by Lesley Berner | Apr 3, 2025 | Past Events
VE Day 80 The Earls Colne Airfield 1942-1945 – USAAF & RAF – The Marauder Men and The Gliders The Rosemary Britten Story – recounting the story of the ONE woman who flew on Operation Varsity – the world’s largest airborne operation – directed from Earls Colne...
by Lesley Berner | Mar 24, 2025 | NEWS
Operation Varsity March 24th 1945 – the “last drop” – the largest single airborne operation that the world has ever seen – over 16000 men leaving from multiple airfields in Essex to cross the River Rhine with the air element being coordinated from Marks Hall, the HQ...
by Lesley Berner | Mar 23, 2025 | NEWS
The museum was very pleased to support the Varsity80 event on Sunday 23rd March 2025 event at RAF Rivenhall History with a retelling of the Rosemary Britten story – the only woman to fly on operation Varsity, it was so well appreciated that it had to be repeated...
by Lesley Berner | Mar 10, 2025 | NEWS
NEWSLETTER MARCH 2025 By 1945, The USAAF had left the Earls Colne airfield & Marks Hall HQ – so the RAF moved in…. Operation Varsity – 24th March 1945 – the “last drop” – the largest single airborne operation that the world has...
by Lesley Berner | Mar 9, 2025 | NEWS
Earls Colne Heritage Trail HERITAGE TRAIL NEWS We are planning to introduce a Heritage Trail in Earls Colne. We would like local people to tell us of interesting buildings or sites within the main village that we could include in the trail. Please let us know of any...
