Site visited many times during the 1970’s & early 1980’s by our Chairman David & his brother Gordon. The aircraft crashed at Well Farm near Dagnall a village in the parish of Edlesborough, in Buckinghamshire on the 16th January 1945
Although very little found in dense overgrown wooded area this site location now positively identified for our ever increasing comprehensive aircraft loss list, for Buckinghamshire and surrounding counties compiled since 1971. David King.
An important historical contribution undertaken in 1983 for inclusion in our aircraft preservation section. This relates to Spitfire IX MK297
A well-known celebrity had been found for the opening and a fly past was arranged for a World War 2 Dakota aircraft to make a number of fly overs during its appearance, and the necessary navigation exemption order required to enable the aircraft to fly below 500ft had been obtained.
On Sunday the 8th July 1984 the Booker Aircraft Museum was most honoured to welcome fellow aircraft enthusiast, friend and popular music superstar Gary Numan to officially open our museum.
Gary flew into booker airfield (Wycombe Air Park) in his North American Harvard war time trainer in its authentic World War 2 brown and green camouflage scheme, Gary was met near the control tower by the museum’s curator Gordon King and they were both then chauffeur driven the short distance to the museum in style, by museum member Phil Brazier in his Cadillac to a large excited crowd of fans that had gathered waiting to greet him.
Aircraft History: Hawker Hunter T Mk.53 Serial: ET-271.
This aircraft was delivered to No. 724 Squadron Royal Danish Air Force in 1958. Originally based at Aalborg but subsequently moving to Karup and finally to Skystrup in order to be closer to their operational area over the Baltic Sea.
ET271 was the first of only four two seat Hunters serving with the R.D.A.F. The other serial numbers being used were ET-272, ET-273 and ET274.
During the early 1990’s the crash site of Junkers Ju 88A-4 Wnr. 550581 was located and excavated by members of the Booker Aircraft Museum.
Martin O' Brien applied to the MOD for a Licence to excavate the crash site and In due course Martin was granted official permission. With the landowners consent the team excavated the last remains of this aircraft.
The Exhibition included detailed sections relating to the furniture industries involvement in the production of Mosquito aircraft, the Molins Company development of the automatic firing 6lb cannon fitted to some Mosquito Aircraft, Davenport Vernon & Co Ltd. Service and repair to Vickers Wellington Aircraft, the Booker Airfield war time R.A.F. activity training Glider Pilots, along with major section on High Wycombe home front activities as well as the numerous aircraft recoveries from local crash sites undertaken in the area.
In 1991 the remains of Seafire SR611 were recovered under M.O.D. Licence 749 by The Booker Aircraft Museum (Aircrew Remembrance Society)
Location: Highmoor Cross, Nettlebes, Oxon.
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