Aviation Heritage Museum
The Aviation Heritage Museum is a museum created and maintained by the RAAF Association of Western Australia. It houses a large number of aircraft, aircraft replicas and aircraft engines, of types that have served in the Royal Australian Air Force or have relevance to aviation in Western Australia. The museum is open to the public every day except some major public holidays. It is located in the suburb of Bull Creek in Perth, Western Australia.
History
The Western Australian Division of the RAAF Association acquired a late-mark Supermarine Spitfire in the late 1950s and this was displayed on a pole outside the Association's Headquarters in Perth. In the early 1960s the Association acquired an Avro Lancaster. Other exhibits of interest to Association members and the public were obtained in the following years. With financial assistance from the Western Australian Government a museum building was erected at the Association's Memorial Estate in the Perth suburb of Bull Creek. The museum building was officially opened in November 1979. In order to house the Avro Lancaster and Douglas Dakota the Association raised funds and erected a second museum building that was opened in December 1983.[1] [2]
Displays
The following exhibits are on static display in the museum:[1]
Aircraft
Aircraft replicas
Engines
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