Step back to 1940s at Yorkshire Air Museum wartime weekend

Yorkshire Air Museum, located in Elvington near York, is hosting its ‘We’ll Meet Again’ event on May 9 and 10, offering a nostalgic 1940s experience.

The museum, a former RAF heavy bomber base, will be transformed with military and civilian re-enactors, vintage vehicles, and a 1940s-style singer.

‘We’ll meet again’ (Image: Yorkshire Air Museum)

Jerry Ibbotson, communications manager at Yorkshire Air Museum, said: “We’ll Meet Again is one of the most popular events in our calendar, when the Museum feels like it’s travelled back in time to the 1940s.

“To see reenactors dressed as wartime aircrew standing next to our Halifax bomber really evokes the feeling of that period.

He added: “As well as our organised reenactors, we’d love to see as many of our visitors as possible dress up for the occasion, with some 1940s outfits.

Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington near York is set to host its ‘We’ll Meet Again’ wartime weekend (Image: Yorkshire Air Museum)

“The café will be open but you’re also welcome to bring a picnic and enjoy it in the sunshine as the Yorkshire Air Museum takes you back eighty years.”

The museum is currently running an exhibition called ‘Operation Halifax’ which marks 30 years since the official unveiling of the restored Halifax, so it will be great to see her outside in the sunshine (we hope).”

The museum’s Handley Page Halifax bomber, the only one of its kind in Europe, will be displayed outside the hangar for the only weekend of the year.

Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington near York is set to host its ‘We’ll Meet Again’ wartime weekend (Image: Yorkshire Air Museum)

Guests can enjoy historical displays, demonstrations, and opportunities to dance or pose for photographs in period style.

Yorkshire Air Museum ison the former site of RAF Elvington, which operated as a Bomber Command station from 1943 until the end of the Second World War.

The site retains many original wartime buildings, including its distinctive control tower.

There is no additional charge for ‘We’ll Meet Again’ activities.

Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington (Image: Yorkshire Air Museum)

‘We’ll Meet Again’ (Image: Yorkshire Air Museum)