2025 Events at Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre 
​We normally hold 8 lectures during the season in comfortable surroundings, with guest speakers presenting aviation related themes to both members and visitors, over the course of approximately 2 hours. See below for more details.

Cost for non-members is £5 per person payable on the door. Tickets can be purchased on the door - includes tea/coffee and biscuits.
Members - FREE on production of a valid membership card or proof of online purchase.
You can join as a member on the night or go online beforehand.

In addition to our lecture programme, we'll be hosting a number of other events at The Centre this season. See below for more information.
2025 Lecture Programme
Wednesday 25th June. Simon Kemp presents "Making Sense of Ultra"

​Knowing what your adversary is doing is of inestimable value – whether you’re in conflict or not. So, the ability to read their minds gives you a huge advantage. The First World War showed the importance of communication between forces. It also gave us a glimpse of the type of war that might be fought in the future: with battles that are fluid, over larger areas, with rapidly changing circumstances that would need quick responses. Then there was the use of aircraft, whether for spotting, or attacking. How would we communicate between all these elements? We also had the development of wireless transmission so that this information could be send back and forward between tactical officers in the field and the strategic planners at base thereby generating a large volume of encrypted traffic all available for eavesdropping over the airwaves. Yes, we needed to capture the dots and dashes, and then to decode it. But what should we then do with that enormous volume of information – amounting to thousands per day? Some would be of little of no value while other pieces would be gold dust to our battlefield forces. This presentation examines how we managed to get maximum value from the decrypted messages and what lessons had to be learned along the way.

Simon Kemp is a semi-retired IT software engineer with experience over various industries including defence, retail, leisure, veterinary and border control as well as training delivery on various technical subjects. He is both a member at MAVC and guide at BBMF and delivers lectures on military topics. Current projects include the writing of motorsport and WWII blogs, building an application for Formula One data analysis and future lecture preparation along with software support for long term clients using his membership and invoicing systems.


Avoid the queues. Tickets are now available from our online store HERE

We look forward to welcoming you back to Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre for our third lecture of the year.
Here are some additional dates for your diary. This is our Lecture Programme for the rest of the 2025 season. We look forward to seeing you.
 Other 2025 Events at Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre

Metheringham 1940s Experience - Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd June 2025

After last year's successful weekend, Bainbridge Events are hosting a 1940s Experience at Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre this June. Take a trip back in to the 1940s with this fabulous weekend of entertainment, all based on a former WW2 Bomber Command airfield that's just a few miles outside Woodhall Spa. There will be music and dancing each day.

Various trade stands will be on-site all weekend, the café inside the museum's Peter Scoley Hall will be open and there will be a licensed bar too.

Due to limited car parking spaces, access to the event is via pre-booked tickets only. Tickets are available via their Facebook page HERE or you can book using the links below. 

Daytime Tickets
(https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/ironbridge-wwii/t-yaympke...)

Evening Dance - CANCELLED 
(https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/ironbridge-wwii/t-xmqjygv...)


​For more information, visit the Bainbridge Events website HERE.
There are a number of events being planned for the 2025 season around the themes of VE Day and VJ Day to mark the 80th Anniversary of the end of WW2. Please keep checking the website occasionally for more information.
Our Vision: A world where RAF Metheringham is never forgotten
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Our Mission: To advance the education of the public and provide for the general benefit of the public the preservation and conservation of the buildings, other constructions and related historic artefacts forming part the former Metheringham Airfield as defined in the lease and in connection with 106 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, No. 5 Group Bomber Command, the Royal Air Force and RAF Metheringham and by the exhibition and public display of historic and informative collections relating thereto.

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