American Air Museum
American Air Museum is a museum in Triplow, South Cambridgeshire District, England. American Air Museum is situated nearby to the aircraft BAC 1-11, as well as near the fire station Duxford Aerodrome Fire Service.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum at Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “American Air Museum Duxford”, “American Air Museum in Britain”, and “American Air Museum, including ‘Counting the Cost’ war memorial”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Imperial War Museum Duxford and Duxford Aerodrome.
Imperial War Museum Duxford
Museum
Photo: Dr Richard Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Imperial War Museum Duxford, also known as IWM Duxford or simply Duxford, is a branch of the Imperial War Museum near Duxford in Cambridgeshire, England. Imperial War Museum Duxford is situated 1,100 feet east of American Air Museum.
Duxford Aerodrome
Aerodrome
Duxford Aerodrome is located 8 nautical miles south of Cambridge, within the civil parish of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England and nearly 1-mile west of the village.
Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum
Museum
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Airborne Assault – The Museum of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces is based at Duxford in Cambridgeshire and tells the story of the Parachute Regiment and other airborne forces. Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum is situated 2,000 feet northeast of American Air Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thriplow and Duxford.
Thriplow
Village
Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thriplow is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, 8 miles south of Cambridge. The village also gives its name to a former Cambridgeshire hundred.
Duxford
Photo: Alan Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Duxford is a small village in the English county of Cambridgeshire, approximately 8 miles south of Cambridge. It is probably best known as the location of a Second World War British and American airfield, today serving as an important branch of the Imperial War Museum.
Whittlesford
Village
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whittlesford is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, and also the name of an old hundred. The village is situated on the Granta branch of the River Cam, seven miles south of Cambridge. Whittlesford Parkway railway station serves the village. Whittlesford is situated 1½ miles northeast of American Air Museum.
American Air Museum
- Categories: museum building, building, tourism, hangar, and tourist attraction
- Location: Triplow, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.09249° or 52° 5′ 33″ northLongitude
0.12579° or 0° 7′ 33″ eastOperator
Imperial War MuseumsOpen location code
9F4234RG+X8OpenStreetMap ID
way 22001422OpenStreetMap feature
building=hangarOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q99363004
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