Airborne Forces Museum
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How to get there: The Airborne Forces Museum in Aldershot is now closed in preparation for relocation to IWM, Duxford and its relaunch as Airborne Assault. The Archive and Museum collections are planned to reopen in late autumn 2008. Airborne Assault will tell the story of men who go to war from the air in a modern state-of-the- art facility in the new AirSpace building. Using weapons, equipment, medals, uniforms, and multi- media techniques it will celebrate the heritage of today’s airborne soldiers. The full history of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces will be dramatically depicted, from its inception by Churchill in 1940, through actions in Africa, Sicily, Suez, Borneo, the Falklands, Iraq, to present day operations in Afghanistan. Highlights will include original WW2 briefing models from Arnhem, Normandy, Pegasus Bridge and Bruneval, a Horsa glider nose cone, heavy drop equipment and Bing the Paradog, who dropped in Operation Varsity, Crossing the Rhine in 1945. The new conservation-standard Archive, with full facilities for historians and researchers, will also be housed on the Duxford site. Airborne Assault will also house ParaData, the definitive digital database of men, units, operations, campaigns, photographs, film and memorabilia of Airborne Forces. This unique and searchable electronic archive will be accessible through touch screens and online through the internet. Additional planning and fundraising are underway for a dedicated new building featuring a History of Military Parachuting and an Activity Zone. This will enable the general public to experience the basic equipment and techniques of military parachute training. Parachute Regiment, Airborne Forces, Glider Pilot Regiment Opening Hours: |
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