MHAS would like to invite you to come along and visit the Control Tower Museum as we open in 2025.

We're looking forward to our annual review with our members in May. More details to come....

We look forward to welcoming Stuart Buxton in June to tell us the fascinating story of the secret oil pipeline that was vital to the war effort in East Anglia during the Second World War. Not only was the pipeline a vital part of the war effort, it remains a key part of the UK infrastructure and remains hidden in plain site, if you know where to look!

July will see us welcome Graham Murchie to the Community Centre talk about the history & development of radar at Bawdsey Manor - the events, people and technologies which led to it becoming the first operational radar centre during World War 2 and its continued role in the following years. Please come along and enjoy what promises to be a fascinating talk about this iconic local landmark.

In place of our usual monthly talk, August sees a Society visit to the "Great War Huts" - a fantastic and interesting First World War Visitor Centre providing an insight into how soldiers lived and worked via the restoration and preservation of a number of original First World War Barrack Huts giving access to original artefacts and hands-on exhibits as well as talks by subject matter experts. The site includes a large trench system, accurately recreated to provide a true experience of the conditions.

With the months already flying by, MHAS is pleased to announce our Open Day for 2025 - 'The MHAS Showcase Event' in early September.

We look forward to welcoming Richard Folkes OBE in October to give us an insight into his role and experiences of managing the helicopter scenes in the Bond movie ‘Skyfall’ & the famous arrival of the Queen at the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony! We're sure it will be a fascinating evening.

As a new venture into providing interesting and informative films, MHAS will be showing a film produced by the renowned TV and Film maker, Tim Curtis, with a real local interest about the alleged German invasion attempt in the 2nd World War. We'll be including an Q&A at the end so we can really look into what has always been a mystery on our doorstep!