Station briefing
About this museum
Ridgewell was Essex's only long-serving B-17 base (381st BG); the commemorative museum in the old hospital site does jeep rides on event days and bacon rolls always.
Sortie notes
Second Sunday of the month, Mar–Oct.
“A lovely museum operated by a dedicated group of volunteers.”— Jill, 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 last verified 2026-07-18: source 1 · source 2. Aircraft move between sites; report corrections to the compiler.
Visit
Location & contact
- Address
- Oaker Bridge, Halstead CO9 4RG
- Phone
- 07592 919820
- Website
- www.ridgewellairfieldmuseum.com/
- Gazetteer
- EA-25 on the situation map