{"id":86,"date":"2008-08-09T16:54:39","date_gmt":"2008-08-09T15:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/?p=86"},"modified":"2008-08-10T13:53:42","modified_gmt":"2008-08-10T12:53:42","slug":"imperial-war-museum-duxford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/imperial-war-museum-duxford\/","title":{"rendered":"Imperial War Museum: Duxford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sally_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-90\" title=\"sally_b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sally_b-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/duxford.iwm.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Imperial War  Museum<\/a>, situated in Duxford, Cambridgeshire, retains its wartime atmosphere  and many of its planes still fly. Biplanes, Spitfires and Concorde are among the  180 historic aircraft on show, complemented by annual Air Shows. Parts of the  World War II film &#8220;<strong>The Battle of Britain<\/strong>&#8221; were filmed at Duxford.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The following are a few photographs from my recent visits to Duxford. Click  on a thumbnail to show a larger image.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" width=\"80%\" summary=\"Table of my photographs at Duxford Imperial War Museum\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/aircraft.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-91\" title=\"aircraft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/aircraft-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Watch out Germany, we are coming to get you<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/german.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-92\" title=\"german\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/german-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Oh oh, the Germans are coming<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/constellation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-93\" title=\"constellation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/constellation-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Breitling Super Constellation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/gb_usa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-94\" title=\"gb_usa\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/gb_usa-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Britain and America working perfectly together<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Imperial War Museum, situated in Duxford, Cambridgeshire, retains its wartime atmosphere and many of its planes still fly. 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