56 Sqn Gate Crest returns home

56 Sqn crest

On 21st August 2022 an important artefact was handed over to the Wattisham Station Heritage Museum.

The large and heavy concrete 56 Squadron crest had been affixed to the Guard House at the Main Gate of Wattisham for many years, in clear and easy view for all the staff and visitors to the base.

Following the departure of the R.A.F. in 1992, whilst the Guard House was being upgraded, the crest was removed and disposed of in a waste skip. Major Joseph (Sepp) Pauli, a former 56 Sqn exchange officer, recovered the crest and took it to Wales. When Major Pauli retired, the crest went with him to Schornbach, in Germany.

The crest was eventually returned to the UK in February 2022, and presented to The Wattisham Station Heritage Museum in August 2022 by Wing Commander Ian A Cameron.

This crest is an important Wattisham artefact and takes it’s rightful place to be preserved and protected here for future generations.

Wing Commander Ian A Cameron and Nathan Garrard

The Museum expresses it’s grateful thanks to Major Joseph Pauli, Wing Commander Ian A Cameron, and all those associated with this important recovery.

If anyone has any knowledge of the whereabouts of the similar 111 Sqn crest which also adorned the Guard House, we will be extremely grateful to hear from you using the website Contact Page linked here.

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85 Sqn Bloodhound

Still being displayed inside the RAF Museum Midlands is a Bloodhound surface to air missile and launcher, marked with 85 Sqn badge.

85 Sqn had a Bloodhound flight at Wattisham
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Latest Opening News

Commencing from 3rd April 2022 the Museum will be open every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month until October 2nd.

We look forward to seeing you.

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New Contact Us page

A new and better way to contact us directly here……

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New website URL

Due to hosting issues outside our control, the website URL has recently been updated to
https://wattishamstationheritage.com/
so, if you need to amend/update any bookmarks you have, that is now the correct address.

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Suffolk Big Skies

A crisp and clear November at The Memorial under Suffolk’s Big Skies

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11th November

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

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Squadrons Details Page

We are building up a new section of the website which will give details of all the flying squadrons that are currently or have been based at Wattisham in the past. Click here to view the Squadrons Information pages.

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Improved Search Facility

The website Search facility has been dramatically improved to allow visitors a much simpler way of finding the information they are looking for. Just type a word or phrase into the Search facility and a list of relevant website pages will be returned.

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Our Aircraft pages updated

Another batch of updates to the website have been carried out, to the Our Aircraft pages.

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