'Carpetbagger' Aviation Museum
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'Carpetbagger' Aviation Museum
(An Unofficial Guide)

What's Here:

The museum is located at the former USAAF Station 179, home of the 492nd and 801st Bomb Groups, USAAF, which were tasked with dropping Secret Agents and supplies into enemy territory in World War Two. The main part of the museum is housed in the former group operations block, and includes a wide range of exhibits devoted to the history of the air base and of Northamptonshire in tbe war. The adjacent former paymaster's building houses the Museum of the Northamptonshire Aviation Society.

Location:

On the minor road south out of Harrington village, towards Lamport, turn right after the A14 underpass and follow the brown signs. See this location on Microsoft Live Search Maps

Opening Hours:

Weekends and Bank Holidays 10.00 am to 5.00 pm, Easter to the end of October.

Admission:

£4.00 adults, £2.00 children.

Amenities:

Toilets, Parking, Cafe, Souvenir shop, Access for the disabled.

Contacts:

'Carpetbagger' Aviation Museum, Sunny Vale Farm Nursery, off Lamport Road, Harrington, Northampton, NN6 9PF. Tel: 01604 686608. Website: Carpetbagger Aviation Museum


List of Aircraft Exhibits:

IdentityType (Real Identity)
B-163NA Harvard IIB (42-12417)
G-APWKWestland Widgeon (cockpit)


Any photographs illustrating this museum would be welcome.

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First Created: 1 September 2001 - Last Revised: 7 July 2007
Copyright © 2001 John Hayles.     e-mail: john@aeroflight.co.uk