Dedicated display for 'Tiger' Squadron planned at Norwich
The City of Norwich Aviation Museum and the 74 (F) Tiger Squadron Association have joined forces to plan a display charting the famous 'Tiger' Squadrons history using artefacts and memorabilia which it collected over many years during which it was operational.
Much of 74 Squadron's memorabilia is currently stored in a warehouse as part of the RAF Museum's reserve collection and is likely to stay that way unless a new home can be found for it
The City of Norwich Aviation Museum is very interested in working with 74 Squadron Association and is a very appropriate organisation as they are to based at Norwich International Airport which was formerly RAF Horsham St Faith.
74 Squadron was based at RAF Horsham St Faith for fourteen years in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. Former RAF Coltishall is also just a few miles away and 74 were there during the war and in the early 1960s.
Fifty miles south of Norwich is RAF Wattisham from where the Squadron flew its Phantom F4Js and FGR2s. Geographically this all fits in well with CNAM`s objective of telling the story of aviation in Norfolk and East Anglia.
Working with Rob Walden, who is the Curator at Norwich, the association is proposing an ambitious plan which will necessitate considerable fundraising on both parts.
To do full justice to the telling of the Squadron's story photographically as well as with the memorabilia, a small hangar is proposed and in its aircraft collection CNAM already has an ex-Royal Danish Air Force Hunter F Mk 4 (pictured) which is being restored in 74`s colours.
But this doesn't come cheaply. Total cost is estimated at £55,000 to £60,000, approximately half of which would be available in grants. That still leaves the Association and CNAM with around £30K to raise.
74 Squadron Association is therefore launching a 'Tiger Museum Appea'l to helpreach the target amount.
For more information go to: www.74squadron.org.uk or www.cnam.co.uk. |
