{"id":18664,"date":"2019-10-05T19:07:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T17:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=18664"},"modified":"2025-03-29T22:20:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T20:20:02","slug":"seething-control-tower-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/seething-control-tower-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Seething Control Tower Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Seething Control Tower Museum<\/strong> is located at the <strong>former RAF Seething<\/strong> airfield, near <strong>Norwich<\/strong>, in Norfolk, England. This museum is dedicated to preserving the history of RAF Seething and the significant role it played during <strong>World War II<\/strong>, particularly as a base for <strong>American bomber crews<\/strong>. The museum focuses on the <strong>airfield\u2019s history<\/strong>, the <strong>control tower<\/strong>, and the experiences of the airmen and ground crew who served there, with a specific emphasis on the <strong>8th Air Force<\/strong> and its strategic bombing missions over Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Seething Control Tower Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toad Lane<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seething<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Norfolk NR15 1AL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2015\/05\/30\/united-kingdom\/\" rel=\"noopener\">United Kingdom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/448bombgroup.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/448bombgroup.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:info@448bombgroup.co.uk\">info@448bombgroup.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open first Sunday of the month, May to October from 10:00 &#8211; 16:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Seething-Airfield-Control-Tower-Museum-122189485089517\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-922\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook\" class=\"wp-image-922\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d155419.7402703697!2d1.2495215750081479!3d52.50749453715589!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x47d9f1c286511691%3A0xcf926c1dffa15036!2sSeething%20Control%20Tower%20Museum!5e0!3m2!1snl!2snl!4v1743279492797!5m2!1snl!2snl\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/seething-control-tower-museum\/seething-control-tower-museum\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18665\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seething-Control-Tower-Museum.jpg\" alt=\"Seething Control Tower Museum\" class=\"wp-image-18665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seething-Control-Tower-Museum.jpg 640w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seething-Control-Tower-Museum-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seething-Control-Tower-Museum-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seething-Control-Tower-Museum-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Seething Control Tower Museum<\/strong> is housed in the restored <strong>Control Tower<\/strong> of the former RAF Seething. This airfield was home to the 448th Bomb Group of the United States Air Force and was given the identification Station 146.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Displays in the buildings include uniforms and equipment from the war time period and information on the airfield and operations of the <strong>448th Bombardment Group<\/strong> (Heavy). In addition various remains subsequently recovered since that time, aviation models and a growing collection of WW2 civilian artefacts from the local area. It also contains the 448th Bombardment Group (Heavy) collection covering original photographs and the stories of many of the airmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seething Control Tower Museum is located at the former RAF Seething airfield, near Norwich, in Norfolk, England. 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