as the most historic British aircraft to survive in flying condition from the Second World War. During the Battle of Britain, it flew 49 sorties from Croydon and shot down five enemy aircraft

#RAF #Hawker #Hurricane #Mk-1 #WW Fighter #Vintage aircraft #R4118 #Duxford #airplane #Historic aircraft #airshow #plane #Fighter aircraft #warbird

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Staggerwing by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: Panned shot of Beech Staggerwing N192H as it lands at Duxford, ready for the following day's air show. Aircraft: Beech D17S "Staggerwing" N192H. Location: Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire.

#Panned #pan #panning #motion #blur #slow #shutter #speed #shot #Beech #Staggerwing #N192H #land #Duxford #ready #for #following #day #airshow #1945 #1940s #air #show #heritage #civil #aviation #Aircraft #D17 #17 #D17S

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#aviation #duxford #airshow #aircraft

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1125:G-TFSI / 414251 by David Whitworth Via Flickr: TF-51D Mustang, Duxford 5-8-22

#DUXFORD #G-TFSI #414251 #flickr

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Duxford Areodrome, Cambridgeshire..

#duxford #hurricane #battle of britain #art #beauty #photography #vintage #black and white #60s style #the paradigm web #painting #abstraction #nude figure