"The founding director of the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum, John Tanner, was the driving force behind its creation and development between 1963 and 1987. The RAF Museum's successful opening at Hendon in 1972 – more than 40 years after the idea was first mooted – led to expansion, through m...

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1. Verfasser:	Elliott, Peter (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2021
Schlagworte:	Tanner, John > 1927-2004 Royal Air Force Museum > Großbritannien Geschichte 1930-2018 Luftfahrtmuseum Großbritannien
Zusammenfassung:	"The founding director of the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum, John Tanner, was the driving force behind its creation and development between 1963 and 1987. The RAF Museum's successful opening at Hendon in 1972 – more than 40 years after the idea was first mooted – led to expansion, through museums dedicated to the Battle of Britain and Bomber Command. It managed the RAF's Aerospace Museum at Cosford where Tanner, working with British Airways, built up a collection of airliners. His final collaboration created the Manchester Air & Space Museum – now part of the Museum of Science and Industry. Tanner's overarching aim was to create a national aviation museum for the United Kingdom, comparable with those in France, Canada and the USA. Negotiations in the early 1980s with government departments failed, ironically partly due to concerns similar to those that prompted calls for an RAF Museum in the 1930s. This chapter details the tortuous birth of the RAF Museum, and examines the conflict between an air force museum and one covering all forms of aviation. Drawing on files in the National Archives, and the Museum's own archive, I explain why Tanner's vision was not realised, despite his passion, dedication and forthright advocacy."
Beschreibung:	Illustrationen
ISBN:	978-0-367-27250-0