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	Welcome to the Imperial War Museum
		The wars of the twentieth century have affected each and every one of us in some way, and the Imperial War Museum is here to tell all our stories, covering all aspects of life in wartime.
		The Churchill Museum is the first national museum dedicated to Sir Winston Churchill. It is housed in the unique setting of the Cabinet War Rooms, the underground complex where Churchill and his government met as bombs rained down on London in 1940.
		War memorials are a familiar sight in the landscape of the UK (United Kingdom). They provide insight into not only the changing face of commemoration but also military history, social history and art history.
	www.iwm.org.uk (348 words)

	Imperial War Museum Duxford on AboutBritain.com
		Duxford is a world-renowned heritage complex which has exhibits covering aviation, historic aircraft, dramatic land warfare displays, air shows and special events, modern history, conservation, education and maritime exhibits.
		Duxford is one of the largest centres for aircraft restoration in the world, visitors can watch this important and skilled work in progress close up.
		Although Duxford is best known for its aircraft, the museum's Land Warfare collection is one of the finest in the country.
	www.aboutbritain.com /ImperialWarMuseumDuxford.htm (633 words)

	BBC - Cambridgeshire Out & About - D-Day Anniversary Air Show and Events at Imperial War Museum Duxford
		The Imperial War Museum Duxford is delighted to announce that, following some very generous donations from members of the public which have been added to the Museum's own subsidy, veterans of the Normandy campaign will now be able to enjoy the D-Day air show at Duxford for free.
		Duxford's Director Ted Inman said: "We are delighted that members of the public have joined with the Museum in the provision of VIP treatment and hospitality for our Normandy veterans.
		Duxford's 78th Fighter Group played an important role in providing air support on D-Day and after, and it is appropriate that the Museum's first air show of the 2004 season is dedicated to the memory of those poignant events 60 years ago.
	www.bbc.co.uk /cambridgeshire/out_about/2004/05/duxford_dday.shtml (846 words)

	Imperial War Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Imperial War Museum is a museum in London featuring military vehicles, weapons, war memorabilia, a library, a photographic archive, and an art collection of 20th century and later conflicts, especially those involving Britain, and the British Empire.
		Fragment of the Berlin Wall, in the grounds of the Imperial War Museum.
		The Museum was founded there in 1917 to commemorate those who had died in World War I (which was still being fought at the time).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Imperial_War_Museum (583 words)

	Imperial War Museum
		The Imperial War Museum is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present day.
		The Cabinet War Rooms were visited by Winston Churchill Shortly after he become Prime Minister in May 1940, to see for himself what preparations had been made to allow him and his War Cabinet to continue working throughout the expected air raids on London.
		Duxford is Europe's premier aviation museum - as well as having one of the finest collections of tanks, military vehicles and naval exhibits in the country.
	www.infomat.net /infomat/rd741/rd1/database/imperial_war_museum/index.asp (556 words)

	VP-Travel Vacation Packages - Around Cambridge The Imperial War Museum At Duxford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Throughout World War II, East Anglia was a centre of operations for the RAF and the USAF, with the flat, unobstructed landscape dotted by dozens of airfields.
		Duxford itself was a Battle of Britain station, equipped with Spitfires, and there's a reconstructed Operations Room in one of the control towers.
		In total, Duxford holds over 150 historic aircraft, a wide-ranging collection of civil and military planes from the Sunderland flying boat to Concorde and the Vulcan B2 bombers, which were used for the first and last time in the Falklands; the Spitfires remain the most enduringly popular.
	www.vp-travel.com /travel_england/travel_cambridge_england/around_cambridge_the_imperial_war_museum_at_duxford.html (269 words)

	Museums in Epping \| Duxford Imperial War Museum
		Today Duxford is the centre for historic aviation with many of its wartime buildings, such as the Control Tower, Operations Room and hangars still in use and retaining their 1940s atmosphere.
		Duxford's award-winning American Air Museum was designed by Lord Foster and officially opened in August 1997 by Her Majesty The Queen.
		The museum is housed in the former RAF North Weald Station Office.
	www.stayinepping.co.uk /local-museums.htm (454 words)

	Imperial War Museum - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The original location of the Imperial War Museum was the Crystal Palace, located at the top of Sydenham Hill.
		The museum was founded there in 1917 to commemorate those who died during the First World War.
		The museum concentrates on conflicts of the 20th century and later.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Imperial_War_Museum (215 words)

	SVVS Visit to The Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
		Following a successful coach trip to visit the Enigma museum at Bletchley Park, this year's journey took us to the Imperial War Museum's aviation collection at Duxford, a former World War II fighter station, near Cambridge.
		Hanger Two contained a collection of World War II fighters many of which were airworthy and put in appearances at air shows across the country.
		The most impressive building on the airfield has to be the award winning American museum that was opened in 1998 as a memorial to all those airmen from the U.S. who lost their lives during the last war.
	www.svvs.org /duxford3.shtml (969 words)

