Carpetbagger Aviation Museum - Harrington

Car parking; all children under 15 to be accompanied by an adult; suitable for disabled and there is one wheelchair on site.

The Carpetbagger Museum is housed in the old Administration Building on the site of the USAAF Station 179 and offers a rare look at life on the base of the 801st/492nd American Army Air Force Bomb Group during World War II.

Home of the 315th Troops Carrier Group of the USAAF 9th Air Force. From this airfield the C47 Dakotas towed their gliders to such places as the D-Day beachheads, Arnhem and the Rhine crossing.

Photographs and exhibits vividly show the work carried out by the group codenamed 'Carpetbaggers' because of their parachute people and equipment into occupied Europe. Next door is the Northamptonshire Aviation Museum with exhibits including the remains of recovered WW II aircraft - parts of Junkers Bomber, a Dornier Do 217K Night Bomber and a USAAF Liberator together with instrumentation and other fascinating items of equipment.
There is also a NAFFI for refreshments.