Cade Lucas
Military, aviation and history buffs are being urged to visit Werribee’s B24 Liberator Memorial before it closes for the Christmas and New Year period.
The memorial, which features the only B24 Liberator aircraft remaining in the Southern Hemisphere, will close from December 14 through to January 16, but president Lyn Gorman said were plenty of opportunities to visit before then.
“It’s open Tuesday, Thursdays and Sundays from 9.30am to 3.30pm,” said Ms Gorman, adding that the memorial wasn’t just a museum but a workshop too.
“Anything that we’re working on in the hangar people can come and see. Every day that we’re open for volunteers to come and work visitors are also welcome to come and visit the hangar and explore what we have in the museum.”
And along with the B24 Liberator, there are other aircraft on display such as the Avro Anson.
“Avro Ansons were used for training pilots who would subsequently go on and fly Liberators,” said Ms Gorman.
“In addition to the Avro Anson there’s another aircraft being rebuilt and that’s an Airspeed Oxford and that similarly was an aircraft in which pilots train before going to fly Liberators.”
With the extra planes, space in the memorial hangar has become scarce, but Ms Gorman said a solution was on its way.
“Currently at the end of the airfield there’s a bigger World War II hangar which will be disassembled and relocated and restored next door to our current hangar and that will more than double the size of our museum precinct.”
The B24 Memorial is not-for-profit, but entry does require a donation which will increased to $10.00 from January 1.
For more information visit: www.b24australia.org.au/
