Background

Hidden Stories

Winthorpe Airfield, now the home of Newark Air Museum, was once an RAF base that hosted the 300 and 301 Squadrons, made up of mainly Polish aircrew who had escaped from occupied Europe.

While returning from a bombing raid on Bremen, a Wellington bomber from Winthorpe crash landed at Roe Wood Farm, Winkburn, home to the Broadberry Family. The learning activities provided here allow students to find out about the dramatic crash and rescue.