The Eighth Air Force's aircraft carrier. East Anglia was so thick with bomber airfields that a B-17 navigator could barely get lost; today almost every one has a volunteer-run control-tower museum, and the region bookends them with Duxford at one end and the Shuttleworth Collection at the other.
This regional hub lists every gazetteer station in East of England with entry prices and airframe counts. Use Start here for the collections that draw the most search demand, then open any museum page for opening times, tickets, inventory and visitor notes. Cross-check the best aviation museums guide or the 2026 airshow calendar if you are planning a weekend.
Command EA · 37 stations · last verified 2026-08-09. Figures are gazetteer survey snapshots — confirm hours before travel.
The most-asked-about collections in this command: IWM Duxford · 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, Thorpe Abbotts · Bentwaters Cold War Museum · Hardwick Airfield Museum · Historic hangars & stored aircraft · UK airshows 2026
Museums in East of England
Browse the full map on the Aviation Gazetteer, every type on charge in the Compendium, or free & donation museums.