{"id":3776,"date":"2016-03-06T18:21:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T16:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=3776"},"modified":"2025-03-23T20:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T18:36:19","slug":"thameside-aviation-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/thameside-aviation-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Thameside Aviation Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <span class=\"txt\"><strong>Thameside Aviation Museum<\/strong><\/span> at <strong>Tilbury<\/strong> showcases a wide variety of aviation-related artifacts, including parts recovered from <strong>aircraft crash sites<\/strong>, <strong>uniforms, badges<\/strong>, and other memorabilia. Many items are linked to World War II aircraft, highlighting the role of the <strong>Thames Estuary<\/strong> in the defense of Britain during the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"txt\"><strong>Thameside Aviation Museum<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"txt\">Coalhouse Fort<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">Princess Margaret Road<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">Tilbury RM18 8PB<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2015\/05\/30\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.aviationmuseum.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:info@aviationmuseum.co.uk\">info@aviationmuseum.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opening Times:<\/strong> Typically open on select days or by appointment. It\u2019s a good idea to contact the museum in advance to confirm availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Admission fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d318091.22867162613!2d0.1548039125841974!3d51.46512400000002!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x3f38c388f8d15b91!2sCoalhouse+Fort!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1457281190062\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/thameside-aviation-museum\/thameside-aviation-museum-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3777\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Thameside-Aviation-Museum.jpg\" alt=\"Thameside Aviation Museum\" class=\"wp-image-3777\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>WG471<p><\/p>\n<p>G-ADXS<\/p>\n<p>XM692<\/p>\n<p>0446<\/p><\/td><td>de Havilland Chipmunk T.10 (fuselage)<p><\/p>\n<p>Flying Flea<\/p>\n<p>Folland Gnat (cockpit)<\/p>\n<p>Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM (cockpit)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aircraft Crash Site Finds:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A significant portion of the <span class=\"txt\"><strong>Thameside Aviation Museum<\/strong><\/span>&#8216;s collection is centered on crash site recoveries, with stories detailing the fate of the aircraft and their crews.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Items include engines, propellers, and fuselage fragments, often displayed alongside historical narratives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Historical Focus:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <span class=\"txt\"><strong>Thameside Aviation Museum<\/strong><\/span> provides a window into the impact of aviation on the local area during wartime and the contribution of various aircraft types to military operations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It also delves into the lives of pilots and crews, commemorating their service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Thameside Aviation Museum at Tilbury showcases a wide variety of aviation-related artifacts, including parts recovered from aircraft crash sites, uniforms, badges, and other memorabilia&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3776","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3776"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35126,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3776\/revisions\/35126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}