Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial
The Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial is an aviation museum in Elvington, York, England, on the site of the former RAF Elvington airfield, a Second World War RAF Bomber Command station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Airfield
- Description: aviation museum in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Yorkshire Air Museum” and “Yorkshire Air Museum and Allied Air Forces Memorial”
Places of Interest
Highlights include RAF Elvington and St Helen’s Church, Wheldrake.
RAF Elvington
Aerodrome
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Air Force Elvington or more simply RAF Elvington is a former Royal Air Force satellite station which operated from the beginning of the Second World War until 1992 located at Elvington, Yorkshire, England.
St Helen’s Church, Wheldrake
Church
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Helen's Church is the parish church in Wheldrake, a village in the rural south-eastern part of the City of York, in England. The oldest part of the church is the tower, which dates from the 14th century, but was rebuilt in the 15th century, with larger stones. St Helen’s Church, Wheldrake is situated 2 miles south of Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elvington and Wheldrake.
Elvington
Village
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Elvington is a village and civil parish in the City of York, lying approximately 7 miles south-east of York, England, on the B1228 York-Howden road. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,212, it increased to 1,239 at the 2011 Census. Elvington is situated 2 miles east of Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial.
Wheldrake
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wheldrake is a village and civil parish located 7 miles south-east of York in the unitary authority of the City of York, which is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Wheldrake is situated 2 miles south of Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial.
Grimston
Hamlet
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Grimston is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dunnington, in the York district, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is 3 miles east of York city centre. Grimston is situated 2½ miles northwest of Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial.
Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial
- Categories: aviation museum and transportation
- Location: Elvington, York, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Yorkshire Air Museum”
- Japanese: “ヨークシャー航空博物館・同盟空軍記念館”
- Japanese: “ヨークシャー航空博物館”
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