	Airshow Venues - Duxford
		Duxford's fighters were frequently scrambled against the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain.
		The Imperial War Museum is delighted to announce that it will be welcoming one of the largest gatherings of Second World War Royal Air Force veterans at its Spitfire Anniversary Air Show on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 September.
		Says Tracey Woods, Duxford’s Marketing and PR Manager: “The Imperial War Museum Duxford is delighted to be welcoming so many veterans to the show, many of whom have been involved with the Spitfire from its inception, design, development and career.
	www.militaryairshows.co.uk /ven2.htm (2642 words)

	Duxford
		An excellent collection of flying examples and museum aircraft from WW2 belonging to or on loan to the Imperial War Musem, the Duxford Aviation Society and private owners.
		Duxford is a preserved Battle of Britain fighter station, with original hangers dating from WW1.
		A major attraction at Duxford is the striking building housing the American Museum to commerate the wartime 8th US Army Air Force which was based in East Anglia.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/john_hopkinson/Duxford.htm (370 words)

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		The Museum stands on 15 acres of the historic former Hendon Aerodrome at RAF Hendon, one of the oldest aviation centres in the country.
		The museum is a memorial to all those who have served, and those who died, in New Zealand and allied flying missions.
		This museum is a treasure- trove of aviation.
	www.geocities.com /eepohsan/airmuseum.html (575 words)

	American Air Museum Duxford by Foster
		The American Air Museum is a self-contained gallery or hangar within the broader aviation museum that the UK's Imperial War Museum runs at Duxford, a former Royal Air Force (and United States Air Force) fighter station.
		The American Air Museum is open to the public as part of the Imperial War Museum Duxford.
		The museum is on the A505 immediately to the west of the M11 motorway at exit 10, about eight miles south of Cambridge.
	www.galinsky.com /buildings/duxford/index.htm (336 words)

	Imperial War Museum, London
		The Imperial War Museum, covering the history of the two World Wars up to the Gulf War, was founded in 1920 and moved to its present premises in the Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, Lambeth, in 1936.
		External sites belonging to the museum are HMS Belfast, the Cabinet War Rooms and the aircraft museum at Duxford near Cambridge.
		The hub of the museum is the large exhibition hall housing aircraft, tanks and artillery from the two World Wars.
	www.planetware.com /london/imperial-war-museum-eng-l-iwm.htm (313 words)

	Royal Anglian Regiment Museum
		The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum is situated in the Land Warfare Hall at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
		Duxford is just south of Cambridge on Junction 10 of the M11 motorway.
		Although best known for its 180 historic aircraft, Duxford's seven acres of indoor exhibition space include one of the finest collections of tanks and military vehicles in the country and a range of exhibitions.
	www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk /visit.html (162 words)

	Imperial War Museum at Duxford
		If your Significant Other will only let you visit one aviation museum then you're probably better off going to the Royal Air Force museum at Hendon, which is conveniently located in North London and has a somewhat superior collection of aircraft.
		However, if you have the time to get up to Duxford, which is near Cambridge, then not only can you visit Cambridge, but if you time things right then you can visit the Imperial War Museum and see one of the airshows at Duxford.
		Duxford has an excellent selection of aircraft, including quite a few which you won't see at Hendon; however, Hendon definitely has better facilities than Duxford.
	www.richard-seaman.com /Aircraft/Museums/Duxford (305 words)

	Cybermodeler Online - Imperial War Museum at RAF Duxford
		A ‘living’ museum is one where not only a large portion of the collection is still airworthy, these aircraft are regularly maintained and flown.
		But there is one museum that dwarfs all of these – the Imperial War Museum at the site of the former RAF Duxford airfield.
		After the war, Duxford continued to serve the RAF as a home for units operating the Gloster Meteor and Gloster Javelin before ceasing flight operations in 1961.
	www.cybermodeler.com /museum/duxford/duxford.shtml (1217 words)

	Imperial War Museum, Duxford
		The former Battle of Britain fighter airfield at Duxford is now home to one of the world's largest collections of preserved military and civil aircraft.
		The military aircraft come from the Imperial War Museum's extensive collection while the civil airliners belong to the Duxford Aviation Society.
		Duxford Airfield, Junction 10 of the M11, south of Cambridge.
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /mus/uk/duxford/duxfordmus.htm (359 words)

	HOK Imperial War Museum Visitor Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The new Visitor Centre at the Imperial War Museum Duxford will become a focal point for those entering the Museum.
		The construction of the canopy echoes the aircraft construction use of a framed structure clad at the edges with riveted folded metal sheets, the visible structure is illuminated at night.
		The building was converted from the original armory and has many of the internal services exposed to create a feeling of a ‘living, working building’.
	www.hok.com /Projects/SelectedProjects/fc1aa785-c831-20be-435d-e0eff6d2b16a/Imperial_War_Museum_Visitor_Centre_DotComWeb.htm?sort=Alpha (237 words)

