The
Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial is a large aircraft museum on the
Elvington WWII airfield near York. It has lots of exhibits and regularly has
Thunder Days
when some aircraft are powered up.
Mooch had a quick visit and then Monty took granddad Bob on a Thunder Day. There are
a lot of exhibits both outside and within the hangars & other buildings.
(23-Apr-2014 / 03-Aug-2015)
The airfield was used by the Free French Forces during WW2, and the French flag still flies.
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington](images/yam_g01_640.jpg)
On Thunder Days, and many other special days, a lot of the guides are French.
Mooch says to listen for French spoken with a Yorkshire accent!
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington](images/yam_t12_480.jpg)
Here's grandad Bob sitting below the Handley Page Halifax reconstruction. The starboard
side has French insignias and the port side has British insignias in rememberance of the
bomber "Friday the 13th".
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Halifax bomber](images/yam_h12_640.jpg)
This is a replica Messerschmitt Bf109G in the colours of the German ace Hermann Graf.
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Messerschmitt Bf109G](images/yam_h07_640.jpg)
In the airfield's control tower are an assortment of communications and meteorological exhibits.
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - control tower](images/yam_g03_640.jpg)
This is the Women's Air Service Memorial.
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Women's Air Service Memorial](images/yam_g04_640.jpg)
As well as aircraft there are several road vehicles around the site.
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - vehicles](images/yam_g08_640.jpg)
Here's Mooch on the wing of the Gloster Meteor NF14 (WS788) night fighter of 1954.
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Gloster Meteor](images/yam_o03_640.jpg)
This is a English Electric Canberra T4 (WH846) dual control bomber trainer.