The Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial is an aviation museum in Elvington, York on the site of the former RAF Elvington airfield, a Second World War RAF Bomber Command station. The museum was founded, and first opened to the public, in the mid 1980s.
Buildings at the museum, the control tower is on the left
Handley Page Halifax painted as "Friday the 13th"
Panavia Tornado
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Elvington, North Yorkshire
Elvington is a village and civil parish in the City of York, lying approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-east of York, England, on the B1228 York-Howden road. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,212, it increased to 1,239 at the 2011 Census. The River Derwent forms part of the parish boundary and the historic Sutton Bridge connects Elvington with Sutton upon Derwent. The village has three separate large industrial estates including a site for Yara International, a Norwegian chemical company.
The B1228 Junction services
The Holy Trinity Church
Sutton Bridge crosses the border into the East Riding of Yorkshire
The Grey Horse