The Red Feather Club 95th Bomb Group Museum
Museum in a restored 1940s NCOs’ club near Eye, devoted to the American 95th Bomb Group and open on the last Sunday of each month in season.
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About the museum
The Red Feather Club was built as a social club for non-commissioned officers of the American 95th Bomb Group, which was based at RAF Horham from 1943. The club opened in 1944, because the NCOs had no club of their own on the base, and it was furnished with items salvaged from bombed buildings in London, including a wooden bar with a brass rail.
The 95th flew 334 missions between May 1943 and May 1945 and was the first American bomb group to carry out a daylight raid on Berlin. The buildings passed into the care of the 95th Bomb Group Heritage Association in the 1980s and were renovated by volunteers. The association, a registered charity, runs the Red Feather Club as the official UK museum of the 95th, and all its exhibits relate only to this group.
The complex has five interconnected rooms and a separate guardroom. Displays tell the story of the group from its training in the United States to its return home, using uniforms, memorabilia, films and personal accounts of local people and servicemen.
Highlights
- Former 1940s NCOs’ club with a recreated wartime bar
- Large diorama of the airfield as it was in the Second World War
- Mural room with artwork by an American serviceman
- Guardroom with a cell, shared with a military police re-enactment group
- Memorial to the men of the 95th Bomb Group in the grounds
Permanent exhibition
- The Red Feather Club museum – Uniforms, photographs and memorabilia of the 95th Bomb Group, a diorama of the wartime airfield and a roll of honour in a restored NCOs’ club.
- Operated by
- 95th Bomb Group Heritage Association
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Getting there & parking
The museum is on Horham Road, four miles south-east of Eye and easy to reach from the B1117.
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Plan your visit
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| Good to know | The museum is also open for visits by schools and groups and for special openings for veterans and their families. The museum is run entirely by volunteers. |
