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Liberation Route Europe and Bawdsey Radar Trust

 

    

 

The Bawdsey Radar Trust is collaborating with Liberation Route Europe (LRE)  (www.liberationeurope.com), a project of the LRE Foundation, a network organization that shares a mission to preserve and promote the history and heritage of the Second World War with a focus on remembrance and education.

The LRE is a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe that connects people, places, and events to mark Europe’s Liberation from occupation during World War II and to reflect on the long-lasting consequences and history of the war through a multi-national, multi perspective approach.

The LRE is a developing network of trails which can be hiked, walked or cycled. These routes cross nine European countries stretching nearly 10,000km and pass numerous historical locations.  Markers are situated along the routes which honour the people, places and their stories of the conflict.

The Foundation’s British branch, LRE UK www.lre-uk.org, was founded in 2020 and the aim is also to develop LRE routes in the UK that showcase various airfields, camps and other historic locations that played a role in the Allied preparations for the liberation of Europe. A second major aim will be to tell the stories of the British civilian experience during the war.

The Bawdsey Radar Trust is delighted to be involved in collaborating with this project which preserves the memory of important events as well as increasing common knowledge about the role of radar from its early development to all its subsequent uses during and after World War II.

Parham Airfield Museum

Parham Airfield Museum (www.parhamairfieldmuseum.co.uk) is just half an hour’s drive (18 miles) from the Transmitter Block at Bawdsey and is near the historic town of Framlingham.  The museum comprises the 390th Bomb Group (H) Memorial Air Museum and the Museum of the British Resistance Organisation.

The 390th Bomb Group museum is a tribute to the airmen who flew the B17 “Flying Fortress”  from Framlingham, of whom 743 were killed or Missing in Action and the 740 who became prisoners of war.

The Museum of the British Resistance Organisation tells the story of the men and women who formed a “Secret Army” ready to fight a guerrilla war had this country been invaded.

Admission to the museums is free.

“Such a hidden gem.  Well worth a visit”. 

Parham Airfield Museum is, like Bawdsey’s museum, part of Liberation Route Europe  (www.liberationeurope.com, www.lre-uk.org), which is a network of museums, organisations and locations in nine countries across Europe, that highlight the history and heritage of the Second World War and which focuses on remembrance and education.

PastScape

The information on PastScape is derived from the National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) which holds records on the architectural and archaeological heritage of England.

The NRHE contains over 420,000 records of archaeological sites and buildings in England and its territorial waters. The record is very broad in scope and contains information on sites dating from prehistoric times to the modern period, from finds of early stone tools to contemporary architecture, from Roman roads to disused railways and 19th century shipwrecks.

PastScape – The National Record of the Historic Environment.

Historic Environment Scotland

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) and Historic Scotland merged in 2015 to become Historic Environment Scotland. Collections have been developing since the organisation was established in 1908. From the earliest years, staff prepared drawings or took photographs and people regularly gifted material to help with the creation of the ‘inventory’ of monuments. RCAHMS now holds over 5 million drawings, photographs, negatives and manuscripts relating to Scotland’s archaeology, buildings and maritime heritage, and, through the National Collection of Aerial Photography, over 20 million aerial images of locations around the world.

Historic Environment Scotland

Sub Brit

Subterranea Britannica is a UK-based society for all those interested in man-made and man-used underground structures and space. Founded in 1974, the society has grown to over a thousand members. Our interests cover all manner of underground sites, from Neolithic flint mines to nuclear bunkers. Some can be easily visited, others require more specialist training or equipment; some, sadly, no longer exist.

http://www.subbrit.org.uk

IWM Duxford

IWM Duxford is Britain’s best-preserved Second World War airfield, with a fascinating history that dates back to the First World War. Its story reflects the landmark achievements made in aviation history.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford

RAF Air Defence Radar Museum

The Museum provides a focal point for the heritage associated with the air defence of the United Kingdom and in particular all elements of the command and control (C²) organisation associated with it. This once secret world has a substantial amount to offer the general public so why not visit us for a great day out? Over 6,000 a year do!

http://www.radarmuseum.co.uk/

 

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