Tangmere Archivist
Tangmere West Sussex UK
Tangmere West Sussex UK
I am the archivist at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum and part of my job is dealing with requests for information on relatives that had an association with RAF Tangmere, RAF Westhampnett and RAF Merston, all Spitfire bases at one time.
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Great pictures! Always a treat to see an old pilot next to a Spitfire! Is any more detail available about his life? ...
on: pilots, 2026-05-10 ... details Date mismatch
Date mismatch with details in Sqn diary. "24/11/1941 Notified by No 3 Delivery Flight at Hawarden, that 5 Spitfire Mk II would be delivered ...
on: aircraft, 2026-04-28 ... details Some confusion re: the history and type of AB817?
AB817 09/10/43 11/01/44 MN-Z Lost its port wing on take off, F/O Lavigne unhurt. from ...
on: aircraft, 2026-04-23 ... details
Steven that's really interesting. He was the fourth 232 Sqn pilot in a week to make the journey to Stalag Luft 3! My father was pulled in fr ...
on: pilots, 2026-03-27 ... details
I knew Ray Bellamy in the mid 70s after he had retired as Asst County Treasurer of West Sussex. He audited us and was always up for a chat. ...
on: pilots, 2026-03-25 ... details Completely Agree
It was an excellent read, and well written by the pilot himself, showing just how tough the African campaign was, the hardscrabble condition ...
on: pilots, 2026-03-21 ... details Correction
ex-RAF X4617, to Portuguese "Aeronáutica Militar" squadron XZ w/ s/n 374, and not as 174 written by mistake. ...
on: aircraft, 2026-02-23 ... details X4617 in Portugal
ex-RAF X4617, to Portuguese "Aeronáutica Militar" squadron XZ w/ s/n 174, involved in an mid-air collision w/ another ex-RAF Spitfire Mk.I ...
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