Scampton, Lincolnshire: The “Museum of RAF Firefighting” today announced a new partnership with Scampton Holdings Ltd, the company that will bid for the RAF Scampton site following news of the disposal by the MoD. This partnership will secure the future of the Museum...

In an effort to represent the seafaring veterans among the Museum of RAF Firefighting volunteers, this week marked the 80th Anniversary of the first Arctic Convoy sailings during WW2. Not to be mistaken with the Atlantic Convoys, these journeys north, to the ports of...

The first week in August marked a last and first in the RAF history books. Sadly, the RAF marked the return of the E-3 Sentry from its last operational flights supporting Op SHADER over Iraq, Syria and the Queen Elizabeth Carrier. This brings an end to over 30 years...

This week marks another evolution of the RAF with the formation of UK Space Command at RAF High Wycombe and the International Bomber Command Centre marking the memory of our forebears by launching the first International Bomber Command Day on the 29th of July. This...

The second day of the Classic Land Rover Gathering at Skillington may have started a bit quieter for the team compared to yesterday but spirits were just as high. Visitor levels started to pickup as the morning progressed and by lunchtime, we were back up to hosting...

Today the team set off at the crack of sparrows to make sure they got to Skillington in time for setup and to allow for any vehicle associated delays. Of course, as we had allowed for the time, the vehicles behaved impeccably and did not miss a beat the whole way down...

Bomber Command formed 85 years ago this week and our friends at the International Bomber Command Centre marked the occasion with a commemorative service and a flyover from the BBMF's Dakota. Being situated in Bomber County, a.k.a Lincolnshire, our volunteers are never...

For the lucky among you, last week also saw a significant anniversary marked by a spectacular flypast by 10 aircraft across England – 50 years of the Puma Helicopter in the RAF. An impressive milestone considering most helicopters want to shake themselves to pieces...

July 1991 marked the arrival of the E-3 Sentry into the inventory of the RAF and commencement of operations at RAF Waddington, where the aircraft have now graced Lincolnshire skies for 30 years. According to RAF Waddington's Facebook page, it is now the longest served...

This year's Armed Forces Day has seen the team reassemble at Scunthorpe to continue the massive job of adding each artifact and asset to the museum inventory. As the picture suggests, this was a brain intensive task and, as with all repacking activity, head scratching...

Museum of RAF Firefighting Volunteers and Veterans Rally Together to Secure the Sole Surviving 1945 Fordson WOT 1 “45 Monitor” – But We Need Your Help! The Museum of RAF Firefighting are proud to announce that the volunteers and Veterans of the museum have rallied...

Whilst some of the country are undoubtedly nursing some monstrous hangovers from last nights Scotland vs England Derby in the Euros, a small part of the Fire Museum team lined up at Scunthorpe to take on the latest round of tasks that had been identified since last...

We are delighted to be in the position to announce it is the Museum's intention to attend a few select shows during the Summer in and around Lincolnshire. Although we are in storage it still imperative to keep the name of the museum out in the public domain and we...

This weekend's work started off with the unexpected delivery of pictures, magazines, national service pin and patches from the Gosnall family after Albert's recent passing. The museum were very grateful to receive the items which were forwarded on and they have been...

This weekend marks 70 years since the first flight across the North Pole in a single engine aircraft by Capt. Charles Blair (USAF). The plane in question was the venerable P51 Mustang which flew the 3,375 miles from Bardavoss, Norway to Fairbanks, Alaska in 10 hours...

This November a team of fundraisers are looking to put on a great event at the Irish Centre in Leeds. It looks to be a great chance to get together with mates, raise a few glasses whilst listening to live music and support two great causes - The Brain Tumour Trust and...

The Museum of RAF Firefighting recently received a much needed cash injection of nearly £700 from the numerous donations that our generous supporters had given to the museum via PayPal Giving Fund. By using PayPal Giving Fund, all of the money donated to us lands...

With the Boss ordered off duty this week by O.C Home Affairs for family celebrations, the rest of us gathered at the 3 different locations to continue the museum’s work. As expected, there was a marked increase in productivity and tea breaks were at an all-time low!...

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In recent months the Museum of RAF Firefighting has utilised zoom to host meetings amongst its members to keep everyone updated with progress of the move and other museum news. This has now expanded into "The Crashline," a montly zoom call exclusively for MOD...

Eighty years ago today, Frank Whittle’s Gloucester E roared into the skies at RAF College Cranwell in a quest to prove that jet power would out-perform the propeller driven planes of the time - a view that RAF top brass or the Air Ministry did not share. Like...

With the monumental task of moving the museum into storage finally behind us, the team are now moving to the next phase of consolidating, cataloguing, and preserving the collection should the chance to re-open present itself. Whilst this looks like a simple task, in...

I’m afraid that due to circumstances beyond our control, our plans to set up a new Museum on the outskirts of Alford have fallen through and as such, the Museum, is once again, searching for a new home. Clearly this is very disappointing for everyone but it is what it...