On the park
The story of RAF Kings Cliffe, the wartime fighter station whose ground the park now stands on.
Open days and events
The museum sits beside The Command Post. Opening times, events and visits are arranged by the museum team, and announced on their Facebook page.
Museum on FacebookBeneath the woodland
RAF Kings Cliffe opened in October 1941 as a satellite to RAF Wittering. By the middle of the war it had become an American fighter station, the most northerly and furthest west of them all, and the sound overhead was P-38 Lightnings and, later, P-51 Mustangs.
The runways came up in 1959 and the land went back to farming. The museum, a few steps from The Command Post, keeps the story of the people who flew from here.
A short history
Built as a satellite to RAF Wittering. RAF fighter squadrons fly from here for the next two years.
Kings Cliffe becomes an American fighter station, the most northerly and furthest west of the Eighth Air Force.
Flying P-38 Lightnings, and later P-51 Mustangs, they stay until the end of the war.
His last airfield concert is given in the hangar here, ten weeks before he disappears over the Channel.
The land is sold and returns to agriculture. The runway outlines and the control tower survive.
A volunteer team opens the museum on the old airfield, beside The Command Post.
The museum
The museum is looked after by its own volunteer team, in a small building beside the bistro and shop.
Opening times, events and visits are arranged by the museum team directly, and their Facebook page carries the latest.
Museum on FacebookLakes, walks, the bistro and shop, and fifty-six lodges in the woodland.
