Imperial War Museum Duxford

Imperial War Museum Duxford Review

Europe's leading aviation museum houses a remarkable collection of 180 aircraft from Europe and the United States. The former airfield is effectively a complex of several museums under one banner. The Land Warfare Hall features tanks and other military vehicles. The striking American Air Museum, honoring the 30,000 Americans killed in action flying from Britain during World War II, contains the largest display of American fighter planes outside the U.S. AirSpace contains a vast array of military and civil aircraft in a 3-acre hangar. Directly underneath is the Airborne Assault Museum, which chronicles the history of airborne forces, such as the British Parachute Regiment, which played a pivotal role in the Normandy Landings. There are also hangars where you can watch restoration work on World War II planes and exhibitions on maritime warfare and the Battle of Britain.