	Imperial War Museum Duxford - Icons of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Duxford is Europe’s premier aviation museum – it also has one of the finest collections of tanks, military vehicles and Naval exhibits in the country.
		The site began as an airfield in the first world war and also played a vital role in the second world war.
		The British Aircraft Collection at the museum shows how Britain has played a major role in the field of aircraft design and construction.
	www.icons.org.uk /theicons/icons-atlas/east/imperial-war-museum (138 words)

	Imperial War Museum North
		The British Imperial War Museum is actually a set of museums all dealing with various aspects of 20th century warfare that involved Britain and the Commonwealth.
		There are two windowless exhibition halls inside the museum occupying roughly the eastern half of the building (the rest of the space is presumably mostly storage, research and office space).
		The Museum from the south (the overlap in the photo between the sign on the right and the restaurant was deliberate although obviously a mistake in hindsight).
	www.bouletfermat.com /danny/iwmn.html (898 words)

	Airborne Assault Duxford
		Go to The Duxford Plan page to view drawings of the proposed interior of the Museum and an artists’ impression of the finished building.
		Locating the new Museum on the same site as the Imperial War Museum Duxford will provide mutual benefits for both visitor attractions.
		Easily accessible, just south of Cambridge at Junction 10 on the M11, the Imperial War Museum Duxford currently attracts over 420,000 visitors a year and is Europe’s premier aviation museum, displaying some 200 aircraft and one of the finest collections of tanks, military vehicles and artillery.
	www.airborneassault-duxford.com /index2.htm (210 words)

	Aircraft Restoration by SkySport Engineering
		The tailplane, undercarriage and fin were renovated for DAS Trading at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
		The tailplane of the prototype Mosquito was restored for the DH Mosquito Museum.
		One of the engine powerplant assemblies for the B24 Liberator was renovated for the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.
	www.skysportengineering.co.uk /museum.htm (350 words)

	Imperial War Museum Duxford, an Attraction in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Search for Cambridgeshire Attractions.
		Imperial War Museum Duxford, an Attraction in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
		A former Second World War RAF and USAF base, the Imperial War Museum Duxford is Europe’s premier aviation museum with many original buildings, such as the Control Tower and hangars still in use.
		Imperial War Museum Duxford is in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
	www.information-britain.co.uk /showPlace.cfm?Place_ID=3911 (512 words)

	Duxford Aircraft Museum - Imperial War Museum, Duxford
		During WWII Duxford was one of the most important air bases in Britain, and planes flying from here played a major role in the Battle of Britain.
		Today Duxford houses the largest collection of historic aircraft in Europe, ranging from WWI vintage biplanes to Spitfires, Concorde and Gulf War jets.
		Duxford frequently hosts airshows and special events throughout the year.
	www.britainexpress.com /counties/cambridgeshire/museums/duxford.htm (196 words)

	Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airfield - See the air displays and stay at Duxford Lodge Hotel, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, ...
		The Imperial War Museum is situated on the other side of the M11 just a few minutes drive away.
		The Imperial War Museum is open all year round, with the exception of 24th, 25th, and 26th December but the highlights of the year are their now world famous air days.
		Instead of joining the queues of traffic heading home at the end of a fruitful day, you could enjoy our offering of post air show suppers which are available from 6pm.
	www.duxfordlodgehotel.co.uk /imperialwarmuseum.htm (159 words)

	Duxford - Imperial War Museum - Scramble
		This part of the Imperial War Museum is situated on the historic airfield of Duxford, which was used both by the RAF and USAF in the Second World War.
		In the hangars of Duxford several companies that overhaul or own warbirds are situated (e.g.
		Apart from many aircraft that represent the history of British military aviation (like the name of the museum suggests) many civil airliners can also be found at the IWM at Duxford.
	www.scramble.nl /wiki/index.php?title=Duxford,_Imperial_War_Museum (189 words)

	Imperial War Museum Duxford - Outside Exhibits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		These photographs were taken at Duxford Air Shows in September 2002 and July 2003, which explains the different weather conditions.
		The military aircraft are maintained by the Imperial War Museum and the Civil Aircraft, like many in Hangar 1, by the Duxford Aviation Society, who do an excellent job maintaining an impressive collection.
		The V1, unlike the example in Hangar 4, is a replica but the launching ramp is original - it was restored at Duxford in the 1980's and is a composite of serveral ramps brought over to England for assessment after the end of World War 2.
	www.airmuseumsuk.org /museum/IWMDuxford/outside/index.htm (170 words)

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