Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre is run by a team of dedicated volunteers and funding is largely through memberships, donations and shop sales. If you would like to support our work, why not become a member of the Friends of Metheringham Airfield (FOMA) and contribute to the upkeep of this important piece of aviation, social and military history and honour the memory of those that served with 106 Squadron at RAF Metheringham in WW2? As a member you will:
Memberships are charged at £20.00 for a single person or £25.00 for a family, and run from 1st January – 31st December.
To become a member online simply go to our online store here and choose one of the membership options. You can Alternatively, download, print and complete the form below, enclose a cheque made payable to "Friends of Metheringham Airfield" for the appropriate amount and return it to:
The Membership Secretary
Metheringham Airfield Vistor Centre
Westmoor Farm
Martin Moor
Metheringham
Lincolnshire
LN4 3WF
If you would like to make a donation to FOMA (Registered Charity No: 1084720) you can now donate online here. Alternatively, you can donate by simply using your mobile. To donate £5 just text "DAKOTA" to 70085. Texts cost £5 plus your normal network charge. Otherwise, you can send in a cheque made payable to "Friends of Metheringham Airfield" and post to "The Treasurer" at the address above. Thank you. Your support is appreciated.
- Receive free newsletters throughout the year
- Attend 8 aviation-related lectures per season, free of charge
- Free entrance to the Metheringham Airfield Museum throughout the season
- Support the on-going work of the Museum
Memberships are charged at £20.00 for a single person or £25.00 for a family, and run from 1st January – 31st December.
To become a member online simply go to our online store here and choose one of the membership options. You can Alternatively, download, print and complete the form below, enclose a cheque made payable to "Friends of Metheringham Airfield" for the appropriate amount and return it to:
The Membership Secretary
Metheringham Airfield Vistor Centre
Westmoor Farm
Martin Moor
Metheringham
Lincolnshire
LN4 3WF
If you would like to make a donation to FOMA (Registered Charity No: 1084720) you can now donate online here. Alternatively, you can donate by simply using your mobile. To donate £5 just text "DAKOTA" to 70085. Texts cost £5 plus your normal network charge. Otherwise, you can send in a cheque made payable to "Friends of Metheringham Airfield" and post to "The Treasurer" at the address above. Thank you. Your support is appreciated.
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Download the 2021 Membership Application Form here:
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2021 Fundraising - Specific Activities
Carey Powell Room Refurbishment: UPDATE - Spring 2021
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Our curatorial team have been busy revamping the Carey Powell Museum room for 2020 season, although the COVID19 situation stopped work for quite a while. The room is now themed ‘Our Commonwealth Colleagues’ - sharing stories yet untold of those who came from abroad to serve here during World War 2. We were awarded just under £5000 from the Association of Independent Museums (AIM) to conserve of our rare WW2 dinghy. We were also successful in obtaining a Small Grant from Museums Development East Midlands (MDEM) to contribute towards the construction of a bespoke new display cabinet for the dinghy which will take pride of place in the Carey Powell Room and will form part of one of our educational sessions delivered to schools. The MDEM fund also enabled us to supply new digital display stands and environmental monitors for recording the environmental conditions in the room (located in the original and former WW2 Ration Stores). So, thank you to AIM and MDEM but also a huge THANK YOU to the members of the public who kindly donated to this project with a total of £130 being donated so far. We still need £3000 to complete the project so if you can help, please continue to support the work of the museum by donating here .
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Operation Nightingale
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Operation Nightingale is a three year project to restore and conserve MAVC’s Douglas C47 Dakota KG651 within a purpose built structure to protect the aircraft from the elements and to tell the story of RAF Metheringham’s role as an Air Evacuation Centre for the US Army 162nd General Hospital.
Through this work we aim to:
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How you can help:
Share your stories
Do you have any information about MAVC’s role as the Air Evacuation Centre and/or do you have information about any of the US servicemen who passed through RAF Metheringham? We’d love to hear your stories. please contact us using the contact page.
Make a donation
Donate to Operation Nightingale online at donate to our Dakota Hangar Project via debit or credit card or PayPal through our online store here.
Donate via text straight from your mobile. To donate £5 just text "DAKOTA" to 70085. Texts cost £5 plus your normal network charge.
If you are interested in becoming a corporate sponsor, please contact us using the contact page.
What we know already
19 US servicemen, patients at the 162nd General Hospital arrived at RAF Metheringham on 15th May 1944. Driven to the base by ambulance, they were helped to board the single Dakota airplane on the airfield. This was the start of their journey home, their war was over.
For the next year, approximately 1700 injured servicemen from the hospital based at Nocton Hall, only 7 miles away, started their homeward journey from Metheringham. Each air evacuation would be aided by up to 9 Dakota aircraft at a time.
On two occasions injured personnel were flown straight to RAF Metheringham to be transported to the nearby hospital. One such surprise arrival of 11 Dakota’s on 1st December 1944 saw the RAF service men and women based at Metheringham assisting the 300 ambulatory injured troops who had come directly from France.
With RAF Metheringham recognized as the Air Evacuation Centre for this US Army General Hospital, patients were flown from RAF Metheringham to either Renfrew or the Transatlantic Military Air Terminal at Prestwick for onward air repatriation to the USA via Greenland and Newfoundland.
For more detail about the Dakota and work so far visit Dakota KG651 - Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre
Share your stories
Do you have any information about MAVC’s role as the Air Evacuation Centre and/or do you have information about any of the US servicemen who passed through RAF Metheringham? We’d love to hear your stories. please contact us using the contact page.
Make a donation
Donate to Operation Nightingale online at donate to our Dakota Hangar Project via debit or credit card or PayPal through our online store here.
Donate via text straight from your mobile. To donate £5 just text "DAKOTA" to 70085. Texts cost £5 plus your normal network charge.
If you are interested in becoming a corporate sponsor, please contact us using the contact page.
What we know already
19 US servicemen, patients at the 162nd General Hospital arrived at RAF Metheringham on 15th May 1944. Driven to the base by ambulance, they were helped to board the single Dakota airplane on the airfield. This was the start of their journey home, their war was over.
For the next year, approximately 1700 injured servicemen from the hospital based at Nocton Hall, only 7 miles away, started their homeward journey from Metheringham. Each air evacuation would be aided by up to 9 Dakota aircraft at a time.
On two occasions injured personnel were flown straight to RAF Metheringham to be transported to the nearby hospital. One such surprise arrival of 11 Dakota’s on 1st December 1944 saw the RAF service men and women based at Metheringham assisting the 300 ambulatory injured troops who had come directly from France.
With RAF Metheringham recognized as the Air Evacuation Centre for this US Army General Hospital, patients were flown from RAF Metheringham to either Renfrew or the Transatlantic Military Air Terminal at Prestwick for onward air repatriation to the USA via Greenland and Newfoundland.
For more detail about the Dakota and work so far visit Dakota KG651 - Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre
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Carey Powell Room Refurbishment
Our curatorial team are revamping the Carey Powell Museum room for the 2020 season and need to raise £3,000. The exhibition theme will be ‘Our Commonwealth Colleagues’ and will include stories yet untold. We are raising funds for the conservation of our rare WW2 dinghy, as well as a new display cabinet for it. We also need funds for new display materials and to improve the environmental conditions in our museum rooms. |
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