Museum Exhibits
The Museum is packed full of artefacts, models, weapons, uniforms, photographs, aircraft archaeology, aero engines and literature -we do not want to spoil your visit for you but we have highlighted some of our exhibits and displays in the list below.
Our exhibits chart not only the history of Sywell Aerodrome but also that of aviation in Northamptonshire as a whole through war and peace.
Our major exhibits include the following:
- The Hardwick Wellington Hercules engine
- The Ketton Defiant archaeological display
- The Blakesley B-17s archaeological display
- Mission 48 archaeological display
- de Havilland Vampire T.11 nose section
- de Havilland Chipmunk cockpit
- Slingsby T.38 Grasshopper glider
- de Havilland Tiger Moth cockpit
- The Rushden P-38
- The Rothersthorpe Boston
- Wartime Kitchen and Anderson Shelter
- 1943 Mercury Bomb Tractor, bomb trolley with 500lb, 1000lb bombs and 1000lb target indicator
- Home Front display
- RAF Sywell display
- Airfield Defence
- 6 Elementary Flying Training School -Sywell exhbition
- Brooklands Aviation (Sywell) display)
- A History of Sywell Aerodrome
- The Great War in the Air 1914-1918 with section on local 'ace' Major Mick Mannock VC
- Aircraft Recognition in WW2
- Recreation of Avro Lancaster Bomber Wireless Operator's position
- Aero engines on show include Bristol Hercules, Rolls Royce Merlin, Pratt & Whitney Wasp and Lycoming O320
- USAAF Room
- Special 305th Bomb Group USAAF display - Chelveston
- 315th Troop Carrier Group USAAF display - Spanhoe
- B-17 Cheek Gunner's position.
- WW2 Link Trainer & exhibition
- Home Guard at Sywell Display including gun pit and checkpoint
- The Story of the Bombing of Wellingborough including German 500kg bomb
- Extensive aircraft ordnance displays from Zeppelin bombs dropped on Northamptonshire to air to ground rockets and supersonic Firestreak and Sidewinder missiles.
- 20th Fighter Group USAAF display
- Luftwaffe/POW display hall
- USAAF airmans billet
- Willys Jeep
- Fordson Major tractor (used at Sywell!)
