Flixton, Suffolk nr. Bungay -Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum - Ltd ed postcard

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• Picture / Image:  Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton near Bungay [Suffolk]
• Publisher: Limited edition postcard by Noel Tatt Ltd. (limited to 1000 copies)
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  17p barn owl stamp
• Postmark(s): Diss 1986 slogan
• Sent to:  Cockfosters, East Barnet, Herts.
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Flixton is a village and civil parish located in the district of Waveney in the English county of Suffolk.^[1] It is located around 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Bungay to the south of the River Waveney on the Norfolk border.^[2] In 2001 and 2011 the population of the civil parish of Flixton was 176.^[3]

The village was the site of a medieval Augustine priory and a World War II airfield.

Flixton Priory was founded in the 13th century. The ruined remains of the moated priory are located to the south of the village near to Abbey Farm. These include sections of wall, earthworks and fishponds.^[4]

The substantial Flixton Hall provided one of the backdrops for the 1947 children's film The Secret Tunnel, before being demolished in the 1950s.^{[citation needed]}

RAF Bungay was located at Flixton. The World War II airfield was built in 1942 as a base for bombers of the United States Army Air Forces' Eighth Air Force. At the end of the war the airfield was used as a prisoner of war camp and then by the RAF as a bomb store until its closure in 1955. Some areas of the airfield remain, including parts of a taxiway and a war memorial dedicated to the 446th Bombardment Group, nicknamed the Bungay Buckeroos, which was based at Bungay from November 1943 until the end of the war.^[5] The Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum is located in the village today.

The Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum is a museum collection of aircraft and aviation-related artefacts, located near the former RAF Bungay airfield on the outskirts of Flixton in the United Kingdom.

First established in 1972 as the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Society,^[1] the museum houses a varied array of over 60 complete or partial aircraft, including rarities such as the only complete de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 in private ownership, a flyable replica of the Colditz Cock escape glider, a Vickers Valetta VX580 C.2 and an FMA IA 58 Pucará that was captured by British forces during the Falklands War.^[2]

In addition to the aircraft displayed, the museum also houses thematic collections devoted to subjects including the Royal Observer Corps, RAF Bomber Command, air-sea rescue and RAF Coastal Command.^[3]

As well as preserving its existing collections, the museum and its members are actively involved in the exploration and study of aircraft crash sites – termed wreckology – in East Anglia. The museum charges no entrance fee and is entirely funded by public donations, corporate sponsorship, and local and European government grants. It employs only one full-time member of staff, with day-to-day maintenance and running of the museum falling largely on the shoulders of a team of volunteers.

Eminent autogyro exponent Wing Commander Ken Wallis had a long association with the museum, dating from shortly after its opening. For many years his Wallis WA-116 Agile autogyro, Little Nellie, made famous by its appearance in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice, was on display at Flixton. Wallis served as the museum's president until his death in September 2013.