Station briefing
About this museum
Thurleigh's 306th BG museum — the group that flew the first US heavy-bomber raid from England and inspired 'Twelve O'Clock High' — free entry, free coffee, in the old small-arms ammo store.
Sortie notes
Seasonal weekends; enter past the business-park security gate, persevere.
“Fantastic museum crammed full of fascinating original WW2 era artefacts.”— Remo, visitor report
Order of battle
Airframe checklist
No preserved airframes are on public display here.
This is an aviation-history, memorial or archive collection rather than an aircraft collection.
Inventory researched 2026-07-18: source 1 · source 2. Aircraft move between sites; report corrections to the compiler.
Visit
Location & contact
- Address
- 306th Bombardment Group Museum Thurleigh Airfield Business Park, Bedford MK44 2YP
- Website
- www.306bg.co.uk/
- Gazetteer
- EA-21 on the situation map