War Time London and the 8th USAF Airbases
- 2008 -
July 21st to 29th, 2008

July 21st. Group collects at our London hotel for a Welcome reception and dinner.

July 22nd. Morning city bus tour with lunch at the Sherlock Holmes Pub. Afternoon, Thames boat ride to the Greenwich “Mean Time” Museum. Return to London. Dinner (and maybe theater) on your own.

July 23rd. Bus to the Imperial War Museum for the morning and the afternoon at the Royal Air Force Hendon Base “Battle of Britain” Museum. Dinner back at our hotel.

July 24th. Bus to Bletchley Park (code breaking deciphering center) and on to Cambridge hotel check-in followed by a walking tour and dinner.

July 25th. Tour to Madingley US Cemetery and Bugleweed (Shuttleworth Aircraft Collection), lunch and return to Cambridge for a little free time. Dinner at the hotel.

July 26th. Bus to Seething Airfield Museum. To Fliton and the Norfolk/Suffolk Aviation Museum. A pub lunch. Dinner on your own.

July 27th. A full day at the Duxford Airfield Museum. (Used for the “Battle of Britain” movie). Hotel dinner.

July 28th. Check out and return to London. Visit the British cruiser HMS Belfast, the Prime Minister Churchill Cabinet War Rooms, Royal Air Force Uxbridge Air Base “Battle of Britain” central command headquarters. Arrive at Gatwick Airport hotel for our Farewell Dinner.

July 29th. Group departs to their respective destinations.